ReplayTVs exit from the hardware DVR business it helped create was definitely the end of an era, but the companys new focus was on show at CEDIA this week: its ReplayTV PC Edition software.

The digital video recording software will operate with your TV tuner card (and its TV outputs) to provide a speedy, easy to use interface for managing your recordings. A number of interesting features make it an attractive option. For instance, a surprise me tool will automatically record programs featuring favorite actors, directors or genres while the softwares search tools can filter program listings in a variety of unconventional ways, such as by series premieres or finales only.



ReplayTV PC Edition is slated to be released later this month for $100, with the integrated electronic program guide service included in that cost for the first year and available for $20 annually thereafter.

Samsung's 32Gbit 40nm NAND uses high-k

Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd announced what it touts as the industry's first 32Gbit NAND flash memory, based on 40nm design rules and the company's proprietary Charge Trap Flash (CTF) architecture.

Also based on what it claims to be the first implementation of high-k dielectric films for NAND, Samsung said the 32Gbit NAND flash can be used in memory cards with densities of up to 64Gbytes. One 64Gbyte memory card is able to store over 64 hours of DVD resolution movies (about 40 movies) or 16,000 MP3 music files (1,340 hours), according to Samsung.

Samsung claimed the development of the 40nm-based NAND memory device uses CTF technology, which eliminates the need of the floating gate. Instead, the data is temporarily placed in a "holding chamber" of the non-conductive layer of the flash memory composed of silicon nitride, resulting in a higher level of reliability and better control of the storage current, Samsung said.

Reversal Of Fortune for Print

A number of years ago, I attended a web design seminar and listened as the presenter foretold the demise of print. It would, he predicted, be replaced by electronic and technical innovations including PDAs, smart phones and Bluetooth technology. To illustrate his point, the speaker used business cards. When the presenter asked how many of the attendees used printed business cards, the response was unanimous in the affirmative.

However, many in the audience admitted to either tossing or losing business cards. While the speaker saw that as an opportunity for electronic devices, it became clear to me that the business card needed to be re-invented to become more effective. That drove me to found my company, Capture Business Cards. Our product, Capture Card, is a business card paper with pressure-sensitive adhesive on the reverse side.

She’ll be a revenuer

"My second week I was there, one of the staff people came in and said, 'Judy, do you have a meeting for today?' And I'm like, 'No.' And she was like, 'I think you do. There's all these little short guys out here, and they've got some tall guys with them.' So I'm like, 'Just put 'em in the conference room.' "

"They asked what my philosophy was going to be," Hadley says.