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• ATI's System-on-Chip for Set-Top Boxes
  Thursday 18 October 2001 – 07:58
  ATI is one of those companies that has its fingers in every pie from end-user products to the silicon that drives them.
• Siemens develops three-dimensional map display navigation system
  Tuesday 21 February 2006 – 04:23
  Siemens has developed a navigation system with a three-dimensional map display, making it easier for drivers to find destinations even in unfamiliar urban areas.
• Agere unveils system-on-a-chip for portable HDD devices
  Wednesday 21 September 2005 – 06:48
  Agere Systems today announced a new highly integrated system-on-a-chip (SoC) for miniature hard disk drives (HDDs) used in portable consumer electronics (CE) devices.
• Panasonic expected to announce Bluetooth home sound system
  Thursday 18 January 2007 – 08:50
  A new product from Panasonic has shown up on the FCC website, describing a home audio system that links up wirelessly through a Bluetooth connection. And yes, it does have the option connect directly to your iPod.
• Man charged with hacking into USC's student application system
  Friday 21 April 2006 – 09:30
  Federal prosecutors have charged a San Diego man with hacking into the University of Southern California's application system. Eric McCarty, a network security penetration tester, used a database vulnerability to gain access to a website that contained the personal information of more than 275,000 applicants who have applied since 1997.
• Hypertec to sell system-upgrade board
  Saturday 17 February 2001 – 09:17
  Hypertec Memory Card is preparing to launch a single board designed to make it easy and cheaper to upgrade a PC's CPU as well as video, sound and graphics capabilities.
• ATI eyes `system-on-a-chip' launch
  Friday 9 July 1999 – 08:12
  ATI Technologies plans to branch out from its core graphics chip business next year, with designs on the "system-on-a-chip" market.
• Cell Computing Pushes 700MHz System-On-Module for Embedded Apps
  Thursday 6 September 2001 – 07:00
  Well, the Embedded Systems Conference is upon us this week, so we're bound to see a bunch of interesting things that will be embedded in other things to make them go.
• Agilent releases new LED backlighting system, predicts LEDs will replace CCFLs
  Tuesday 25 January 2005 – 04:58
  On the heels of the recent introduction of its new LED backlighting system, Agilent Technologies stated that it expects RGB LED backlighting to take 10% of the LCD-TV market within two years.
• Intel launches new system-platform alliance
  Tuesday 15 October 2002 – 06:47
  A long-time processor and chipset supplier, Intel on October 14 extended its attention into the PC manufacturing sector by teaming up with 12 PC hardware makers in Asia.
• Motorola's USB System Reference Design
  Tuesday 30 October 2001 – 08:33
  With USB 2.0 on the way, it seems like Motorola is just a bit behind the times with its new USB System Reference Design, the second in a series of application-specific designs based on the company's 68HC908 8-bit Flash microcontrollers.
• Iomega's FireWire Peerless Drive System
  Tuesday 14 August 2001 – 09:24
  After experiencing the wide-spread popularity of its Zip drive, it seems like Iomega comes out with one new unique (not necessarily a good thing) storage device after another.
• CES: Encore's Mobile Karaoke System
  Friday 11 January 2002 – 11:39
  I guess this little device comes under the heading of "consumer electronics" but mostly it just conjured up images of my relatives bringing something like this along when they come to my house for dinner.
• Could newly proposed House legislation rewire the Bell System?
  Tuesday 28 March 2006 – 07:05
  A deal that would have enabled US broadband Internet companies to provide cable service on a nationwide scale, broke down in Congress on Friday. Substitute legislation proposed by a key House committee chairman, would change the language to make cable TV providers the key providers of nationwide ISP service, competing with existing cable companies in every single municipality.
• Xicor System Management ICs Integrate Potentiometers (plus a naughty story link)
  Tuesday 24 July 2001 – 08:36
  It seems that Microsoft is letting us all know that software is sexier than hardware, as evidenced by this link to a Swiss advertisement for WinXP (thanks to Kieren McCarthy over at the Reg for this little midday befuddlement - and I mean that in a good way).