Best Buy has discounted some MacBook Pro laptops by as much as $200, and offered college students another $100 off in a promotion that may hint at impending refreshes of Apple's signature notebook. The U.S. retailer's sale features ...
Tags: Pending Refresh, Macbook
Genius is pleased to announce the launch of SP-D150, a pair of USB-powered cube-shaped speakers, in North America. Now, buyers no longer have to choose between style and sound. These aluminum-finished speakers boast a clean, modern look and ...
Tags: Genius, Notebook Speakers, Speakers
Hard disc drive (HDD) vendors expect their shipments in the third quarter to stay flat sequentially, but drop over 10% on year due to PC clients' reluctance in placing orders. Some HDD players have adjusted their shipment ratio estimates ...
Tags: Hard Disc Drive, HDD players
DHL Express is celebrating its first year as the official logistics partner of charities Free The Children and Me to We. By providing the charities with free shipping, storage and logistics support, DHL has allowed them to allocate 90% of ...
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Taiwan-based LED chip makers will generate total production value of US$1.82 billion in 2013, growing 19.2% from 2012, according to Digitimes Research. Among LED applications, lighting will account for 33% of the value, followed by 32% ...
LG is using a new video to promote an Aug. 7 event in New York City, evidently to unveil its new G2 smartphone running a faster Snapdragon 800 processor. The G2 would be the successor to the Optimus G, first launched last September with a ...
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LED packaging house Everlight Electronics, recorded June consolidated revenues of NT$1.892 billion (US$62.7 million) down 11.82% on month, while fellow packaging houses Unity Opto Technology had revenues of NT$604 million, down 14.47%, and ...
Microsoft is aiming to boost sales of its Surface tablet computers as it makes the devices available for business customers via the IT channel. In a blog post, director of Microsoft Surface, Cyril Belikoff, said that the software giant ...
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Brandished on stage at Microsoft's Build conference last week by Steve Ballmer himself as the next great thing in Windows 8 tablet hardware, Acer's Iconia W3 is the first 8-in tablet with the ability to run the full version of the company's ...
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A Microsoft insider has told Computing that the company is intentionally steering Android users towards its Outlook mail app by making synchronisation between the two platforms difficult. A Microsoft staff member told Computing, while ...
Fingerprint scanning is a standard fingerprint method that authenticates a customer's identification based upon who they are. Even though verification using fingerprintsscanning machines to confirm details by using a different attribute, it ...
Tags: Biometric Fingerprint Scanner, Scanner, Fingerprint scanning
Microsoft will be focusing its software efforts on an "outpouring" of more powerful touch screen devices, as it works on "getting the ecosystem to comply with a product line of touch PCs", company CEO Steve Ballmer said today. While the ...
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Microsoft has told Computing that enterprise users will see "a marked difference" in the Windows 8.1 patch's effects on productivity. Speaking at Microsoft's Build 2013 conference in San Francisco today, the operating system's principal ...
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TWELVE hours, 15 minutes. That's the video playback time the new MacBook Air delivered in our tests - conducted at 75 per cent screen brightness on a 13-inch model. Last week, we pitted the 2013 MacBook Air against its predecessor, the ...
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GaN LEDs set to top 100 billion units 25 Jun 2013 Shipments of the blue-emitting chips will reach new milestone this year, reports analyst company IHS. Analysts at the market forecasting company IMS Research (part of IHS) are expecting ...