LG gets Dolby

LG Electronics and Dolby have announced that LG will be the first handset maker to incorporate Dolby Mobile into handsets bound for the global market, says Pocket-lint. The companies have signed an agreement that grants LG a licence to embed Dolby Mobile Technology into its handsets.

Some of the Dolby Mobile features that LG plans to incorporate into its phones include mobile surround for use with headphones, sound space expander for music playback, natural bass, high frequency enhancer, graphic EQ, sound level control and mono-to-stereo converter, which improves the playback of user-generated content.

LG has said that as this deal has been done, it "plans to begin launching high-end multimedia phones that incorporate Dolby Mobile technology from the fourth quarter of this calendar year".

For years, a part of the scientific community has been raising awareness on the potential health hazards of electromagnetic fields, writes MarketWatch.

Interphone, the largest international epidemiology study ever conducted over cellphone usage, is showing disturbing results especially from Northern Europe, the pioneer of the wireless technology over the old continent.

An increase of cancer risks has been reported, especially for heavy- and long-time users (over 10 years).

Fujitsu Microelectronics America along with Cisco has released a new white paper entitled "Beamforming Boosts the Range and Capacity of WiMax Networks," reports TMCnet.com.

The white paper completely describes the technology and benefits that are involved by adopting the affordable adaptive beamforming technology.

The beamforming technology is said to boost the range and capacity of WiMax networks. This considerably improves indoor penetration of broadband signals.