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If you've ever had to give PowerPoint presentations away from home base, you'll know there's a certain amount of gear-related anxiety involved: Is the equipment going to be there? Is it going to work with my memory stick or version of PowerPoint? One way to take control is to use an iPad or certain...
Voice mail is following in the footsteps of radio, television, film, records and email. That is, it is a technology that is slowly being supplanted by a newer technology -- in this case text messaging -- and may eventually become obsolete. So say new figures Vonage provided to USA Today, which repo...
Nokia unveiled its first mobile handsets powered by Microsoft's Windows Phone 8 OS on Wednesday, and its Symbian OS days now seem like ancient history. The company raised the bar for mobile phone users' expectations with the debut of its new flagship device, the Lumia 920. This handset's standout fe...
Japanese manufacturer Murata has unveiled a new monolithic ceramic capacitor that is one-quarter the size of the one mainly used in smartphones. Its new capacitor has a footprint of 0.25 mm x 0.125 mm, compared to the 0.4 mm x 0.2 mm footprint of the one currently predominantly being used. The capac...
The White House launched new versions of its mobile app Tuesday, releasing the app source code along with the new version in an invitation for developers to tinker with the revamped iOS and Android apps. The apps, which have been rebuilt from the ground up, now feature live video streams of White Ho...
Twitter-controlled mobile botnets and mobile ransomware are a few examples of what's in store for Internet users, according to the second-quarter McAfee Threats Report. In general, mobile tech has emerged as a major vector for hack attacks, with many that might once have been aimed at PCs now focuse...
The Windows 8 launch in October promises to be like no other launch. I think it will drive home several points that many of us don't seem to understand, like the fact that we both whine there isn't enough innovation and run for the hills when someone innovates in a mature market. I think Microsoft w...
Whether it's on a piece of paper in a typewriter or a word processor on the desktop, writers typically begin with a blank white page. This white page has been the look of books for... ever. And beginning next week, Amazon's new Kindle should be presenting words -- perhaps jumping off the page to eng...
Samsung has announced the first smartphone running Windows Phone 8, presenting the handset at the IFA consumer electronics show in Germany. The Ativ S is part of the company's Ativ family of devices. Samsung has created this brand for its Windows-based devices. Ativ, by the way, is the reverse of th...
Intel has signed up IDT to develop an integrated transmitter and receiver chipset for the former's wireless charging technology. It will use magnet resonance technology that could enable a computer to power a device wirelessly -- just set the device down near the PC, and it starts charging. Intel a...
Sony on Wednesday launched the Xperia Tablet S at the IFA consumer electronics show in Germany. It's the second generation of the Tablet S, and it continues its predecessor's positioning as both a tablet and a universal remote control. However, the Xperia Tablet S is slimmer than its predecessor. Fu...
AMD CTO Mark Papermaster outlined his vision of the future of computing at this year's Hot Chips semiconductor design conference, detailing his plans to build systems where natural human communication could allow greater interactivity between users and computing hardware, a concept he called "Surrou...
The Federal Aviation Administration announced Monday it will study the use of portable electronic devices on airliners, potentially opening the door to allowing greater use of smartphones, tablets or e-readers during flights. Currently, the FAA requires airlines to determine which devices can safely...
Research released last week fingered the iPhone as the source of a text messaging exploit that could be used to steal sensitive information from smartphone users or work mischief on their hardware. The flaw, revealed by a well-known security researcher and jailbreaker of iPhones, involves the "reply...
Amazon has a big announcement to make on Sept. 6, according to invitations to an upcoming event in Santa Monica the company recently sent. Amazon's announcement will come about a year after the online retailer launched the Kindle Fire. The timing has given rise to speculation that this time Amazon p...
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