LOS ANGELES -- Samsung, not Sony, will team with Gaikai on a cloud gaming initiative, executives said at E3. Media reports last week said Sony would unveil a pact with cloud gaming company Gaikai at E3 (CED June 4 p6).
BOSTON -- Microvision will recognize Pioneer’s $4 million purchase order for its MEMS-based front projector light engines over nine months as it embarks on a new OEM strategy, CEO Alexander Tokman told us at the Society for Information Display show.
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) released its Northern Border Strategy (NBS), described as" the first unified strategy to guide the Department’s policies and operations along the U.S.-Canada border." DHS said the strategy will work closely in conjunction with the "Beyond the Border" plan released by U.S. Customs and Border Protection in February.
Public safety officials in many major U.S. cities remain concerned about a requirement that they vacate the 700 MHz T-band, Public Safety Spectrum Trust Chairman Harlin McEwen told the National Public Safety Telecommunications Council. Under spectrum legislation that became law in February, public safety got the 700 MHz D-block, but had to give up the T-band, heavily used in a number of major cities. Public safety is required to vacate the T-band within nine years, under the spectrum law. In April, the FCC Public Safety Bureau imposed an immediate freeze on applications for new stations and major modifications in the T-band.
The global reach of data through cloud services requires collaboration and cooperation among international governments to maintain secure data storage, U.S. and foreign government information technology officials said. As governments move toward the cloud to improve services for citizens, there is a greater need for continuous monitoring, security and other features, they said Tuesday at the National Institute of Standards and Technology cloud computing workshop in Washington.
LOS ANGELES -- Sony Computer Entertainment introduced a new Wonderbook peripheral for the PS3 at its E3 news briefing Monday that will use augmented reality via the company’s PlayStation Eye camera to add interactivity to children’s books. As expected, the company didn’t unveil a new videogame hardware system, or say anything about a rumored cloud gaming pact with Gaikai (CED June 4 p6).
Crown Prince Seafoods is notifying all of its wholesalers to suspend shipments and retailers to remove Korean shellfish from their shelves, reported the Food and Drug Administration. Crown Prince’s announcement follows an FDA alert on May 25 that canned Korean shellfish are considered by FDA to be adulterated.
China is challenging several aspects of U.S. countervailing duty proceedings before the World Trade Organization, including determinations of state ownership and control, treatment of Chinese export restraints as subsidies, and application of Adverse Facts Available (AFA), according to details of the May 25 Chinese request for consultations released by the WTO.
The Transportation Security Administration announced significantly eased air cargo security screening procedure agreements May 31 with Canada, the European Union and Switzerland. It said the agreements clear the way for improved information sharing, stronger security, and more efficient transportation of cargo between the U.S. and those countries.
Among the items in a world ports' roundup provided by the International Association of Ports and Harbors are: