Author name: Doug Felteau

High-Tech Vehicles to Drive Automotive Chip Demand

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By Kiyoshi Takenaka and Nathan Layne
Reuters

Take a spin in Toyota Motor Corporation’s (7203.T) Prius hybrid sedan and you’ll get an idea of why Japan’s chip makers see a huge growth opportunity in the auto industry.

The Prius is powered partly by an electric motor that complements its gasoline engine. Semiconductors control the electric motor.

As electronics become the main driver of car innovation, chip makers will be among the top beneficiaries, analysts say.

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Remote controls proliferate despite strides for an all-in-one

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By May Wong
ASSOCIATED PRESS

As the creator of television’s first wireless remote control more than 50 years ago, Robert Adler spawned generations of viewers who do their channel changing from the couch.

But Friday, the retired engineer is just as confounded as millions of others who fumble with the remote controls that clutter their coffee tables and routinely fall into the cracks of sofas.
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EOS Digital Rebel SLR Digital Still Camera

Cameras and Photo, Gizmo of the Day / By /

EOS Digital Rebel SLR Digital Still Camera

In 1990, Canon’s first EOS Rebel revolutionized photography by making SLR excitement available to everyone. In the decade that followed, the Rebel grew and evolved to give its legions of fans even more photographic freedom. Now the Rebel achieves its ultimate evolution. Equipped with Canon’s exclusive ‘Digital Trinity’ – 6.3 Megapixel CMOS Sensor, Digic Imaging Processor and compatibility with over 50 of Canon’s superb EF lenses – the Digital Rebel breaks definitively through every remaining barrier to truly deliver photography without limits. Create memorable images no matter what your level of experience. Nurture your creativity with easy controls and a world of EOS accessories. Share and reproduce your images with state-of-the-art digital freedom. The world’s first affordable, premium-quality digital SLR makes it all possible.

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From High-Tech Gadget, Lower-Quality Music

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By Randall Stross
MacNewsWorld

Customers are led to believe that they are getting a CD in all respects except the trouble of going to the mall. The iTunes store does not warn about the permanence of its method of compression; Once freeze-dried, there is no way to reconstitute the music into CD quality for playing through a good stereo.
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Linksys Wireless-B Music System, 802.11b

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Linksys Wireless-B Music System, 802.11b

The Linksys Wireless-B Music System lets you bring the digital music stored on your computer to your Home Entertainment Center, without running cables through the house. Using a wireless connection, the Music System finally frees your digital music collection from those little computer speakers to play in full glory through your stereo system.

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