Archive for May, 2011


Get hands on with Xara Photo & Graphic Designer 7

By Mike Williams

Excellent photo editing, vector drawing and desktop publishing tools more than justify Photo & Graphic Designer’s existence. It just might be the only drawing tool you ever need.

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What’s the big deal about Intel Ultrabook?

By Mike Feibus

With the new Ultrabook, Intel seeks to bring together the best qualities of laptops with those of tablets. It’s an evolution long-time coming. Finally, near Instant-On and immediate Wake-On-Resume capabilities may reach the masses.

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Intel tries to redefine mobile computing (again) with Ultrabook

By Joe Wilcox, Betanews

Now that iPad and other tablets are killing off the netbook category, Intel is looking to start another — the thin-and-light Ultrabook — and move 40% of laptops to the category by end of 2012.

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Robotic legs help paralyzed girl to walk again

There have been many inspirational stories in the media recently centered on the key role technology has played in helping injured and paralysed people to regain some of their strength and mobility.

The latest case comes from The Santa Clara Valley Medical Center in California where doctors and technicians have worked to help Stephanie Sablan, a young woman who was left paralyzed from the waist down after an accident.

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DRY-ALL kit saves your wet cell phone

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If you depend on your phone for work or pleasure, I’m sure you’ll have had that awful sinking feeling before when you realise your phone has fallen off a table, you’ve accidentally thrown it into a road, or (arguably the worst) it’s landed into a lot of water. Assuming you can fish it out again, this leaves you with a wet phone which most probably won’t work anymore.

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Will someone please develop an anti-texting-while-driving app?

By Joe Wilcox, Betanews

Texting while driving is dangerous. Shouldn’t some smart developer create an app to stop this practice, using a smartphone’s orientation sensors, for profit and public service? There are clunky or costly options, but not truly native apps.

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Could 70 percent of you be running Windows 7?

By Joe Wilcox, Betanews

A recent poll about Internet Explorer 10 suggests that most Betanews readers run Windows 7. We’d like to find out. Please answer our operating system poll.

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Disney develops sensory devices for films and games

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Some movies may seem scary enough, but how much more intense would the fear be if you suddenly felt something brush past you?

Enhancing the intensity of films and games is something Disney researchers have been working on recently and they’ve created something that’s been dubbed a “tactile brush” in order to bring your senses into play more than ever before.

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Panda Pal speaker system for sound on the go

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We love this cute Panda Pal speaker system from GoGroove, a nice addition to your desk if it’s usually full of dull gadgets and accessories. It works with laptops, iPhone, iPad, MP3 and mobile devices, so it would also be great for carrying around outside and at the beach during the summer months.

Available for $25 from Near Office.

Via SwissMiss.

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Software Assurance punishes some loyal Microsoft customers, encourages others to skip upgrades

By Paul DeGroot

Licensing expert Paul DeGroot explains how Microsoft’s upgrade plan for businesses encourages many to stick with older software rather than adopt sooner. It’s a cockeyed situation where loyalty is punished rather than rewarded.

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