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Nokia on Wednesday unveiled three new smartphones at Nokia World 2009 in Stuttgart, Germany. It also announced a partnership with Facebook through its Lifecasting With Ovi application. One smartphone, the N97 mini, is targeted at women, IDC analyst Ramon T. Llamas told TechNewsWorld. The other two, ...
An Alaska technology company hopes to hit the market with the world's first laptop boasting two identical 15.4-inch displays by the end of this year. At nearly 12-pounds and equipped with two 15.4-inch screens and a full-sized keyboard, gScreen's planned $3,000 Spacebook series definitely doesn't tr...
Last week's big news was that Apple pushed up its Snow Leopard release by a month to provide a 60-day buffer between it and Microsoft's biggest launch of the decade. Apple can't match either Microsoft's resources or price, but the feat of snagging an unchallenged 60 days during the back-to-school an...
Nokia announced Monday it will return to the PC market, an arena it abandoned in 1991 to focus on the growing mobile phone field. The new device, featuring integrated GPS and a claimed 12-hour battery life, will be formally unveiled Sept. 2 at Nokia World, the company's annual expo. The netbook, to ...
When computer accessories maker Logitech on Wednesday unveiled two new mice that can be used on any surface, it triggered squeaks of protest from competitor Microsoft. Logitech's newly announced Mouse MX products use dark field laser tracking to let them navigate on smooth surfaces such as glass. Fe...
Chinese PC maker Lenovo, best known for office computers like its ThinkPad laptop line, has announced four new products aimed at the consumer home market. One is its first home theater PC, the IdeaCenter Q700. Another is its first home server, the IdeaCenter D400. The other two are the Q100 and Q110...
DNA may contain the building blocks of life, but IBM believes it can also provide the foundation for cheaper construction of the next generation of superfast, energy-efficient microprocessors. Scientists at IBM's Almaden Research Center in San Jose, Calif., have announced they have developed a way t...
Microsoft has officially launched its war against the iPod touch, announcing that the new Zune HD is available for pre-order online at various sites. The Zune HD will hit the shelves Sept. 15, Microsoft said. Like the iPod touch, it is available in 16- and 32-GB models. It has WiFi, a touchscreen, H...
With all the buzz surrounding netbooks, it seems as if they've been around forever. In reality, though, they're youngsters in the great scheme of things. As such, their characteristics are still in flux, their makers still casting about for the best mix of form and power. Acer, with the introduction...
I live in Silicon Valley, and sometimes I wonder if someone's putting something in our water. For instance, one of our local folks, who evidently treated his agorophobia by playing "Resistance: Fall of Man," has sued Sony for stealing money from him as a result of Sony's banning him from the game. ...
Gateway announced its third entrant in the netbook market on Monday, the LT2000 series, less than a month after introducing the 3100 series, its first product offering in this category. The LT2000 netbooks, which will retail beginning at $299, sport an Intel chip and feature limited multi-gesture su...
You betcha. OK, I'm just kidding -- but in most markets that are divided like the PC market, where one vendor has 90 percent and the other 10 percent, a well-funded competitor would likely take out the 10 percent vendor on the way to taking on the 90 percent vendor. However, as I look at this, I thi...
Sony joined the netbook race on Monday with a new line of Vaio models. The move comes nearly a year after the Sony executive in charge of the Vaio line derided the diminutive computers as part of a damaging "race to the bottom" for computer manufacturers. Retailing for about $500, the Vaio W series ...
Adesso's newest keyboard, the Wireless Slimtouch Ergo, is a love-it-or-hate-it type of product. If you can get along without the features it misses and get through the learning curve, you might just keep it. It has a few interesting features to offer those looking for a change of pace. However, maki...
Over the last two weeks I attended two events: one organized by the Blu-ray folks and one by HP. Both PR teams did excellent jobs; however, one had a strong offering to work with, while the other was stuck with a toad of a product offering. Both products look to add value to platforms that are str...
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