Latest Peripherals News
- 21 May 2013
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News: Awesome video shows Leap Motion's Windows 8 gesture control capabilities
Leap Motion doesn't have to replace your PC's mouse, but it certainly can.
- 20 May 2013
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News: Samsung readies world's most pixel-packed laptop display
Retina who? Not to be outdone on the display front, Samsung is showing off a 13.3-inch LCD notebook panel with a whopping 3200-by-1800 resolution screen.
- 17 May 2013
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News: At Google I/O, Glass wearers say 'trust us'
Google is facing some tough questions from Congress over the privacy concerns raised by Glass, its fledgling augmented reality system for recording and receiving information on the fly. But on the ground at the company's I/O conference for developers, attendees are largely enthusiastic about the technology.
- 16 May 2013
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News: Now you see it: How Apple's Retina display is a boon to accessibility
iOS's accessibility features are great, particularly on the iPad--as I've written elsewhere--but for disabled users, accessibility is more than just a niche set of options in the Settings app.
- 14 May 2013
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News: Don't hold your breath for a Kindle with a color screen any time soon
Amazon's Kindle e-readers and tablets could someday be brighter, cheaper, and more battery efficient, now that the company has acquired Liquavista--but the acquisition doesn't necessarily mean color e-ink screens are in our immediate future, as many have been quick to speculate.
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News: Ailing Sharp sacks chief, vows turnaround on robots, LCDs
Japan's Sharp booked another huge loss on Tuesday, and unveiled its latest turnaround plan, which includes relying on partnerships with Samsung Electronics and Foxconn Technology Group for business, sacking top management, and expanding into new fields such as robotics.
- 13 May 2013
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News: Feds looking to make health data more user-friendly to tech developers
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services wants health tech developers in Silicon Valley to make greater use of its data to help make advances in the field and aid entrepreneurs in the region.
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News: Sony to launch super-thin, flexible e-reader for universities
Sony will soon launch a flexible e-reader device that is less than 7mm thick and weighs 358 grams, targeted for use in university classrooms.
- 11 May 2013
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News: Banned 3D printed gun files will never truly vanish from the Web
Schematics for 3D printing a working handgun have been yanked from their original website by order of the State Department--but the files remain online at the Pirate Bay website and elsewhere.
- 09 May 2013
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News: Obama plays up 3D printing's military applications under new manufacturing plans
3D printing has been attracting more attention in recent months as a tool to create gadgets, toys and miniature works of art. Now President Barack Obama thinks it can also play a role in strengthening the military and America's sagging manufacturing industry.
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News: What could Microsoft gain from buying Nook?
More than a year ago, Microsoft invested $300 million in Barnes & Noble's plan to spin-off its Nook business. At the time, the deal promised a few tablet-centric possibilities. Would Nook tablets dump Android in favor of Windows? Would the Nook catalog be part of an entertainment-centric device like the still-mythical Xbox Surface?
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News: Slideshow: 10 great technologies to secretly install on Mom's PC
She's your mom. She's risen to every challenge, not the least of which was raising you to be the fine, upstanding PC enthusiast you are today.
- 08 May 2013
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News: Facebook-Led Open Compute Project Tackles Network Switches
Speaking at Interop today, Open Compute Project Chairman and President Frank Frankovsky announces plans for a new open source project to develop a specification and a reference box for an open, OS-agnostic switch.
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News: Facebook to design an open source switch
As part of the Open Compute Project (OCP), Facebook's network engineering team is leading a project to develop an open source networking switch.
- 07 May 2013
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News: Indian engineering students design anti-rape lingerie
Rape has become one of the most frequently reported crimes against women in India. To battle this scourge, a group of engineering students in Chennai have designed lingerie that gives electric shocks to sexual offenders.
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News: The pixel is all but dead--no thanks to the PC
Be sad, fellow geeks, for we are witnessing the slow death of a staunch companion.
- 06 May 2013
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News: Amazon's new China app store could help pave way for Kindle products
Amazon.com has updated its mobile app store to include support for its Chinese customers, in a sign that the U.S. company could be preparing to sell its Kindle e-readers and tablets in the country.
- 05 May 2013
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News: 3D printer? Staples says, 'Yeah, we've got that'
3D printers are taking another step in the long haul toward the mainstream, with a little help from Staples.
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News: 3D-printable gun specs to be available next week, provider says
3D-printable gun advocate Cody Wilson is planning to release next week the specs for a gun he calls "the Liberator."
- 03 May 2013
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News: JB Hi-Fi ups guidance on strong sales
Electronics retailer, JB Hi-Fi, expects net profit after tax to be between $112 million and $116 million, a 7 per cent to 11 per cent rise over last year, driven by stronger than expected sales in the second half of FY13.
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Samsung Galaxy S4 vs Nexus 4 smartphone comparison review: what's the best Android?
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Galaxy S4 vs BlackBerry Z10 comparison review - which is best, the Samsung or the BlackBerry?
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Samsung Galaxy S4 vs Nexus 4 smartphone comparison review: what's the best Android?
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Samsung Galaxy S4 vs Apple iPhone 5 comparison review
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Microsoft Windows 8 review
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