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Conditional Access, Digital Assets, Rights, and Territorial Rights Management
The consumer electronics, entertainment, and broadband communications industries face complex and important challenges in three key intellectual property areas: Conditional access CA and digital rights management DRM, the granting of appropriate download or viewing rights to consumers based on their purchases Territorial Rights Management TRM, and Digital asset management DAM...
A New Solution From TI, 3M and VeriSign to Secure the Pharmaceutical Supply Chain - How Does It Fit in With Current Industry Initiatives?
Texas Instruments, 3M, and VeriSign have come together to offer a solution designed to prevent the sale of counterfeit drugs to patients. Their solution utilizes radio frequency identification RFID and public-key infrastructure PKI technologies to authenticate pharmaceuticals at the item level. Pharmaceutical counterfeiting costs the industry tens of billions of...
Online Music and Movie Service Providers: Are They at the Bottom of the Distribution Food Chain? What Is Their Future?
This article examines some of the challenges this new breed of service provider faces in the marketplace, how they are handling the issues that are unique to their distribution media, and how their future looks in terms of broadband and digital media penetration. Companies mentioned include Digital Envoy, Quavo, Napster,...
Since the Head Unit Cannot Keep Up With Consumers' Entertainment Needs, Can Automakers Create an iPod on Wheels?
In 2004, over four million Apple iPods were sold globally. When coupled with the notion that aftermarket plug-and-play satellite radio receivers also total shipments well into the millions, it is clear that the traditional head unit is losing its stature as king of automotive entertainment. Consumers are increasingly accessing music...
Understanding GM's Decision to Make OnStar Standard in all Models by 2007
GM has just announced its intent to make OnStar standard in every GM vehicle sold in North America by the end of 2007. While this will prove to be a great shot in the arm for GM and the North American telematics industry in general, this article inspects some of...
In-Vehicle Networking: When Can It Live Up to Its Full Potential?
Today's new luxury vehicle can easily carry over twenty connected controllers. But this is only the beginning. Besides controlling fuel injection and spark timing, the role of the vehicle engine controller has expanded to include such functions as electronic throttle control. These are cases where a controller was and continues...
GM & DCX's Hybrid Partnership: A Validation of GM's Technology? Or Is DCX Simply Hedging Its Fuel Cell/Diesel Bet?
General Motors and DaimlerChrysler have announced their mutual signing of a memorandum of understanding regarding the sharing of their hybrid technologies. It is an interesting decision for both companies. General Motors has long been touting its devotion to fuel cell development, and DaimlerChrysler has tried to convince the public that...
Moving Towards the Digital Car
During the last two decades many of the analog systems that replaced mechanical or hydraulic systems have already been or are slated to be replaced by microprocessor-based controls. Historically, the percentage of software use in the vehicle has doubled every two to three years. The move to digital has generated...
With Portable Solutions Growing in Popularity, What Are the Market Niches for In-Vehicle Navigation?
The in-vehicle navigation market is one with three competing forces: OEMs who ship embedded systems, aftermarket players moving towards selling easy-to-install on-dash units as well as merging navigation with DVD entertainment, and consumer electronics players, who can offer products not necessarily designed with the car in mind, but at a...
Digital Content Piracy Concerns Could Stifle Next-Generation Innovation and Consumer Fair Use
Copyright and fair use issues are rearing their ugly heads more than 20 years after the Supreme Court's historic ruling on Sony Corp. vs. Universal Studio - in the shape of a broadcast flag. The Federal Communications Commission FCC is under intense pressure from content owners to regulate consumers' rights...
PC, Cable, and DBS Vendors Compete Against CE Vendors for Living Room Dominance
Dell, HP and Gateway are repositioning themselves as consumer electronic CE vendors for reasons obvious to many digital technology soothsayers. First of all, the entire CE industry is heralding these initiatives as great moves for the individual companies, the consumer, and the entire CE market in general. The number of...
Where Are the Hybrids From the Big 3?
To date, there have been no problems selling hybrids. Buyers are lining up for the new Toyota Prius, and the Honda Civic Hybrid has sold well since its introduction. But these are only two models and they account for far less than 1% of the new vehicle market. Ford and...
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Navigation Devices and Systems Will Generate Global Revenues of $62 Billion by 2012, Says abi research
LONDON -- Consumer navigation is quickly becoming an established consumer electronics category with more and more consumers discovering the benefits of navigation and related services. ABI Research forecasts navigation devices and systems to reach annual sales revenues of $62 billion by 2012. "Despite disappointing sales levels in the...
Mobile WiMAX to Level the Asia-Pacific Playing Field, Says abi research
SINGAPORE -- While most Asia-Pacific countries are still processing spectrum bidding, manufacturers and application vendors are aggressively entering mobile WiMAX markets. As the market for mobile WiMAX expands, manufacturers are targeting new customer segments, and there will be a correspondingly huge opportunity in APAC regions. "Because mobile WiMAX...
100,000 Femtocells Will Ship in 2008, But 2010 Will Be the Year of Real Ramp-Up, says abi research
LONDON -- Although the femtocell holds much promise for carriers of all kinds, 2008 is forecast to remain a fairly low-key year for femtocell vendors, according to new data from ABI Research. Only about 100,000 units are expected to ship in 2008. 2009 will show the fruits of the more...
UbiquiSys, Alcatel-Lucent, and ip.access Top New abi research Femtocell Vendor Matrix Ranking
LONDON -- UbiquiSys has been ranked at the top of the latest Vendor Matrix released by ABI Research. Alcatel-Lucent and ip.access claimed the second and third spots in the company's latest evaluation of worldwide femtocell box vendors. The Vendor Matrix is an analytical tool developed by...
Wi-Fi Will Be in 99% of North American Universities by 2013, Says abi research
NEW YORK -- Although 802.11n Wi-Fi is found in only 2.3% of North American universities today, according to a new ABI Research study it will be available in 99% in 2013. Primary and secondary schools will also experience robust growth in the use of Wi-Fi and Voice over Wi-Fi. All...
RFID Reader Market is Both Integrating and Innovating, Says abi research
NEW YORK -- According to a new study released by ABI Research, Radio Frequency Identification RFID readers are becoming both more highly integrated and more innovative. Reader ICs have come to lead the market for Low Frequency LF and High Frequency HF RFID, enabling these technologies to be...
Blu-ray's Market Dominance Will Be Delayed, Says abi research
NEW YORK -- It has been a quarter since HD DVD lost its contest with Blu-ray, and the market has absorbed the consequent impacts while remaining open to changes. To clear inventory, HD and universal players are selling at deep discounts; HD and universal drives will no longer ship after...
GPS Devices and Systems Will Generate Revenues of $240 Billion by 2013, According to abi research
LONDON -- GPS satellite technology is becoming increasingly important as it is being embedded in an ever-wider range of mobile consumer devices to enable navigation and Location Based Services. While GPS handsets and in-vehicle navigation systems will remain the most lucrative markets, industrial applications such as network timing, land surveying,...
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