As handy apps continue their inexorable rise, they are increasingly found in industrial applications as well. As early as 2012, HERMA notched up an industry first with an app that allowed labellers to be set up from a smartphone or tablet. ...
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Two tech companies have launched rival ventures to build Android tablets in Haiti, a country with little recent experience in electronics manufacturing. Startups Surtab SA and Handxom SA began production last month and plan to sell the ...
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While Windows 8.1 promises many changes from Windows 8, one thing that will remain the same is the price to U.S. consumers. For people who are on Windows 7 and previous editions of the OS, the standard version of Windows 8.1 will cost ...
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Microsoft has backtracked on its decision to prevent software developers gaining early access to Windows 8.1, the updated version of the Windows 8 operating system, following an outcry from developers. In August, Microsoft revealed that ...
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The much-anticipated update for Windows 8 will begin shipping on October 17, delivering a set of changes that Microsoft hopes will calm critics and improve sales of the tablet-optimized OS. Windows 8.1, previously known as Windows Blue, ...
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Gartner is giving the thumbs up to Windows 8.1, crediting the operating system refresh with overcoming the major downsides of Windows 8. Improvements to Windows 8 that will become available next week should prompt businesses to ...
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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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Microsoft plans to release a preview version of Windows 8′s update, code-named Windows Blue, at the end of June, according to Julie Larson-Green, a corporate vice president in charge of the OS's development. Larson-Green didn't say ...
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Microsoft has admitted that it's prepared to make alterations to Windows 8 in order to make it easier to use. At the same the firm has released new figures that show that 100 million licences for the operating system were sold in its first ...
Microsoft increased revenue across all its divisions in its third fiscal quarter, achieving an almost 20 percent revenue increase year on year. For the quarter ended March 31, 2013, Microsoft generated revenue of US$20.5 billion, up 18 ...
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Magid Glove & Safety Manufacturing Company, a leader in the personal protective clothing market, recently unveiled a new touchscreen-compatible work glove. The groundbreaking new product, named the Touchscreen ROC (T-ROC), enables users to ...
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AGC will newly set up a chemical strengthening facility for Dragontrail™, specialty glass used as cover glass for smart phones and tablet PCs, at its Kansai Plant in Hyogo Prefecture, Japan. This new chemical strengthening facility ...
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With the popularity of tablets and smartphones growing exponentially with no sign of slowing down, the revolutionary, yet eco-friendly HAND Stylus (MSRP $29.95) is determined to replace user’s dirty, bulky fingers when it comes to ...
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IDG News Service - MIAMI -- Approaching Oasis of the Seas from the parking lot of Port Everglades in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., and then entering the ship, you are overtaken by its size. Almost 1,200 feet long, 210 feet wide, and rising 213 ...
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Microsoft likes to talk about Windows 8 as being Windows "reimagined," and in many ways it is quite a departure from its predecessors. To allow the operating system's use across a range of touchscreen devices, Microsoft radically redesigned ...
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