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The SD Card Association has announced (PDF) it will enter the embedded storage market this November with an Embedded SD standard. The idea behind using SD for embedded storage is to simplify the design of things like mobile phones and portable media players by enabling manufacturers to use a single interface for both embedded and removable storage. The Embedded SD standard separated flash memory management from the host, establishes a… Read More

The European Union is urging a single standard for mobile TV.   European Telecoms commissioner Viviane Reding is backingthe DVB-H standard, and wants member countries to get behind it quickly.   The mobile TV market is growing rapidly, and the EU considers it vital that the region stays competitive, especially asmobile TV could be work $27 million by 2011. Ms. Reding had hoped industry would make a decision about a standard, but at… Read More

Broadband through your power line? One plug which provides power and Internet connectivity? These are but some of the thoughts circulating around the IEEE as today they began working on IEEE standard P1901, “Standard for Broadband over Power Line Networks: Medium Access Control and Physical Layer Specifications”. The net result of this new standard is an attempt to make it easier for high speed broadband access to be… Read More

The Wi-Fi Alliance will certify products for the new 802.11i and 802.11e standards by September, said Frank Hanzlik, managing director of the Wi-Fi Alliance. The 802.11i standard is the complete version of the preliminary security standard WPA (Wi-Fi Protected Access) introduced last year, while 802.11e is a new standard that will improve the quality of wireless networks that transmit voice and video. Security has been one of the… Read More