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• 29 January 2013

• News: Optus braces for data spike with Juniper switch

  To prepare for growing data traffic, Optus will use a packet transport switch by Juniper for its converged wireline and 4G mobile network, Juniper said.

• 28 January 2013

• News: Acquisition math: Belkin CTO predicts outcome of Linksys deal will be "1+1=3"

  News that Cisco intended to divest its Linksys home-networking business unit broke last December, but Belkin's decision--announced last Thursday--to acquire that division came as a surprise. Belkin's intentions are even more interesting: The company isn't just buying a prestige brand to slap on its existing home-networking product line; it plans to market networking products under both brands.

• 22 January 2013

• News: NEC rolls out OpenFlow for Microsoft Hyper-V

  NEC this week unveiled a virtual switch for Microsoft's Windows Server 2012 Hyper-V hypervisor which is designed to bring OpenFlow-based software-defined networking and network virtualization to those Microsoft environments.

• 19 January 2013

• News: New Plantronics headsets answer calls for you

  Plantronics is now shipping new business headsets for travel and desktop use, plus a wireless portable speakerphone, all shown earlier this month at the International CES.

• 17 January 2013

• News: App Spotlight: Receipt scanner Piikki is free, today only

  Receipts are the bane of my existence. I'm constantly misplacing ones I need to file for expense and travel reports. Isn't this the 21st century? Why do we need to save bits of paper anyway?

• 16 January 2013

• News: The Week in iOS Accessories: Wrapping up CES

  The Week in iOS Accessories

• News: Leap Motion signs exclusive deal with Best Buy

  Leap Motion, a highly accurate 3D motion controller, has signed a deal with Best Buy for the retailer to be the exclusive place where shoppers can purchase the device, according to TechCrunch and others.

• 15 January 2013

• News: Curtin and WASM the first in Australia to combine satellite technologies

  A pair of spatial science researchers have completed the first research in Australia to integrate Global Positioning System (GPS) technology with the emerging Galileo satellite system.

• 12 January 2013

• News: Magellan heads in a different direction with SmartGPS device

  Most GPS devices excel at getting you from Point A to Point B. Where they come up short is in telling you about all the stuff in between.

• 11 January 2013

• News: E Ink's future foretold at CES: Next-gen will be high-res, support color

  While dedicated e-readers struggle in the face of competition from multipurpose tablets, the company E Ink and its electrophoretic display technology (more commonly known as electronic paper) continues to evolve.

• News: iHome focuses on Lightning, Bluetooth, and fitness

  iHome makes so many different audio products that even the PR people have a hard time keeping them straight. The new lineup introduced at CES is no exception, and here for your enjoyment are some highlights from my personal tour of the company's 2013 products.

• News: Blue aims for foolproof podcast audio with Nessie

  Getting sound into a computer is tricky and making things sound good is really hard. Neither of those things used to matter much if you weren't a professional musician or broadcaster, but these days you can't spit without hitting someone with their own podcast (that or making the rounds as a podcast guest). Between podcasts, Skype, and videoconferencing, dedicated microphones are relevant to far more people than ever before.

• News: The Week in iOS Accessories: CES-travaganza, Part 2

  More from CES

• 10 January 2013

• News: Turn any display into a virtual PC with Dell's HDMI stick

  Dell this week unveiled a prototype of a pocket-sized HDMI stick that can turn any compatible display into a virtual PC capable of running Android apps or remotely accessing Windows apps on a cloud service or remote PC.

• News: The CES International Pavilion: Weird, prosaic, wonderful . . .

  International Pavilion

• News: Sharp's HD touchscreen offers pen-like sensing

  Japan's Sharp has developed a high-definition touchscreen that can be used with a stylus that resembles a conventional pen.

• News: Phone add-on Mauz wants to put you in control of everything (video)

  So many devices means so many different ways to control them. But the way Spicebox has it figured, the only controller you need is probably already in your pocket.

• News: Sound and vision

  Your Mac is capable of both aural and visual wonders. Two system preferences--Sound and Displays--control how those wonders are manifested.

• News: EnGenius to unleash a storm of networking gear for home and small business alike

  Taiwanese networking company EnGenius, looking to get into a hotly contested US market for home and small-business networking products, has announced a large lineup of competitively priced Wi-Fi and powerline products, along with separate business and consumer cloud services to manage them.

• News: Samsung previews foldable, rollable 'Youm' smartphone displays

  Flexible OLEDs that can be rolled up or wrapped around the sides of smartphones are getting closer to reality. Samsung Electronics showed some of its prototype flexible displays at CES Wednesday and launched a new brand name for them, Youm.

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