standards

Bluetooth and other wireless groups sync up

News The Bluetooth SIG will begin working closely with the Wi-Fi Alliance and the Near Field Communication Forum to develop standards, expanding its relationships with other competing wireless networking technology groups such as ultrawideband developers.

13 December 2005, 10:19

Motorola and Nokia bond over DVB-H

News DVB-H is just one of many competing standards of mobile TV being trialled around the world, including DAB-IP, used by BT and Virgin Mobile, and MediaFLO, the Qualcomm-owned standard being piloted by Sky.

12 September 2006, 9:37

Apple touts Safari for Windows and iPhone

News Safari will also allow Web developers to create applications for the iPhone using common Web development standards that can interact with the rest of the applications that will ship with the iPhone. The pitch is that developers can create Web...

12 June 2007, 9:47

Google launches Web-based calendar app

News Users can easily search for and add events to their calendars from within the program or directly from Web sites that are either publishing events using open calendaring standards or which have added a Google Calendar button to their site.

13 April 2006, 9:45

Yahoo's new ad-tracking disses pop-ups

News The system hinges on new standards for tracking ad impressions, released last November by an Interactive Advertising Bureau task force, which Yahoo chaired. According to a company press release, Yahoo is one of the first organisations to put the...

9 August 2005, 8:42

Sony PSP ads escape UK ban

News According to the Advertising Standards Authority, complainants alleged that the adverts encouraged "violent or anti-social behaviour, particularly among young people" and were "offensive, irresponsible and unsuitable to be seen by children".

22 June 2006, 9:44

Broadband connections not up to speed

News has questioned the way in which those speeds are advertised, pointing out that the Advertising Standards Authority's (ASA) guidelines accept the words "up to" only when most customers will get close to those speeds.

6 August 2007, 9:27

Ricoh could be peacemaker in hi-def war

News Both standards will sport multiple layer discs too. Having a common component does help make it a little easier for manufacturers to come out with a player that can read both standards. Negotiations for unity broke down last year in acrimony...

11 July 2006, 10:22

Intel pushes for 300Mbps Wi-Fi standard

News The 802.11a and 11g standards used today provide throughput between 20mbps and 24mbps. For the past several months, the standards effort has been bitterly divided into two main camps. Leading Wi-Fi chip manufacturers will be announcing a new...

10 October 2005, 10:17

IBM backs Firefox in-house

News By supporting Firefox internally, IBM is also furthering its commitment to open-source products based on industry standards, said Brian Truskowski, chief information officer at IBM. This is a really good example of walking the talk when it comes it...

16 May 2005, 11:08

Google answers calls for offline Web apps

News It also expects to submit the code to a standards body so that it will eventually be built into all standards-compliant browsers, Upson said. Google engineers have enabled what Internet surfers for years have yearned for -- Web applications that...

31 May 2007, 9:57

Scanning the mobile TV landscape

News Just last week, a group of companies that includes Intel, Nokia and Texas Instruments announced that they were joining forces to encourage open standards for TV broadcasts to mobile devices. Adding to the confusion are emerging competitive battles...

30 January 2006, 10:42

Nokia makes push for mobile TV and Web

News Specifically, Nokia plans to work with Samsung to support a set of standards used for DVB-H called OMA BCAST, or Open Mobile Alliance Mobile Broadcast Services Enabler Suite. Developers can use standards-based Web technologies -- such as Ajax...

17 April 2007, 10:18

Slow start forecast for digital cinema

News Over time, however, the standards that were announced on Wednesday represent one of the biggest changes to happen to the moviegoing experience since the introduction of colour. The equipment vendors say they're ready, and that they're already...

28 July 2005, 10:10

Videogame ratings update recommended

News She also wants console manufacturers to "work together to raise standards in parental controls on consoles", and retailers to make more focused efforts" to make sure games aren't sold to minors, and that they provide better in-store information.

Tags: age, children, gaming, standards

27 March 2008, 13:41