St Mary's CE Primary School, near Leominster, was closed in August 2011 and reopened as Dilwyn CE Primary in September 2011.
The company's breakthrough solution, the Nectar Mobile Power System, delivers the only viable small form-factor battery replacement that provides the enormous run-time improvements demanded by today's CE devices.
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Mrs Brewer is a keen churchgoer and had acted as church warden at her former parish of St Clement's in Chorlton and her current parish at St Thomas's CE Church in Helmshore, Lancashire.
Look, Moblin and MIDs and USB 3.0 are all well and good, but the real highlight of IDF is hiding in plain sight: it's Intel's CE 3100 Media Processor-based Tru2way DVR server, which has three digital cable tuners that can be streamed over a regular gigabit Ethernet or MoCA to any number of clients, ranging from other 3100-based set-top boxes to DLNA devices like laptops and even the PS3.
ENGADGET: Video: Intel Tru2way server streams cable all over your house
The first product based on the design, the SH7729, was also unveiled Thursday and will support Microsoft's Windows CE operating system, Hitachi said.
Other cable companies like Cablevision and Time Warner have also inked deals with Sun for using Java OS. Sun's rivals include Microsoft's Windows CE, OpenTV, and Power TV from Scientific Atlanta.
Running on the software giant's Windows CE operating system, a stripped-down version of its desktop software, the devices will offer a calendar, address book, memo pad, voice recorder, e-mail and limited web browsing.
It represents an open mind and willingness to embrace the inevitable within Japan's darling CE corp, however, and with Samsung and Sony leading, Olympus, Panasonic and perhaps even Canon and Nikon will follow up with their own offerings.
The software updates itself automatically over the Internet, and is available for each of the four main device platforms: Palm's Palm OS, Microsoft's Pocket PC and Windows CE, and Symbian's EPOC.
Finally, there's some hope that the CE and cable industry can actually work together, as seen in Comcast's RDK program that's pushing the development of this box and others (like that Humax box we spotted floating through the FCC) with similar capabilities.
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CE, Microsoft's operating system for devices, has met with a generally lukewarm reception, while Symbian threatens to damage its prospects further.
Actually, Dreamcast will ship with two operating systems, a proprietary one from Sega and Windows CE, Microsoft's "lite" operating system for consumer devices.
CE, Microsoft's scaled-down operating system for the consumer market.
In the area of personal companions, vendors such as Compaq were slower to roll out models than expected, as they struggled with issues related to Windows CE, Microsoft's operating system for handhelds.
However, thanks to Windows CE underpinnings, that's about the most it can manage.
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Microsoft's scaled-down OS, Windows CE, is already appearing in cable boxes, and Microsoft is positioning it to create other appliances with attitude -- let's call them active appliances.
Thus, even if Venus never makes a big impact on China's Internet market, simply embedding Windows CE in millions of Chinese consumer products will create momentum that can only help the marketing of Windows CE elsewhere.
Dataquest's Martin criticized both the PalmPilot and Windows CE devices.
But before we tell you to jump past the break to check out the short demo, we want to break the news to you that this UI was created just to show off the capabilities of the new CE platform -- there's no plan to bring it to market as is on Microsoft's end at the moment.
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The problem with CE is just that--it's still Windows, with nearly all the features (and complexities) of a miniaturized desktop computer.
If you were hoping for some of the retro styling or compelling features we saw on the CP-8660, though, you'll probably be disappointed, as there's not much noteworthy about the 5.05 megapixel CE 5430 and 6.36 megapixel CE 6430 point-and-shoots or the 5.05 megapixel CL 5300 (pictured), other than the fact that this latter model seems to be Acer's first foray into ultracompacts.
The N100's vitals, if you need a refresher, include Windows CE 5.0 Core Version as the OS, a 2.8-inch TFT, 300MHz processor, SiRFstar III chipset, 64MB RAM, and an included 1GB microSD card -- all in a slight 2.4 x 3.5 x 0.6-inch package weighing just under four ounces.
CEA's study also shows that video products continue to be the top CE device consumers own, with HDTV ownership continuing to increase.
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Normally, we complain about lack of inputs on CE devices but if they're all there, what's there to talk about?
While that display won't best any brand-name slab on the market, it's certainly usable, even in bright sunlight, as we experienced today at CE Week in New York City.
Founded in 1981, Wind River struggled early on, first from the meltdown in the telecommunications business, and then from increasing competition from both Microsoft 's (nasdaq: MSFT - news - people ) Windows CE operating system and Linux.
One thing's for sure though... they won't be pretty by conventional CE standards.
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Currently, 86 percent of U.S. households own at least one computer, making it the third most owned CE product category behind televisions and DVD players.
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At National Semiconductor's stand at CeBIT, a dozen or so WebPad vendors were displaying products based around the chip maker's integrated Geode processors and running operating systems ranging from Linux and QNX to Windows CE.
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