We've seen smart phones getting bigger and bigger, and now tablets are following suit. The newest Vizio Tablet PC is a whopping 11.6-inch device that weighs 1.8 pounds. It's the largest tablet we've seen, but it didn't feel overly bulky or ...
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Remember those great Fisher-Price toys, like the barnyard and all its animals, from your childhood? Now the toy maker has re-imagined those favorites, bringing them into the age of tablets and touchscreens with its Apptivity line. The ...
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IGZO: the name doesn't exactly roll off your tongue, but this new technology promises to make your tablet run a bit more smoothly. IGZO is a new technology from Sharp, and it's also an acronym for indium, gallium, zinc, and oxide—a ...
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Sharp has developed a high-definition touchscreen that can be used with a stylus that resembles a conventional pen. Capacitive touchscreens like those on the iPad typically require a stylus with a soft,rounded rubber end to work ...
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Brisbane Convention and Exhibition Centre (BCEC) has taken delivery of a MA Lighting grandMA2 light console which will become the venue's main, large show lighting console. "It was time we upgraded and the grandMA2 is an awesome console," ...
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Asus, Lenovo,Intel and Nvidia are using CES to show off their latest tablet and PC innovations headed to store shelves later in 2013. But gadget makers would be better off focusing on slates rather than notebook PCs, one market research ...
IDG News Service - Intel has announced plans to release its first quad-core Atom processor before the end of the year, as the company tries to capture a bigger share of the tablet market dominated today by ARM-based processors. Code-named ...
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Intel has released a new, low-power Core processor for ultrabooks and pledged that touchscreen ultrabooks will be available for as low as $599 by the end of the year. Ultrabooks are Intel's effort to breathe new life into the laptop ...
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Intel has announced plans to release its first quad-core Atom processor before the end of the year, as the company tries to capture a bigger share of the tablet market dominated today by ARM-based processors. Code-named Bay Trail and ...
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Intel has released a new,low-power Core processor for ultrabooks and pledged that touchscreen ultrabooks will be available for as low as US$599(AED2200)by the end of the year. Ultrabooks are Intel's effort to breathe new life into the ...
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Computerworld - After sparring for users' attention and wallets, PCs and mobile devices are starting to converge in size, style and how they are used. That convergence will start to play out at the International CES show in Las Vegas next ...
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Computerworld - Touchscreens of all sizes and jumbo TVs promise to be a big draw at International CES. Viewers get their hands on the 84-in. table-top touchscreen from 3M Touch Systems. The biggest touchscreen on display at a preview ...
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With less than a week to go before this year's International CES Show in Las Vegas commences, it's unclear which new products will generate the most buzz among attendees of the massive trade show. However, Ultra HDTVs, Windows 8 tablets, ...
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IDG News Service - Microsoft has announced the consumer and small-business prices for the new Office suite, which will be sold both via traditional single-device, perpetual licenses and via a new annual, multi-device cloud subscription. ...
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IDG News Service - By offering users of Windows 7, XP and Vista discounts to upgrade to Windows 8, Microsoft is putting itself in a position to reap both benefits and criticism in the consumer operating system market. Giving PC owners an ...
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