With Apple's iWatch and several competing smartwatches from major manufacturers in the works, some analysts question whether such wearable technology will gain popularity among consumers. The smartwatch market is especially questionable ...
Tags: Smartwatches, iWatch
Microsoft is reportedly moving ahead quickly on development of a smartwatch, having reached the prototype stage with a 1.5-in. device running on a modified Windows 8 housed in a translucent aluminum case. In addition to a housing made of ...
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Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates on Monday briefly took attendees at a company-hosted research conference back decades to the failure of Microsoft Bob and the loathed 'Clippy' to talk about opportunities in pre-emptively helping technology ...
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A number of NBDA e-forum dealers think so. Sensing a business opportunity and new potential market, they have decided to focus on serving under-represented people and it's working for them. There are a whole lot of people out there, it ...
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French President Francois Hollande will not allow shale gas exploration during his presidency, he said on national television Sunday. France currently has a ban on shale gas exploration using hydraulic fracturing, the only current ...
Tags: Metallurgy, Mineral, Energy, Gas Drilling
Consumer Reports has put more than 50 knife sets to the test. But what do professional chefs look for in a blade? To find out, we asked Kenji López-Alt, chief creative officer of Serious Eats, whose weekly column The Food Lab ...
Tags: Knives, Daily Use, Light Industry
A few years ago I started picking out tools that I liked and gave them some extra recognition, these are known as Tool-Rank Picks. The list of Tool-Rank Picks is rather short and up until now contained only tools, but today I break ...
Tags: Tools, Hardware Tools, Tubing Kit
Old-school picture frames are so last century. After all, they don't do much more than show off one shot. Digital photo frames, on the other hand, let you pop in a memory card or USB thumb drive and instantly create slideshows with cool ...
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A sweater by definition is a knitted top, and knitted garments have been around a very long time. So the real answer to who invented the sweater is the same answer to "who invented knitting?" Knitting by definition is the process of ...
Tags: Sweater, Apparel, coat, sweater skirt
Malta University Consulting Ltd is organising a course on stained glass-making from August 19 to September 26. The lectures are of three hours duration from 4 to 7pm and will take place at the University Residence, Robert Mifsud Bonnici ...
Tags: Glass, Construction, Decoration
Using a stroller might seem intuitive, but it's easy to make mistakes and even cause injury, especially while opening and closing one. The vast majority of stroller and carriage accidents result from falls. Here are some other common ...
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The independent designer Sarah Turner has designed a completely unique chandelier made of 562 reused plastic bottles, hundreds of LED lights and yes, a live Twitter feed. Twitter's pounding messages run day and night, so why not have a ...
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Computerworld - Samsung's three latest Wi-Fi-ready tablets in the Galaxy Tab 3 portfolio have started popping up at national retailers, continuing Samsung's commitment to offering a diverse product line in the fast-growing tablet market. ...
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Total Australian truck sales for the first six months of 2013 registered 15,074 units, reports the Truck Industry Council (TIC). This is the best result since the record first half established in 2008, just prior to the Global Financial ...
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The Chinese government has been busy probing Western firms this week. On Monday, the country announced it would investigate EU wine dumping into the Chinese market, an action that could see prices hiked on imported wine this year. On ...
Tags: Agriculture, Food