Tag archive: BASE

Research firm Gartner says it believes the total number of installed PCs worldwide has now surpassed one billion machines, meaning there's roughly one computer in operation for every 6.7 people on the planet. Furthermore, Gartner estimates the annual growth rate of the total PC installed base worldwide will be growing by just under 12 percent a year, so the figure is likely to hit two billion by 2014. Gartner's definition of a… Read More

It's no secret that some consumer electronics products are highly specialized: they try to find a niche market that's not being served, then create a product designed specifically to their needs. So if you have a pool or jacuzzi, Grace Digital Audio wants you to know about their Aqua Sounders floating wireless speakers. The idea is that these can just be tossed into a pool or jacuzzi, and they'll stream music wirelessly… Read More

“There are 3 options for transmission channel on the Zensonic transmitter base station and you can tune multiple headsets to the same base station – handy for late night TV. The included batteries are 2x AAA NiMH and they are recharged by plugging the headphones into a cable on the transmitter base station. There are indicator LEDs on the transmitter to let you know when the batteries are fully charged. I seem to get about… Read More

“The televisions can access the base stations remotely over a wired or wireless connection so that a traveler can reach his or her base station to watch local television shows even when far from home. The televisions can also access content from a device connected to the base station–letting them play whatever they left in the DVD player before going on the road, for instance. LocationFree TV is part of a larger Sony… Read More

The new phone, to be unveiled at CeBIT, has the ability to shoot movies and snap images in the dark. It will be available for use with the networks of KPN Mobile in The Netherlands, E-Plus in Germany and BASE in Belgium. Source: vnunet news.