This year at CES, we'll be checking out two new TV technologies—OLED and Ultra HD—as well as advancements in smart TV platforms, and new ways to control them. OLED televisions will be shown in 55-inch screen sizes, and they're ...
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Toshiba hit CES this week with the news that it will offer its Ultra HD TVs this year. It will also offer new sets it calls Cloud TVs that can access the company's servers to provide expanded capabilities and future updates to its interface ...
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Human breath contains a range of volatile organic components,which can help to provide useful information for diagnosis of various diseases,it has been found. The Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology has reached a new ...
Audio may not be getting as much attention as other electronics categories, but there are a couple of intriguing trends on view at CES this year, in headphones and in wireless audio systems. Consumer Reports audio expert Jim Willcox noted ...
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IDG News Service - Nvidia has unveiled its Tegra 4 processor, a chip that will bring consumers more power in mobile devices and help Nvidia remain competitive in the fast moving mobile market. The Tegra 4 is based on ARM's quad-core ...
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IDG News Service - Perhaps taking a leaf from Apple's book, Nvidia kept its greatest surprise at CES for the end of its news conference: an Android-based portable gaming device based on its new Tegra 4 chip. A working prototype of the ...
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Personally identifiable information of "at least" 10,000 NASA employees and contractors remains at risk of compromise following last month's theft of an agency laptop, a spokesman told Computerworld via email Thursday. Agency employees ...
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Apple has been granted patent rights for a new process using high temperatures to shape and mold a curved glass casing, similar to the one currently on newer Samsung devcies, as opposed to the very flat screen found on the iPhone 5. ...
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Microsoft has confirmed its Windows 8 operating system(OS)will launch in October. The announcement was made at the company's worldwide partner conference by Windows CFO Tami Reller Reller also confirmed the RTM version of the OS would ...
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The Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) says charities and third sector organisations stand to benefit most from a data protection check-up. The privacy watchdog offers free day-long advisory visits that give small and medium sized ...
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Texas Instruments Wednesday unveiled its first single-stage wireless charging integrated chip (IC). TI said the new IC is 60% smaller than its predecessors. The company today also added a power controller chip that it said increases the ...
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If the PC industry can't come up with a better way to make the PC a part of our Internet-crazed lives, then it will continue down its current path to becoming a has-been in the high-tech world. That's the message from Intel CTO Justin ...
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Japanese display maker Sharp said Thursday it is ramping up production of a screen technology rumored to be favored by Apple for its new devices, even as its yearly outlook plunged toward another large fiscal loss. The Osaka-based ...
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The Federal Aviation Administration is reassessing its rules about the use of portable electronic devices on airplanes, seeking public comments and forming a government-industry group to study when the devices can be used safely. ...
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US space agency Nasa is to encrypt all its mobile computers after the loss of a laptop containing personal information about more than 10,000 employees and contractors. Until the encryption process is complete, staff members are forbidden ...
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