A Slew of IT initiatives have been earmarked at the Department of Human Services as the government seeks to increase productivity and efficiency. As part of Budget 2013, $30 million will be provided over two years to enhance call centre ...
Tags: Human Services, IT
Sigma's IICON is a cable that turns the company's battery packs — intended to power bike lights — into portable USB charging stations that can be used to power any electronic gadget, including cell phones, cameras or GPS units. ...
Tags: Bike Light Battery, Charge Gadgets
InfoSonics Corporation today announced the expansion of its ruggedized line of phones with the launch of its new verykool RS75 Smartphone. The RS75 is powered by a 1.0 GHz processor and the Android 2.3 (Gingerbread) operating system. ...
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Samsung has built several different Galaxy S4 smartphones, including a U.S. version running a Snapdragon processor that requires an extra image processor to enable heavily promoted user functions such as eye-movement recognition. IHS ...
Norway's Crown Prince Haakon and Princess Mette-Marit tried touchless gesturing systems and other technologies developed by Norwegian startups at a tech incubator in Palo Alto on Wednesday afternoon . The royal couple stopped at ...
Nokia has expanded its line of phones with the Asha 501, which comes with an improved touch user interface to help keep low-cost Android-based products at bay. The launch of the second new member of the Asha family in about two weeks ...
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LAST night's midnight premiere of Star Trek into Darkness confirms the cult of the USS Enterprise thrives 47 years after the first TV episodes aired. Captain James T. Kirk, Spock and the crew have indeed managed to "live long and prosper" - ...
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A new dart gun brand Tek Recon has launched on funding website Kickstarter. The goal of the Kickstarter campaign is designed to "further enhance the development of the Tek Recon blaster and free app, and to get the product into the hands ...
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As developers create tiny computer devices like smartwatches, one question they face is how to make tiny keyboards usable. Researchers at Carnegie Mellon University say they have a solution to that problem. They have developed what's ...
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Acer has placed its bet in the tablet wars on low pricing, introducing a $169 Android tablet with a 7.9-inch screen. The Iconia A1 is full-featured, has an "accessible" price and will raise the stakes in the tablet wars, said Jim Wong, ...
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The Dutch government today presented a draft bill that aims to give law enforcement the power to hack into computer systems -- including those located in foreign countires -- to do research, gather and copy evidence or block access to ...
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Semiconductor company MediaTek wants to improve the performance of low-cost Android-based smartphones with its latest system-on-a-chip (SoC), the MT6572. MT6572 is the world's first dual-core SoC with integrated Wi-Fi, FM-radio, GPS and ...
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Ivo Opstelten, Dutch minister of Safety and Justice The Dutch government on Thursday presented a draft bill that aims to give law enforcement the power to hack into computer systems — including those located in foreign countries ...
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Semiconductor company MediaTek wants to improve the performance of low-cost, Android-based smartphones with its latest system-on-a-chip (SoC), the MT6572. MT6572 is the world’s first dual-core SoC with integrated Wi-Fi, FM-radio, ...
Tags: Mediatek, Android Smartphone
Telenav offers a compelling free navigation app, called Scout, that is elegant in its simplicity. And it is about to get better. Starting later this year, Android and Apple iOS users will be able to see realistic renderings of buildings and ...
Tags: Consumer Electronics, APP