R&D throughout the industry has led to significant steps in innovation this year. VARBusiness Tech Innovator Awards recognize the most innovative of these offerings from several different sectors.
Vendors submitted hundreds of entries for the 2008 VARBusiness Tech Innovator Awards, but only a handful emerged as purveyors of unique, groundbreaking products. Here's a look at the winners.
HP's first touch-screen notebook for consumers has plenty of options for work and play.
The Federal Communications Commission has tentatively offered support for the free use of the "white spaces" that will open up next year.
FCC Chairman Kevin Martin held a press conference and stated "the white spaces can be used as long as it does not interfere with broadcasters," according to the Washington Post.
Additonally, today the FCC issued a report Wednesday titled, "Evaluation of the Performance of Prototype TV-Band White Space Devices," which discusses the feasibility of devices created to take advantage of the freed up TV broadcast frequencies, and includes "detailed results of laboratory and field interference tests of several prototype TV band white space devices," according to the report's executive summary.
The frequencies will be freed up in 2009, when a government-mandated switch to digital television takes effect. The upcoming mandatory switch to digital televisions will be messy, said Robert McDowell, a Republican FCC commissioner, Reuters reported.
The television white spaces issue is currently on the agenda for the November 4 FCC meeting, according to a statement released by the FCC.
Google has been lobbying for use of the white spaces in partnership in conjuction with advocacy groups such as the Wireless Innovation Alliance. As part of its campaign, Google launched FreeTheAirwaves.com in August.
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