So my preorder is safe in the bowels of EBGamestop... I think. Being #2 at my location gives me some hope of getting a unit on launch day, and one of the things I'm looking forward to is having a ...

(This is part of a letter I wrote to the developer of Watson. I would also be interested in a separate stand alone IR control app, if there is such a thing. Integrated control would, of course, be ...

Not so with the Xbox 360, which has an IR port on its face. One would think that Sony would put out some sort of IR dongle that would solve the universal-remote compatibility issue (or hopefully ...

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Samsung is doing something right. They've reportedly sold 10 million Galaxy Notes worldwide. That's pretty noteworthy, if you'll pardon the pun. Earlier today Michael Fisher gave us a hands-on with ...

So you want to control your TV with your phone. You’ll need a phone with an IR port if you want to control any TV with your smartphone, which is a taller order than it used to be. There are still some ...

Everyone knows I’m the resident HTC fanboy around here, so it’s no surprise that I’m bringing you news that HTC is going to add more internal flash memory to its phones to make them more ...

Sometimes, you look around at all these gadgets and in a rare moment of inspiration or madness, you look at them all a little different??? connected in a way they are currently not, but perhaps should ...

Infrared technology (IR) has become one of computing's great missed opportunities. That truth is underscored by a design change in the newest models of the iMac: Apple decided to remove the infrared ...

The circuit is aimed to provide a method for receiving serial data on one pin and transmitting serial data on another with a modulation at the infrared detectors band pass frequency. A tiny 8-pin ...

Finally: another use for PSP's IR port. New homebrew from Fanjita and harleyg called "piKey" lets OE users the ability to use keyboards with the PSP. "Imagine being able to use your keyboard to ...