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Sun Microsystems announced that it is acquiring the assets of SavaJe Technologies and will reveal further details at its JavaOne conference next month. SavaJes claim to fame is its Java-based embedded operating system, which was shown running in a mobile phone at JavaOne last May. SavaJe touts its Java-based mobile phone OS as being built […]

SavaJe, a spinoff of Lucent Technologies, threw its hat—or, rather, cellphone—into the ring at the 2006 JavaOne Conference in San Francisco this week, with the unveiling of a “sophisticated” handset that runs a unique, Java-centric operating system. The Jasper S20 mobile phone, made by Group Sense Limited PDA (GSPDA) and running SavaJes Java-based SavaJe Mobile […]

IBM researchers say they have found a way to shrink microprocessors and other silicon chips by more than two thirds without requiring fundamentally more expensive process technologies. The company claims it has created “the smallest, high-quality line patterns ever made,” with features measuring 29.9 nanometers, using a variant of standard DUV (deep ultraviolet) chip printing […]

A new cordless VOIP (voice over IP) handset using a PC running Skype as its base station will reach stores next week. According to Linksys, the CIT200 allows users to make VOIP phone calls as easily as todays cordless handsets make conventional landline calls. The device uses DECT wireless, which Linksys says eliminates interference with […]

Flash is winding its way into a growing number of gadgets and devices, thanks to the efforts of engineering services firm Vibren. Although Macromedia normally requires licensees to sign up for massive quantities of licenses before they can build its Embedded Macromedia Flash Player into devices, the company has authorized NEC subsidiary Vibren to supply […]