Once adopted as a standard, such devices become virtually mandatory because doctors can also be sued for not using them.
They will not include trigger locks and other child-proofing devices as standard equipment.
This group has created standard for encrypted storage devices for consumer as well as enterprise applications with its OPAL and now enterprise secure-storage device standards.
The new version of WAP, or wireless application protocol - a standard that allows mobile devices to display Web-like information - is due out by January, and is expected to create a PC-type environment that could open the door to attacks.
On Wednesday, Sony announced a new version of its Reader line-up of E-ink devices including its standard six-inch Touch Edition, the diminutive five-inch Pocket Edition, and larger seven-inch Daily Edition, each thinner, lighter, and featuring a more attractive display than the last version of those gadgets.
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"Our principal goal is to create one worldwide standard that all wireless handheld devices work on for Internet access and browsing, and it would be a huge accomplishment to have 3Com join, " said Chuck Parrish, who recently completed his tenure as chairman of the WAP Forum.
It sets a new standard for thinness in LTE devices, uses leading-edge display technology, resists flexing, glass breakage and water damage, has a striking design and thoughtfully selected materials, stretches battery life, matches with a bevy of optimized accessories, and enables remote file and media access via Motocast software .
WAP-ready devices are now starting to debut in the U.S., but the industry still lacks a standard way to distribute advertisements across all devices in one fell swoop.
The hub portion uses the latest SuperSpeed USB 3.0 standard for fast transfer speeds between devices and your computer.
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The firm is also pushing hard to be a leader in the roll-out of devices supporting the 4k standard.
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Power outlets for personal devices ought to become standard on all passenger seats, say experts, not just in first class.
Great news, you placeshifting fiends of the world: we've learned that Sling Media is hard at work crafting new versions of its SlingPlayer Mobile for S60, Windows Mobile Standard, and Windows Mobile Professional devices.
With the potential to offer many advanced uses, such as virtually instantaneous wireless backups, synchronization and file transfers between computers and handheld devices, the WiGig standard (802.11ad) is the result of close industry collaboration led by Dell and Wilocity.
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Targeting point-of-sale devices with malicious software is standard practice, as the wave of retail hackings over the last few years have shown.
He said he believed Android would overtake iPhone globally and he predicted the platform could become the de facto standard for a range of consumer electronic devices, such as TVs and home media servers.
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Right now, HTC has only one 4G phone in the U.S., the EVO on Sprint Nextel, but the company is rumored to be launching several more, including its first 4G devices compatible with the LTE standard, in 2011.
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Neither format succeeded in supplanting the CD, but ultimately several playback devices on the market supported both standard.
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"With the popularity of tablets, the standards and specifications of the devices are converging to one worldwide standard, " said D'Amico.
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The important advantages from this Consortium are a global ecosystem of low cost phones and network devices that work off a common standard.
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But if power supplies were standard parts that could be used interchangeably among devices (servers, switches, storage arrays, etc.) and swapped out at will, there would be no need to wait.
Although barcodes are very easy to transmit securely to mobile devices, the estimated 165 million standard barcode scanners at checkout locations in the U.S. have a very hard time reading them off of reflective screens.
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One complication on that front: Right now it is not possible to send push notifications through web based services on mobile devices, which are written in the standard known as HTML5.
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Everyone Can Connect, Today and Tomorrow- Sound Platform 2 is designed for both today's and tomorrow's smart devices offering Bluetooth, the portable wireless standard, dual universal USB charging and a universal device stand.
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With the ability to fully charge in ten hours via the sun, or in seven hours by way of the Micro-USB DC input, BoostSolar includes a standard USB port for charging any of your mobile devices.
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Apart from Apple, just about every manufacturer of smartphones now includes the technology as standard, so it is in more than 100 million devices.
Developed by VESA's nearly 200 leading industry member companies, the DisplayPort Dual Mode Standard defines the requirements for Dual-Mode DisplayPort source devices and Dual-Mode DisplayPort cable adaptors.
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David Flum, a surgeon at the University of Washington who focuses on orthopedics, says there is a "tremendous double standard" in what the FDA requires of drugs versus devices.
The increased speed of 802.11ac technology is ideal for mobile devices such as smartphones and tablets by providing three times the performance for a similar amount of battery consumption of devices using the current 802.11n WiFi standard.
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The increased speed of 802.11ac technology is ideal for mobile devices, like smartphones and tablets, by providing up to three times the performance for a similar amount of battery consumption of devices utilizing the current 802.11n WiFi standard.
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SanDisk has announced their first new enterprise SSD since they purchased Pliant a couple of months ago and their iSSD ball grid array storage product for tablets and other mobile devices has been adopted as a SATA interface standard.
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