Wireless power on show

Wireless electricity being developed at present will allow homes and businesses to power all appliances from a single source, writes Fair Home.

Eric Giler, president and CEO of WiTricity, says wireless power will give businesses and consumers increased freedom and efficiency.

At the International Consumer Electronics Show, wireless gadgets on display included lights, audio speakers and digital photo frames.

Toshiba hasn't exactly been on the cutting-edge of the Netbook phenomenon, but the Japanese company is taking the lead in moving solid-state drive storage in these tiny laptops to the next level, writes CNet.

Toshiba is adding a 64GB solid-state drive to its NB100 Netbook offering, in addition to the current 160GB hard disk drive option.

While Sony's Vaio P series will be available with SSD options up to 128GB SSD, it's problematic whether Sony's tiny laptop qualifies as a Netbook, which are defined by price as well as size.

One of the little-noticed announcements made at the past CES was the unveiling of AMD's "Fusion" rebranding, whereby the chipmaker has attempted to distil the fading remnants of the “CPU + GPU” hype leftover from its ATI merger, and elevate it into a grand vision of the future of computing in the multicore era, states Ars Technica.

This major rebranding, which portrays heterogeneous multiprocessing as a kind of spiritual ideal, has actually been on the 2009 roadmap since at least 2006.

But in this time of cutbacks and tanking semiconductor revenue, the launch of such a massive online PR blitz seems a bit like an exercise in porcine cosmetology. And maybe it is... or, the company could be onto something.