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Will Creative's Zii conquer the world?

John Chan | Dec 04, 2009

Can Creative CEO Sim Wong Hoo's vision cover the world?
(Credit: John Chan/CNET Asia)

Those following our coverage of the Zii Summit will notice that it was held in Shenzhen, China. It would probably have gotten more press coverage had it been conducted in locations like Shanghai and Beijing, but as we found out, that's not the point. Businessmen who own factories making high-tech consumer products are found in Shenzhen and they are the ones Creative CEO Sim Wong Hoo wants to engage.

Almost every tech product you own is made in China. Factories there manufacture some of the best devices, but the credit goes back to the foreign companies. Rightly so-- Nokia designs products in Finland, Apple in California, Olympus in Japan, the list goes on. Mainland manufacturers are merely production lines for these companies which are not able to make devices cheaply in their own countries due to high labor costs.

Sim's Chinese tagline for the Zii Summit contains a part which roughly translates to "changing Earth, covering the world". This is meant to give the idea that the Zii platform can enable these Chinese businesses to change their status as factories for big Western corporations, to tech companies known for their own products.
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Who-Rae debuts GPS anti-theft device

Sharon Vaknin | Dec 04, 2009

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GPS sales have risen more than 700 percent in recent years, according to Who-Rae, an Australian company that develops and manufactures a range of consumer products. With increased popularity and usage comes crime, however--GPS are now the most commonly stolen item from vehicles, the company says. Maplock drives off GPS thieves

Who-Rae is reacting with Maplock, a security device that latches onto a GPS unit and cables it to the steering wheel.

The Melbourne-based company suggests that suction cup marks or empty mounts left on the windshield are signs that criminals look for, so even if a GPS is removed from the car, thieves will cause expensive damage looking for it.
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Bandai's infinite jelly-squeezing toy

Juniper Foo | Dec 02, 2009

(Credit: Bandai Asovision)

(Credit: Bandai Asovision)

I'm not a fan of tokoroten, a Japanese snack that's really reconstituted sea algae that can be eaten cold or with a vinegar-based dressing. But as with all things Japanese, Bandai has subverted this dish of thin translucent jelly strips into yet another mugen (infinite) toy, joining the wacky list of PuchiPuchi bubblewrap and Mugen Edamame bean popping.
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VIA's Mobile-ITX platform is just half of Pico-ITX

Andrew Nusca | Dec 02, 2009

At 6 centimeters square, VIA's new Mobile-ITX platform is half the size of its popular Pico-ITX model, but it still manages to squeeze in enough computing to handle next-generation embedded devices.

The Mobile-ITX platform sports a modularized design that includes a CPU module card and I/O carrier board. The modules are said to integrate "core CPU, chipset and memory functionality and I/O that includes the CRT, DVP and TTL display support, HD Audio, IDE, USB 2.0, as well as PCI Express, SMBus, GPIO, LPC, SDIO and PS2 signals".
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Sony launches two world-first TransferJet chips

Philip Wong | Dec 01, 2009

Hassle-free wireless data transfer may soon become a reality with the world's first TransferJet-ready chipsets (CXD3267AGG and CXD3268AGW) from Sony. Instead of initiating a cumbersome Bluetooth pairing process or deciphering complicated security settings for a Wi-Fi network, all consumers need do is tap two gadgets together for easy point-to-point connectivity. Imagine playing back photos onto a big screen automatically by simply touching your TransferJet-ready digital camera to a compatible TV for example.

Based on wideband wireless technology, TransferJet offers a high-speed data transfer rate of up to 560Mbps at an effective range of a few cm. That roughly translates to just seconds required to copy a 170MB, hour-long TV program recorded in MPEG-4 format. This short-range wireless system is expected to be implemented into a variety of consumer electronics gear, including handhelds, laptops and home A/V products. The company has further integrated these chips into a compact module for mobile devices, PCI Express mini cards for notebooks and USB connectivity solutions.