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Sony rallies chums round proprietary standard

 
Hands up who wants TransferJet! Anyone? Sony has been telling anyone who will listen that its personal variant of Ultra Wide Band is the way of the future, and at CES has convinced Toshiba to go public and join with various camera manufacturers in endorsing the "standard".… (link)

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