Samsung Electronics has introduced the Android-based HomeSync media center, which can be used to watch movies, play games and also provide private and shared storage. The HomeSync is Samsung's latest big bet, according to the company. The ...
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Lenovo has announced new 7-inch and 10-inch tablets with quad-core processors and Google's latest Android 4.2 operating system, becoming one of the few companies to offer that version of the OS in tablets. The S6000 tablet has a 10-inch ...
LG Electronics has launched the Optimus F5 and Optimus F7 smartphones, which will bring LTE to a "mass audience." Global LTE smartphone shipments are expected to triple this year, allowing the technology to take off on a grander scale and ...
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Budget phones can be miserable affairs. Poor screen and camera resolution, terrible keyboards and hand-me-down technology can make a user feel like the character in Barbra Streisand's 60s hit Second Hand Rose. This isn't so with Nokia's ...
The mathematician who found the largest known prime number said the discovery last month was like climbing Mount Everest or landing on the moon. Curtis Cooper, a mathematician and professor at the University of Central Missouri, stands ...
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SMA Solar Technology AG (SMA) now supports plant operators even better in monitoring and control of decentralized large-scale PV power plants: Along with the highly efficient SMA string inverters, the new SMA Cluster Controller, which is ...
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Computer-on-Modules (COMs) show the way to faster Freescale QorIQ processor-based design without need for costly and time-consuming full-custom design, writes Gerhard Szczuka, product manager for Computer-on-Modules at Kontron Europe. The ...
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The firm formerly known as RIM has announced its BlackBerry Z10 smartphone, the top-of-the line BlackBerry that – it hopes – is going to take on the iPhone 5 and save the company. BlackBerry, as RIM is now known, has announced ...
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The ATIV Odyssey, Samsung's first Windows Phone 8 device ($50 on Verizon with a two-year contract) is a basic model, with a 4-inch Super AMOLED touch-screen display, a 1.5GHz dual-core processor, a 1.2-megapixel front-facing camera, and a ...
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Powered by the AMD Embedded G-Series Accelerated Processing Unit (APU) GizmoSphere has launched the Gizmo board for developing x86-based embedded systems for embedded systems inventors and hobbyists. The board is powered by the AMD ...
A low-cost board for x86-based embedded system development is available from GizmoSphere. It is based on an AMD Embedded G-Series Accelerated Processing Unit (APU). Gizmo is a 4 x 4in x86 development board that runs Android, Linux, ...
Research In Motion’s (RIM) stock prices soared this week, following speculation, rumours and high hopes about the upcoming BlackBerry 10 launch next week. RIM’s stock price has been languishing in the $11-$12 range on the ...
Following on from this year’s Consumer Electronics Show (CES), Asus on Monday announced the Memo Pad ME172V, a seven-inch Android tablet that will be priced at US$149 (AED 547). This is the latest tablet to join a pack of recently ...
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Lenovo's new IdeaPhone K900 smartphone, shown to reporters at International CES, is a big phone with a 5.5-in. display that's also very lightweight at 5.7 ounces. The K900 has a large, 5.5-inch IPS screen and uses an Intel Atom ...
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Led by new sound bars, docking speakers and connected Blu-ray Disc players, LG Electronics (LG) today unveiled its 2013 audio and video lineup. Previewing the official launch at next month's International CES in Las Vegas, LG announced a ...
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