Microsoft and Philips Electronics announced at Microsoft's conference on Tuesday a licensing agreement that will affect hardware companies that plan to build PCs using Microsoft's Freestyle software.

is the code-name for technologies that consolidate and present the PCs digital media content in one easy-to-read and easy-to-navigate user interface accessible by remote-control. “Enhancing the ...

Philips Home Control is launching DUAL; a keyboard remote to handle the growing need for interactive devices allowing for text input. With its new keyboard remote, Philips Home Control provides the ...

It’s been a long while since we mentioned Philips range of Pronto home-control remote systems, but Philips hasn’t forgotten them: it’s been making the mega-remotes even more mega with the upcoming ...

Even before the addition of touchpads, remote controls were pushing the boundaries in terms of size as more and more features were crammed into home entertainment devices and more and more buttons ...

Technology for televisions is advancing all the time, with TVs getting bigger, offering glasses-free 3D, and even being powered by bicycle these days. Sadly, the remote controls for operating TVs ...

There’s a quiet revolution taking place in the world of universal remotes. A little while ago, a small company called Harmony suggested to the world that you don’t need to input complicated codes into ...

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