Samsung is to release its Galaxy S4 smartphone at an event in New York this week, a move that could see it beat Apple's iPhone 5 in terms of both sales and technology. The once dazzling Apple brand has been tarnished in recent months by a ...
Sales got off to a slow start at independent bicycle dealers this year. While total dollar sales held steady at $145 million, unit sales slipped 2 percent in January, according to sell-through data from Leisure Trends Group. Complete bike ...
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You don't need to be a professional photographer to take great pictures and videos of your child. All you need is an easy-to-use digital camera and a plan to use it at regular intervals. San Francisco mom Susan Doering can pinpoint ...
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A baby monitor transmits sound, and sometimes video images, from one room to another, so you can keep tabs on your little one from any part of the house. Monitors have two parts – a transmitter and a receiver – and are ...
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The format of news feeds on home pages is being revamped to get rid of clutter and present "bright, beautiful" stories whether they are insights from friends or trending news of the day, Facebook said. "I think there is a special place in ...
App Factory, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of SK Planet, today announced at South by Southwest the launch of Jukebox Hero, an innovative new mobile app that transforms the personal music library on a user's mobile device into an ...
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A graduate student at MIT has developed a 3D computer interface that could radically alter the way we interact with personal technology. As Wired reports, Jinha Lee's SpaceTop 3D desktop breaks the two-dimensional barrier within which ...
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Off-the-shelf consumer handheld computers are showing up in some of the most precarious of workplaces. For instance, about 1,700 NextEra Energy wind turbine technicians recently began using Apple's iPod Touch handheld devices to help them ...
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Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have developed a glass coating that prevents fogging without distorting its optical properties. The team, led by Michael Rubner, TDK Professor of Polymer Materials Science and ...
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A quartet of low-cost but feature-packed gadgets to make life that little bit more exciting. ASUS MEMOPAD ($199) ASUS's new ultra-cheap yet feature-packed 7-inch Android tablet has a 1024x600 pixel, 10-point multi-touch LED-backlit ...
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Monitoring and measurement through ingestible, implanted, and body-worn wireless sensors can improve healthcare, and if those sensors can support continuous data streaming, more real-time information will be available for analysis. ...
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Nikon today announced the 16-megapixel Coolpix A, its first point-and-shoot camera with a fixed, non-zoom lens to include a large DX-sensor. In general, bigger image sensors are more desirable for capturing photos and video because they ...
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Nikon today released two new compact cameras, adding to its fast-growing list of products under the COOLPIX camera range. The COOLPIX A, is the first COOLPIX compact digital camera equipped with a DX-format CMOS sensor. This means it ...
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Japanese camera manufacturer Canon has developed a large sensor chip for shooting video in extremely dim conditions. The company said its new 35mm CMOS sensor can shoot high-definition video in environments with 0.03 lux of illumination, ...
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Precious mediaeval books, usually displayed in glass cases and touchable only with gloves, can now be read in glorious 3D, thanks to a system unveiled at a tech fair in Germany. With the 3D interactive book explorer, developed by ...
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