Renesas Technology Unveils R8C/Lx Series MCUs with Feature-Rich LCD Capabilities, 1.8V to 5.5V Operation Support and ... (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)

SAN DIEGO & SAN JOSE, Calif.----Renesas Technology America, Inc. today announced a new generation of microcontrollers with an on-board LCD controller. The R8C/Lx Series is the latest addition to the Renesas R8C Family of MCUs, which incorporates the powerful 16-bit R8C CPU core.

'Smart' homes getting a little sexier, a lot cheaper (The Bryan-College Station Eagle)

NEW YORK -- Eat your heart out, George Jetson.New gadgets and technology can automate a house to the point where homeowners are alerted when food in the fridge ...

'Smart' homes get sexier, cheaper (Cape Cod Times)

Smart-home features are still pretty pricey, but costs are expected to come down as the demand for more convenience grows and technology becomes more accessible and affordable.

Wrong Baby Wrong! (La Prensa San Diego)

You would have thought we had come as they used to say, “A long way, baby”, but apparently not. When listening to the rhetoric in this presidential election year about how to achieve energy independence, I shake my head in disbelief.

Fall Back...and Spring for New Smoke-Detector Batteries (KPAX Missoula)

The end of daylight-saving time on Nov. 2 serves as a reminder to change the batteries in your home smoke detectors. It could be a life saver.