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Ingrid is a reporter for TechCrunch, joining February 2012, based out of London. She comes from paidContent.org, where she was a staff writer, and has in the past also written freelance regularly for other publications such as the Financial Times. Ingrid covers mobile, digital media, advertising and the spaces where these intersect. When it comes to work, she feels most... ? Learn More ARM Holdings — supplier of microchips for Apple’s iPhone and iPad products, Samsung’s Galaxy line and soon technology for Microsoft’s Windows 8 devices — continues to report strong results while riding the wireless device boom and expanding to newer areas. The company reported Q2 earnings (ended June 30) of £135.5 million ($213 million), beating analyst estimates of $206 million. Net profit was up by 48 percent, to £39.4 million compared to £26.6 million for the same quarter a year ago. Pointedly, the company is gearing up for continuing good fortune, at least for the next quarter: It says it has a “re...

Our friend Ben Saunders is a polar explorer who frequently travels across Antarctica in the name of science. Part of his expedition responsibilities include sending video from the field back to the home base via satellite phone. Unfortunately, the Iridium radio frequencies only allow for a data transfer of 2.4 kb/s, which means that a 1 minute video will take at least an hour to upload. And that's at a quality level most of us would consider horrendous. And now Ben is asking for your help in finding a better solution. Ben's current setup for video capture involves the following: HP iPAQ hx2490: Yes, it runs Windows CE. Yes, it transfers wireless data at dial-up speeds. Yes, it can withstand temperatures as low as -50 degrees Fahrenheit.Motorola Iridium 9505 satellite Phone: It more or less looks like that candy bar phone you had in 1998. But you know, gets a signal in the middle of nowhere.Socket Serial I/O CompactFlash to Serial RS-232 cable: Using a Compact Flash slot, this ...