Stories by Martyn Williams

Article | 4/10/2002 Philips shows off coin-size optical drive
Koninklijke Philips Electronics NV is using the Ceatec 2002 exhibition to give a recently developed miniature optical disc and drive its first major p...
Article | 3/10/2002 Matsushita develops 1GB SD memory card
Matsushita Electric Industrial Co. Ltd. has unveiled a working prototype of a SD (Secure Digital) memory card with a 1G byte capacity, at the Ceatec 2...
Article | 3/10/2002 Sanyo links digital cameras with the network
Sanyo Electric Co. Ltd. says a new system it has developed which links digital still cameras to wireless LAN networks has been attracting considerable...
Article | 3/10/2002 Sharp shows new Linux Zaurus PDA
Sharp Corp. is giving visitors to the Ceatec 2002 exhibition a first look at what is likely to be a new high-end member of its Zaurus PDA (personal di...
Article | 2/10/2002 Blue-laser disc format prototypes unveiled
Many of the companies behind the Blu-ray Disc optical video disc format unveiled prototype players while Toshiba Corp. gave the first public demonstra...
Article | 2/10/2002 JVC shows 1G bps optical wireless video system
Victor Company of Japan Ltd. (JVC) has developed a high-speed optical wireless transmission system for the home and unveiled a prototype here Tuesday ...
Article | 2/10/2002 Typhoon dampens Ceatec's first day
An approaching typhoon dampened attendance at the opening day of Ceatec 2002, the largest electronic show of the year in Japan, according to organizer...
Article | 2/10/2002 Mitsubishi unveils IP mobile phone prototype
Mitsubishi Electric Corp. has taken the wraps off a prototype mobile telephone that is able to place calls via wireless LAN networks in addition to co...
Article | 27/09/2002 Toshiba shrinks Bluetooth SD card
Toshiba has announced a new version of its Bluetooth SDIO (Secure Digital I/O) card for portable digital consumer equipment such as PDAs (personal dig...
Article | 5/09/2002 Sony unwraps Linux-based HDD video recorder
Sony has unveiled a video recorder based on a hard disk drive (HDD) and running the Linux operating system, the first in what the company says will be...
Article | 3/09/2002 Sony debuts thinnest Walkman as MD turns 10
Sony is marking the tenth anniversary of its MiniDisc (MD) audio format with the launch of the smallest MD Walkman to date and a promise to continue p...
Article | 2/09/2002 China's Legend unveils supercomputer
China's Legend Group Ltd. has unveiled its first supercomputer, a machine that ranks as one of the top 25 most powerful computers in the world, accord...
Article | 28/08/2002 IBM researcher eyes databases with a conscience
Most people don't think twice about offering any information to their doctor or physician, and possible misuse of the data won't keep them up at night...
Article | 27/08/2002 Toshiba, NEC finalizing new optical disc format
Toshiba and NEC are putting the finishing touches to a blue-laser optical disc format that they intend to propose to the DVD Forum as a next generatio...
Article | 26/08/2002 Intel's 2.8GHz Pentium 4 hits Tokyo
Intel's fastest desktop processor to date, the 2.8GHz version of its Pentium 4 chip, went on sale in Tokyo's Akihabara electronics district on Saturda...

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