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Thu, 16 Jul 2009 14:23:24 -0600

Silicon Laboratories Announces Hybrid TV Chip

by Sillicon  @ Thu, 16 Jul 2009 14:23:24 -0600
Austin-based Silicon Laboratories announced a new, hybrid TV tuning chip this morning. According to Silicon Labs, its new chip is targeted at allowing TV makers to improve picture qualit...

Thu, 16 Jul 2009 14:23:21 -0600

Hairly Obsessed: Product Review: Silicon Mix Conditioner

by Sillicon  @ Thu, 16 Jul 2009 14:23:21 -0600
Okay, I told myself I wouldn't try any new products until I ran out of my existing ones, but I couldn't resist picking up the Silicon Mix. I've been reading how they changed the ingredients in ...

Thu, 16 Jul 2009 14:23:21 -0600

PLL integer divisors; JEDEC conclusion; Digital Camcorder Teardown ...

by Sillicon  @ Thu, 16 Jul 2009 14:23:21 -0600
tracking filters for superior performance-- Silicon Labs CMOS Si217 has low-IF architecture, minimizes external passives, reduces BOM, increases in-field performance consistency http://newslett...

Thu, 16 Jul 2009 14:23:21 -0600

Bing's First Month A Bust (MSFT, YHOO, GOOG)

by Sillicon  @ Thu, 16 Jul 2009 14:23:21 -0600
You relaize your topic is Bing but you're quoting the aggregate figure across all MS search properties, right? Hitwise breaks out Bing for June and shows: •Week ending June 6: 3.43% •Week e...

Thu, 16 Jul 2009 14:23:21 -0600

The Year The Newspaper Died | Preethi Dumpala, Sillicon Alley ...

by Sillicon  @ Thu, 16 Jul 2009 14:23:21 -0600
The Year The Newspaper Died | Preethi Dumpala, Sillicon Alley Insider, 4/7/09. As you may have noticed, newspapers have had a rough 2009. But you may not quite appreciate the magnitude of the c...

Thu, 16 Jul 2009 14:23:21 -0600

Not sure about the tracks

by Sillicon  @ Thu, 16 Jul 2009 14:23:21 -0600
I happened to be looking up some Zelda info in the past few days, and I ran across the video of Nintendo’s soon to be released, Spirit Tracks. I’m put off by the train aspect, because it seems so ...

Thu, 16 Jul 2009 14:23:21 -0600

I am going to rant

by Sillicon  @ Thu, 16 Jul 2009 14:23:21 -0600
A little while back, Penny Arcade put up a few ideas for new comic strips. They already have a few ‘other strips’ on the side, the Cardboard Tube Samurai, Catsby and Twisp are two of these, but th...

Thu, 16 Jul 2009 14:23:21 -0600

Along the same lines

by Sillicon  @ Thu, 16 Jul 2009 14:23:21 -0600
I got to thinking about those financial interests I mentioned yesterday more seriously after I wrote my last entry. it Is this something I really want to do? Do I want to make a long term investment?...

Thu, 16 Jul 2009 14:23:21 -0600

Nanotechnology Today: Graphene Yields Secrets to Its Extraordinary ...

by Sillicon  @ Thu, 16 Jul 2009 14:23:21 -0600
Published in this week's issue of Science,* their work adds new detail to help explain the unusual physical phenomena and properties associated with graphene, a single layer of carbon atoms arr...

Thu, 16 Jul 2009 14:23:21 -0600

Google lab work bubbles over | Good Morning Silicon Valley

by Sillicon  @ Thu, 16 Jul 2009 14:23:21 -0600
A couple of months ago, Google took steps to improve the visibility of the various labs where it experiments with new services and features and helps the promising ones mature (see “Google le...