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Eye-Fi CEO slams SD Association’s eerily similar Wireless SD card standard, says his IP is being violated

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Yuval Koren is not pleased. For those unaware, he’s the CEO of Eye-Fi, the company that has practically written the rules on embedding WiFi into SD cards. If you blinked last week, you probably missed the SD Association’s announcement that it had crea…


Toshiba FlashAir wireless LAN SD card hands-on (video)

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The first card using the SD association’s Wireless LAN standard is Toshiba’s FlashAir and we’ve just spent some time with it here at CES. It’s much like existing Eye-Fis insofar that it also crams WiFi into a diminutive SD card, but instead of merel…


Wireless LAN SD standard aims to give every SD card that Eye-Fi flair

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Here’s a novel thought — what if every Secure Digital card had wireless? Eye-Fi’s been doing a fine job on its own, but here in Las Vegas, it’s the SD Association making it easier for everyone else to grab a slice of the pie. Unveiled today is the Wir…


Tech mainstays finally come together on something: littering more HD content with more DRM

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Who says the big boys can’t be friends? While Samsung, SanDisk, Sony, Toshiba and Panasonic would probably disagree with each other on just about everything, there are still three magical letters that can bring even the biggest rivals together: DRM….