LEDs set to eclipse fluorescents in lighting industry. Although priced at around 20 times more than the incandescents, LED lighting bulbs last much longer and use far less electricity, a savings that homeowners are beginning to recognize. ...
PhatWare Corporation has updated the WritePad for Android application, vastly improving text input in the user's own handwriting with a stylus or even a finger. WritePad's input method for Android OS aims to replace the on-screen ...
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Jabra today announced the Jabra Speak 510 Series targeting the Mobile Worker. The Speak 510+ and the Speak 510 - enable greater user flexibility at home, in the workplace and on the go. The Speak 510 functions as a corded speakerphone for ...
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Intel saw its sales and profits drop in 2012 as the company was hit by slower demand for personal computers and its continued inability to make it big in the smartphone and tablet markets, although its data center business continued to ...
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Sony has expanded its portfolio of Android-based products with the Tablet Z, which is thinner and lighter than competing products from Apple and Google. This year tablet shipments are expected to total more than 240 million units ...
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Microprocessor sales are expected to grow 12% to $65.3bn after only 5% growth in 2012 because of weakness in standard PCs, says IC Insights. However, the microprocessor market will gain strength between 2013 and 2016 with modest growth ...
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In the face of reports claiming that sales of the iPhone are slowing down, one analyst has drawn up a chart comparing sales of Apple’s smartphones to Samsung’s, suggesting that the iPhone has outsold its competitor. The chart ...
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The first mobile devices with Qualcomm’s new quad-core Snapdragon chip, which features an integrated modem, will be shown off later this month, the firm said on Monday. Device makers will show tablets and smartphones with the new ...
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Looking to converge its telecoms services, the UAE-based Du announced on Tuesday that it had partnered with Alcatel-Lucent to deploy the latest IP-routing technology. The move will eliminate the need for Du to manage multiple networks, ...
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Sony on Monday expanded its portfolio of Android-based products with the Tablet Z, which is thinner and lighter than competing products from Apple and Google. This year, tablet shipments are expected to total more than 240 million units ...
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Research In Motion announced on Monday that it has renamed its web store BlackBerry World, in advance of more content being added ahead of the launch of the BlackBerry 10 operating system. RIM recently announced that users will soon be ...
THINGS are getting increasingly touchy in the computer world. Touchscreens, which most of us have on our smartphones or tablets, are spreading to the full-size personal computing arena. They're increasingly common on notebook PCs, ...
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A fresh free-to-play online Tekken fighting game will allow players to improve their deck by purchasing physical cards. Tekken Card Tournament will be available for smartphones, tablets and PC in the next few weeks. It's produced by ...
U.K.-based telecoms operator O2 recently urged the mobile industry to cease selling smartphone charges with new handsets, having completed a successful trial. The operator revealed the results of a three-month-long pilot scheme in ...
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AT&T sold a record number of smartphones in the last three months of 2012 as consumers snapped up new products from the likes of Apple and Samsung. The company sold 10.2 million smartphones in the quarter, it said in a regulatory filing ...
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