Abstract: According to a notebook-sized personal computer of an embodiment, a base housing retains an arithmetic unit, an antenna having antenna elements, and covers. An LCD housing retains an LCD. Hinges rotatably couple the base housing and the LCD housing to each other. In the base housing, a pair of depression sections are formed by depressing both ends of one side thereof. In each of the pair of depression sections, an antenna element is accommodated. On the base housing, to end sections respectively adjacent to the pair of depression sections along the one side of the base housing, the hinges are respectively provided. The covers respectively accommodate each of the antenna elements, and are constituted of a material through which a radio wave is passed.

Abstract: According to a notebook-sized personal computer of an embodiment, a base housing retains an arithmetic unit, an antenna having antenna elements, and covers. An LCD housing retains an LCD. Hinges rotatably couple the base housing and the LCD housing to each other. In the base housing, a pair of depression sections are formed by depressing both ends of one side thereof. In each of the pair of depression sections, an antenna element is accommodated. On the base housing, to end sections respectively adjacent to the pair of depression sections along the one side of the base housing, the hinges are respectively provided. The covers respectively accommodate each of the antenna elements, and are constituted of a material through which a radio wave is passed.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, a display control apparatus is configured to display a single display image on a plurality of two-dimensionally-arranged display devices combined as a single display device. The display control apparatus includes a display module configured to shift, when a predetermined target image included in the display image is displayed across display screens of the display devices, a display position of the display image so that the target image fits into one of the display screens of the display devices.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, a bus slot includes a first terminal not connected to a bus on the system board, and second terminals connected to the bus. The bus slot is configured to be connected to either a first wireless communication module or a second wireless communication module. The first terminal is grounded when the first wireless communication module is connected to the bus slot, and is kept in an open state when the second wireless communication module is connected to the bus slot. An antenna switching module is configured to switch an antenna connected to be a feed line between a first antenna and a second antenna in accordance with a voltage on a control signal line connected to the first terminal.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, an information processing apparatus is provided. The information processing apparatus includes: a body case; a wireless communication module incorporated in the body case; a first storage module which stores first identification information that is acquired by communicating with an access point through the wireless communication module, the identification information indicating an attribute of a network area where the access point exists; a second storage module which stores second identification information that is used in each access point; and a security module which executes a function of limiting a use of the information processing apparatus when the acquired first identification information is changed from identification information stored in the first storage module.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, a display control apparatus is configured to display a single display image on a plurality of two-dimensionally-arranged display devices combined as a single display device. The display control apparatus includes a display module configured to shift, when a predetermined target image included in the display image is displayed across display screens of the display devices, a display position of the display image so that the target image fits into one of the display screens of the display devices.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, a wireless communication apparatus includes a plurality of connectors, a plurality of amplifiers and a plurality of amplifier controllers. The plurality of amplifiers amplify outputs from a plurality of antennas connected to the plurality of connectors, respectively. The plurality of amplifier controllers control gains of the plurality of amplifiers, respectively. Each of the plurality of amplifier controllers comprises a determination module, a notification module and a gain adjustment module. The determination module determines a reception status of a corresponding one of the plurality of antennas. The notification module notifies one or more other amplifier controllers of the reception status determined by the determination module. The gain adjustment module adjusts a gain of the corresponding one of the plurality of amplifiers based on the reception status notified from the one or more other amplifier controllers.

Abstract: According to one exemplary embodiment, a receiver is provided with: a first wireless communication module which performs first wireless communication; a second wireless communication module which performs second wireless communication; a storage module which stores authentication information which is received by the second wireless communication and used in the first wireless communication; and a controller which performs the first wireless communication with the first communication module using the authentication information stored in the storage module, and which deletes the authentication information from the storage module when the first wireless communication is ended.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, an information processing apparatus is provided. The information processing apparatus includes: a body case; a wireless communication module incorporated in the body case; a first storage module which stores first identification information that is acquired by communicating with an access point through the wireless communication module, the identification information indicating an attribute of a network area where the access point exists; a second storage module which stores second identification information that is used in each access point; and a security module which executes a function of limiting a use of the information processing apparatus when the acquired first identification information is changed from identification information stored in the first storage module.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, a bus slot includes a first terminal not connected to a bus on the system board, and second terminals connected to the bus. The bus slot is configured to be connected to either a first wireless communication module or a second wireless communication module. The first terminal is grounded when the first wireless communication module is connected to the bus slot, and is kept in an open state when the second wireless communication module is connected to the bus slot. An antenna switching module is configured to switch an antenna connected to be a feed line between a first antenna and a second antenna in accordance with a voltage on a control signal line connected to the first terminal.

Abstract: Provided are an alicyclic structure-containing compound, a (meth)acrylate, and a method for producing the ester. The compound and the ester are useful as a monomer and the like for a photoresist used in semiconductor manufacturing and excellent in solubility, compatibility, defect reduction, roughness improvement, and the like, realized by using an alicyclic structure-containing compound containing a linking group having an ester bond and/or a linking group having an ether bond, a (meth)acrylate derived from the alicyclic structure-containing compound, and a method for producing the ester.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes: an antenna; a first wireless communication module that establishes wireless communication using a first communication system through the antenna; a second wireless communication module that establishes wireless communication using a second communication system through the antenna, the second communication system having a narrower communication range and smaller power consumption than the first communication system; a determination unit that determines whether or not wireless communication by the first wireless communication module or by the second wireless communication module is available; and a controller that controls the second wireless communication module to establish wireless communication using the second communication system regardless of whether or not wireless communication using the first communication system is established by the first wireless communication module when the determination unit determines that wireless communication by the second wirele

Abstract: An electronic device comprises an antenna, a first wireless communication module coupled to the antenna, which is complied with a first communication protocol, a second wireless communication module coupled to the antenna, which is complied with a second communication protocol, and a filter coupled to the antenna, the first wireless communication module, and the second wireless communication module. The filter distributes a signal received by the antenna to one of the first wireless communication module and the second wireless communication module in accordance with frequency of the signal.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, an information processing apparatus has a radio communications unit, and has a first mode in which communications are established at a first communication speed and a second mode in which communications are established at a second communication speed lower than the first communication speed, and includes a determining unit configured to determine whether or not the apparatus is in a predetermined state, and a control unit configured to lower the communication speed of the radio communications unit and shift the first mode to the second mode if it is determined by the determining unit that the apparatus is in the predetermined state in the first mode.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, an information processing apparatus, includes a detector which detects an external device capable of making connection via wireless communication, a display unit which displays a screen urging a user to select whether or not the connection with the external device via the wireless communication should be made if the external device capable of making connection via wireless communication is detected by the detector, and a connector which makes the connection with external device via the wireless communication if a request for connection with the external device via the wireless communication is made after the screen is displayed on the display unit.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, an information processing apparatus, includes a communication unit making communication with a mail server and obtaining a mail, a searching unit discriminating whether or not a new mail has arrived at the mail server, a main controller controlling the communication unit and the searching unit, and obtaining a new mail, a main power supplier supplying power to the main controller, and a sub-controller. The sub-controller discriminates whether or not a new mail has arrived on the predetermined timing by the searching unit during suspension of the main controller, obtains the new mail via the communication unit if the new mail has arrived, and urges the main power supplier to supply the power and sets the main power supplier in an operable state if any item of information included in the new mail meets a predetermined condition.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, location information of own apparatus of a personal computer, location information of a serer capable of making communications with the personal computer, and bearing information are received, a direction of the own apparatus to the server is discriminated by using the received location information of own apparatus, location information of the serer, and bearing information, and the discriminated direction is displayed if sensitivity of a radio wave received by a 3G communication unit is the sensitivity which allows the own apparatus to make communications with the server.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, an access point selects channels from a plurality of odd-number and even-number communication channels and allocates the selected channels to terminal, in accordance with a radio communication environment. In allocation, the access point allocates the odd-number communication channels in increasing order of frequency, and the even-number communication channels in decreasing order of frequency.

Abstract: A personal computer system comprises a notebook type personal computer and an expansion device to which the personal computer is removably docked. The expansion device comprises a wired LAN interface. The personal computer comprises a wireless communication interface, a docking detector, and a device driver communicating with another device by the LAN interface when docking is detected, and by the wireless communication interface when undocking is detected.

Abstract: A communication apparatus performs wireless communication with at least one external communication apparatus through a channel corresponding to a certain frequency band. The communication apparatus includes a storage unit and a control unit. The storage unit stores information including a plurality of combinations of channels that are at least certain frequencies apart from one another. The control unit selects a combination of channels from the plurality of combinations of channels stored in the storage unit in accordance with wireless communication environment, and respectively allocates the channels of the selected combination to the communication apparatus and the at least one external communication apparatus.