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Many might not think about it, but Bluetooth wireless communication has increasingly become part of our everyday lives.

It’s used to link mobile phones with hands-free headsets, it’s used to transfer files, it’s an essential part of connecting controllers to games consoles and peripherals to computers and tablets, and that’s just the start.

But what is it? How does it work? And why is it called Bluetooth?

The last question has a relatively simple answer. Bluetooth is the anglicised name of Harald Bl

A new patent filing suggests that Google is planning to integrate voice technology in order to control Google TV-enabled devices from inside and outside of the home.

The filing sees the viewer convey instructions or commands to the TV by speaking to a smartphone or tablet application somewhat similar to Apple’s Siri.

The viewer would be able to search for content on Google TV, change channels or ask questions about when certain TV shows are being aired.

The commands would be sent to Google’s cloud servers before filtering down to your TV set .

Full control from outside the house

Perhaps the most interesting aspect of the patent, uncovered by Patently Apple, is the ability to control your Google TV set, set-top box or Blu-ray player from outside the home.

So, if you’re on your way home from work just as the game is going to start, you could conceivably get your telly warmed up and on the correct channel so it’s on when you walk through the door.

The filing states that “the provision of the query to the television may occur when the user is within a set distance of his home also (e.g., by determining with GPS functionality on the smartphone that he is within 1/4 mile of the home), and the television may be turned on automatically as he approaches the home, with the television tuned to a channel that is determined to be most relevant to the query.”

The patent also mentions that the voice control functionality could be used to stream music to the TV or to set-up playlists.

This functionality could relate to the rumoured Google wireless home streaming device.

Fujitsu is planning to take the European and US mobile market by storm this year with a slew of new Android and Windows Phone tablets and smartphones.

After years of playing in the Japanese phone market, Fujitsu is branching out and hoping to get in on the lucrative European and American smartphone action – just as Panasonic does the same thing.

But while we’re not expecting anything more than a smartphone from Panasonic, Fujitsu has a range of handsets plus tablets to offer, taking in both Android and Windows Phone.

Hardware details

Not much is known about the actual hardware at this point, although reports suggest all models will come equipped with NFC, LTE connectivity and biometric security (like fingerprint unlock).

At this year’s CES, Fujitsu showed off a Tegra 3 quad-core superphone prototype – here’s hoping that speaks of things to come.

Fujitsu has already been in talks with European operators about offering the devices, and claims what it has up its sleeve is “a global product”.

Robert Pryke, director for Fujitsu’s mobile phone business in Europe, said, “The Japanese market has been in a silo from a technology and design perspective, but Fujitsu is bringing out a global product.”

There’s a good chance we’ll see the new Fujitsu tablets and smartphones get a MWC 2012 unveiling: in which case, we’ll be there to bring you our hands on reviews just as soon as humanly possible.

Intel has combined a Wi-Fi transceiver with a dual-core Atom processor, opening up the possibility of slimmer mobile devices with longer battery life.

The company plans to present its new chip, codenamed Rosepoint at ISSCC 2012 in San Francisco later this week.

With fewer separate chips, mobile devices like phones, tablets and laptops could be slimmer, less battery-intensive and even cheaper.

Radio components like Wi-Fi chips are especially difficult to miniaturise as they’re usually based upon complex analogue circuitry.

Intel has managed to buck this trend by producing a digital Radio Frequency (RF) which can be shrunk as chip parts become smaller.

Moore’s law at work

Intel’s chief technology officer, Justin Rattner, says the chips will have “state of the art power efficiency,” and that “with a digital approach to radio, you can bring the benefits of Moore’s law to RF and radio circuits.”

The Rosepoint design puts a digital 2.4GHz Wi-Fi chip right next to a dual-core Atom processor in a mobile system-on-a-chip design.

There are difficulties in combining wireless radio and CPUs, however, as both can emit disruptive radiation. “This radiation seeps into the RF module and corrupts the data,” says Hossein Alavi, director of Intel’s Radio Integration Lab. “The closer they are, the more interference is going to go to them.”

To get around this, Intel has developed noise-cancelling and radiation-shielding measures to apply to the chips.

It even has chips with antennas included in the works.

Currently the subject of a research project, the new chips could feature in mobile tech by 2015.