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The tech world is abuzz again with worries about shortages of popular products, this time because of an explosion at a Chinese factory that killed two people. An industry analyst says Friday's horrific explosion at the Foxconn Chengdu plant will lead to shortages of Apple iPads. Foxconn...

Microsoft is offering an enticing deal to go with a Windows 7 system with your next computer purchase. College students who pick up a Windows 7 PC (including laptops) that costs $699 or more will be entitled to a free 4GB Xbox 360 system. The deal isn't limited to the Microsoft Store, either, as...

Samsung's Bada appeals to those who don't want a smartphone, by offering a little less than Windows Phone 7 Oh, the irony -- Microsoft has spent $600 gazillion to market its Windows Phone 7 devices and is paying $1 billion to Nokia to get the foundering phone maker to adopt the low-capability...

Does the name Eldar Murtazin ring any bells? Well, it should as Murtazin is the chap who got hands on with the Nokia N8 ages before it hit the shops, foretold that the Motorola Xoom would be the launchpad for Honeycomb and also revealed details of the Microsoft and Nokia partnership days before...

I've got a samsung HDD now, but it has died (within 3 days). So I don't know if I did something wrong or if the HDD sucks. anyway, I've got my eye on 2 new harddrives: samsung HD105SI(bulk, SpinPoint F3 EcoGreen) = 49 euros vs Hitachi HDS5C1010CLA382 (bulk, Deskstar 5K1000, 24/7) = 50 euros...

After falling behind in the tablet wars, Acer has been quickly trying to make up ground in recent weeks, first with the Iconia Tab A500 running Android 3.0 and now with the official release of the Iconia Tab W500, which runs Windows 7 in either its Home Premium or Professional flavor.Acer is...

Most of us are familiar with LCD technology. You probably have an LCD monitor in front of you right now. There may be an LCD TV sitting in your living room, or bedroom, at this very second. You know that LCD screens come with a power cord. You plug it in and your screen comes to life. Link...

Always window-shopping but never stopping to buy? In the future you can do both with new technology allowing you to point through the window at items and buy them with a swish of your hand. Link Removed - Invalid URL A woman demonstrates the "Interactive shop window" on a screen presented...

Foley of ZDNet reported that Windows 8 could arrive sooner than we expect, there has been some chatter on the Internet that the next-generation desktop Windows operating system could arrive on tablets with better touch support along with compatibility with ARM-based processors, a feature that...

3-D television is creating a huge buzz in the consumer space, but the generation of 3-D content remains a largely professional endeavor. Our research demonstrates an easy-to-use system for creating photorealistic, 3-D-image-based models simply by walking around an object of interest with your...

The trend was obvious Link Removed - Invalid URL, and now it finally happened: Android is the most popular smartphone platform among U.S. subscribers. According to comScore's data, Google's Android rose from 23.5% market share in October 2010 to 31.2% in January 2011, enough to securely grab...

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As I watch the Tablet Revolution, 2011 Edition unfold, I'm struck by the similarities to the first go-round of tablets a decade ago. As before, PC manufacturers are largely focusing on vertical markets in enterprise applications for Windows-based tablets. But this time, in doing so, the industry...

The State of Windows 8 I saw this article re' Windows 8 and thought I'd share.... Link Removed Only Microsoft knows how the next version of its Windows operating system will look and what it will be called, but big changes could be ahead for the OS observers refer to as "Windows 8." At this...

Only Microsoft knows how the next version of its Windows operating system will look and what it will be called, but big changes could be ahead for the OS observers refer to as "Windows 8." At this year's Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, Microsoft announced that Windows 8 will support...

CES 2011: Whats New in PC Components - PCWorld Link Removed The Consumer Electronics Show (CES) isn't just all tablet, cameras, and laptops; there's plenty of news for the PC component geek, too, ranging from tiny flash drives that pack a lot of heat to the hand-held gaming console...

More than two years of hard work, countless prototypes, and intense collaboration with team members around the globe are just a few of the things that went into the creation of the Microsoft Touch Mouse, a new device created exclusively for Windows 7 that was announced at the Consumer...

Fujitsu demoed its next-generation tablet at the Consumer Electronics Show. It came as no surprise, as the company has long been a player in highly mobile and slate-style products--especially ones aimed at corporate and vertical markets in previous pushes towards a tablet PC. Link Removed

Fujitsu demoed its next-generation tablet at the Consumer Electronics Show. It came as no surprise, as the company has long been a player in highly mobile and slate-style products--especially ones aimed at corporate and vertical markets in previous pushes towards a tablet PC. More...

It's been raining tablets here at CES 2011 . No seriously, it as if the sky has opened up in Vegas and dropped touchscreen slabs with Android and Windows 7 operating systems on our heads. It's been nearly impossible to keep track of the number of tablets released and the details we've learned...