analogue

Apple brings consumer chic to MacBooks

News Each of the new MacBooks will come with a built-in iSight video camera, which can be used for video conferencing and video podcasts.They also include built-in 10/100/1000 BASE-T Gigabit Ethernet, built-in AirPort Extreme 802.11g Wi-Fi, built-in...

17 May 2006, 10:37

EC backs DVB-H as mobile TV standard

News DVB-H for example needs spectrum currently used by analogue television broadcasters in the UK which will only become available following the digital switchover in 2012. The European Commission has thrown its weight behind mobile TV by backing the...

20 July 2007, 9:02

PlayStation 3 stats spotlighted

News AV Output • Screen size: 480i, 480p, 720p, 1080i, 1080p• HDMI: HDMI out x 2• Analogue: AV MULTI OUT x 1• Digital audio: DIGITAL OUT (OPTICAL) x 1 Wireless controllers, connection to the PSP and a powerful new graphics processor technology: take a...

18 May 2005, 9:27

News.blog: Kodak sells its first CMOS camera sensor

News For example, it can incorporate circuitry for basic sensor functions such as analogue-to-digital conversion or chip timing, he said. Kodak has just sold its first CMOS image sensor for digital cameras.

24 July 2007, 9:38

An open-source rival to Google's book scheme

News Digitising books has become a focus in recent years as people try to make otherwise analogue information available on the Internet. When it comes to digitising books, there appears to be two stories unfolding: one is about open source and the other...

27 October 2005, 9:47

Media honchos sound off on emerging TV tech

News However, the Federal Communications Commission's current 31 December, 2006, deadline to limit analogue television broadcasts and promote digital television was deemed unrealistic by NBC Universal's Bob Wright.

13 April 2005, 13:24

Photos: Nintendo Wii swings into action

News It features two analogue sticks and all the legacy buttons from previous Nintendo consoles. Nintendo says its newly named Wii console is about the width of three stacked DVD cases and will play single- or double-layered 120mm optical discs, as well...

10 May 2006, 10:38

Software soups up surveillance

News In the future, digital video recorders that convert analogue images into digital format for transmission over an IP network are likely to be a critical component of video surveillance solutions," according to a June report from Frost & Sullivan...

26 January 2006, 9:26

Slingbox gets new US siblings

News The analogue TV market is not only more economically challenged, but it's also the TV laggards, people who are not pushing the edge. Credit: Sling Media Sling Media, maker of the placeshifting Slingbox device, on Wednesday released three new...

28 September 2006, 10:06

Microsoft pushes for iPod-killing dock

News It would also allow for both analogue and digital output. Hoping to loosen Apple's grip on the digital music player market, Microsoft is rallying consumer electronics companies to form a common link. The software maker is part of a working group...

1 December 2005, 9:57

Videogame ratings update recommended

News Andy Burnham, secretary of state for culture, media and sport, commented, "As Dr Byron points out, parents of my generation, who grew up in a purely analogue world, face real challenges in understanding the new media world.

Tags: age, children, gaming, standards

27 March 2008, 13:41

Sub-£20 video phones on the way

News Historically, radio chips were embedded into analogue, not digital, circuits. Texas Instruments unfurled plans on Wednesday to produce a chip that will let consumers in emerging markets buy inexpensive video mobile phones by 2008.

9 November 2006, 9:53

What will the coach potato evolve into?

News The networks themselves are contributing to this explosion in content with the early development of multicasting services, which use digital signals to send four to six video streams through the space ordinarily dedicated to a single analogue TV...

5 December 2005, 11:49

Hollywood lines up with Microsoft on new Windows

News This won't always be possible, because most analogue plugs, and some digital connections, don't support this kind of copy protection. For the first time, the Windows operating system will wall off some audio and video processes almost completely...

31 August 2005, 10:18

UK firm to launch wall-socket PC

News Analogue or digital monitors are supported, and the system can include support for dual-screen and 16:9 screens. Newcastle-based Jade Integration will launch one of the smallest computers available in the UK to date, the Jack PC, next month.

1 June 2006, 10:01