We've been promised that this is the year that virtual reality finally takes off. This piece of kit adds gesture control to VR headsets, making them more intuitive and hence more immersive than ever. The Orion is made by Leap Motion, a ...
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The market for electrical capacitors in India is expected to grow at a CAGR of around 3.6% during 2014 – 19. Major demand for capacitors is likely to come from consumer durable, IT hardware, industrial & infrastructure, and automotive ...
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The world market for Internet-connected devices will rise 6% over 2013 to represent the largest increase in four years, according to industry researcher IHS Technology. Global demand for cell phones, tablets, and computers will push ...
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Lenovo has announced several new desktop PCs at CES, and in a move that’s sure to give Microsoft heartburn, one of these new machines is an all-in-one that runs the Android operating system, not Windows. Here is a rundown of what it ...
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Microsoft has admitted that it has too many operating systems and will no longer offer either Windows Phone, Windows 8 or Windows RT. Speaking at the UBS Global Technology Conference, Microsoft spoke about the effective failure of its ...
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The analysts forecast the Global Cover Glass market to grow at a CAGR of 21.8 percent over the period 2012-2016. One of the key factors contributing to this market growth is the increasing adoption of mobile phones. The Global Cover Glass ...
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Thin client shipments in Europe, the Middle East, and Africa (EMEA) in the second quarter of 2013 increased marginally by 0.1% on year to 407,417 units, according to results published by IDC in its EMEA Quarterly Enterprise Client Device ...
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China's Internet populace grew to 591 million by the end of June, as more new users in the country relied on handsets to go online, according to a non-profit research group. The growth raises China's Internet penetration by two percentage ...
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has discussed potential partnerships with Samsung Electronics in its bid to boost mobile advertising sales, according to the head of Samsung's handset division, Shin Jong Kyun. Zuckerberg launched Facebook in ...
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Many Metropolitan Police officers are using desktop PCs that take more than half an hour to log on, with experts suggesting that the force is to blame for its failure to develop a long-term IT strategy. John Biggs, chair of the London ...
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Intel has released details about its forthcoming i-series microprocessors, dubbed "Haswell", which it claims will feature radically reduced power consumption. The details cover the high-end quad-core Core i7 and Core i5 microprocessor ...
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As the PC desktop and laptop market slumps and the tablet market grows, it might seem obvious to tablet users why that's so. However, details shared by analysts dramatically highlight three reasons behind robust tablet growth. Tablets are ...
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A majority of consumer and small business Windows 8 PC users launch fewer than one "Modern" app a day, signaling that they're spending most of their time on the classic Windows 7-style desktop, according to data released Wednesday. ...
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Western Digital's HGST subsidiary today announced what it is calling the industry's densest mobile hard-disk drive, with capacities of up to 1.5TB in a 9.5mm (.37-in.) high form factor. The 2.5-in. wide disk drive contains three platters ...
Microsoft's Windows 8 update, code-named Windows Blue, will be formally released as Windows 8.1 and will be free for customers who have the new OS installed. Windows 8.1 will be an "update" for both Windows 8 and for Windows RT, the ...
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