By Haoming Huang, Fujitsu Microelectronics America, Inc. Rapid changes in video surveillance systems have taken these systems from analog to digital in the last decade. Now it’s possible to run surveillance over IP networks, providing much higher resolutions, color systems, wireless networking, and other capabilities. Most wireless video surveillance systems are built around the 802.11...
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By Paul McLellan, Virtutech Daylight savings time came early this year but not to my phone—a Samsung Blackjack running Windows Mobile Windows Mobile on Cingular's network. (Or is that AT&T? Who can keep up with all the branding changes?) Even I wasn't convinced everything would be problem-free so I looked on the Cingular Web site Cingular Web site and was assured that no...
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By Paul McLellan, Virtutech Semiconductor companies building chips for wireless handsets are naturally focused on taping out their chips. However, the gating item to production orders is no longer tape-out but completion of the embedded software by their customers.
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By Ravi Kodavarti, Texas Instruments Fixed/mobile convergence (FMC) is a hot topic in today’s unified communications discussion. The industry’s perception of what FMC is and what it will become has changed as technologies have evolved and user wants have shifted. Ultimately, service providers will have to decide which model to deploy and they will no doubt base their support of...
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