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Samsung Galaxy S4 - Eye-tracking smartphone landed

The long waited Samsung Galaxy S4 unveiled by Samsung yesterday on March 14 2013 at Radio City Music Hall in New York. The new smart phone, Galaxy S4, with features like photos with sound from a 13MP rear-facing camera, language translation, group media streaming, infrared gesture control and more.what...
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Sony Xperia Z / Yuga

Whether it will be called the Xperia Z or the Yuga doesn’t really matter. The fact remains that one of the most hotly anticipated gadgets of 2013 is set to be the first phablet from Sony. It’s rumoured to be water and dust-resistant have a 5-inch screen and measure 139 x 71 x 7.9mm.At its heart will be a quad-core Qualcomm...
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Samsung Galaxy S IV

Nothing official has been said, but you can bet Samsung will be keen to release a fourth version of its flagship Samsung Galaxy S smartphone. Will it have a flexible screen, an even bigger 5-inch screen, the ability to make a cup of tea, or will Samsung go retro and shrink the whole device to finally fit in any...
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BlackBerry 10

Set for a January 30 launch date, we've already started to see a number of "leaks" surrounding RIMs new BlackBerry 10 operating system as the company tries to ensure its survival. BlackBerry fans can expect two new phones to kick off the proceedings - an all touchscreen affair and  a traditional QWERTY keyboard...
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Major breakthrough in 3-D printing

Photonics West – the world's leading photonics, laser, and biomedical optics conference – took place this week in San Francisco. During the event, a German company called Nanoscribe GmbH presented the world's fastest 3D printer of micro- and nanostructures.Nanoscribe's latest printer allows the smallest three-dimensional...
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FDA clears first autonomous telemedicine robot for hospitals

RP-VITA, created by iRobot and InTouch Health, enables doctors to provide patient care from anywhere in the world via a telemedicine solution.US technology firm, iRobot Corp., has announced that its RP-VITA Remote Presence Robot has received 510(k) clearance by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for use in hospitals....
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Samsung flexible OLED display at CES 2013

At the Consumer Electronics Show (CES), Samsung introduced its new flexible OLED display, known as 'YOU...
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More Cloud Computing

Office Web Apps from Microsoft is a great cloud solution for basic typingSource: MicrosoftIt is easy to underestimate the potential of the cloud given that it has been with us for the better part of the last decade.But just think about it. What is better than having every file and document on the fly however much...
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Holographic Display and Infra red Keyboard

The Apple patent of August 2011Source: Patently AppleA concept demo about how Infrared keyboard would workSource: AatmaThere are lots of future technological concepts and innovations floating around the internet, and none so compelling as the implementation of holographic display and infra red keyboard. As far-fetched...
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Budget iPhone

Samsung Galaxy MiniThe rumor has always been there for about two years and 2013 seems to be the year that Apple will finally bow down and produce a budget iPhone!The proposed budget iPhone will be priced at about half the normal figure that Apple charges for top of the bar iPhones.Reports from the Guardian indicate...
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Better Near Field Communications (NFC)

Near Field Communications has been implemented in a number of Google's Android based smartphones. It is still not as wide spread as analysts had always predicted but is bound to catch fire, now that Apple is implementing it in the upcoming iPhone 5.Google WalletNFC technology allows commercial transactions to be done...
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The New Apple iTV and Smart Television

A concept of the iTVIt is possibly true that Samsung Smart TV set the pace in modern television, but there is much in the waiting that may just revolutionize how television viewing is done.A smart TV is different from the traditional TV set in that it runs a specialized operating system, which seamlessly integrates web...
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Phablets 2013

Samsung galaxy Note, a notable example of a phablet Source: By Rwxrwxrwx The smartphone and multi-touch concept is a technological feat that holistically changed the concept of communication and computing. Starting with the iPhone in 2007 and followed with the iPad in 2010, manufactures were sent...
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Cables and Wires

Although these are not the most sophisticated part of the system, they are just as important as any other component.All the components in a PC are connected together and to power with wires and cables.Ninety percent of all electronics problems (including PCs) are the result of poor connections.If you have a PC problem, it is always a good idea to first...
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Mouse

The mouse is the most common 'pointing device' used in PCs. Every mouse has two buttons and most have one or two scroll wheels. By default the left button is used to select items. The right button is assigned as a context or alternate menu. A single wheel is normally set to scroll up and down on the active page . If a second wheel is present,...
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Keyboard

The keyboard was the first input device developed for the PC.The standard keyboard layout provides 104 keys organized as four groups:alphanumeric keys (A-Z, 0-9) location keys (home, end etc.) numeric keypad function keys (F1-F12)In addition to the standard keys, some keyboards offer functions such as volume control for speakers, web...
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Hard Disk Drive

The HDD installs in one of the 3-1/2 inch internal drive bays in the PC. It is secured by machine screws.Data Transport: IDE (Integrated Drive Electronics) is a 40 pin ribbon cable originally used to carry data to and from the host bus adapters on the motherboard and the hard disk drive. This parallel bus was later renamedPATA (Parallel...
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Power Supply

A power supply is installed in the back corner of the PC case, next to the motherboard.It converts 120vac (standard house power) into DC voltages that are used by other components in the PC.A 20 conductor cable carries +5vdc, -5vdc +12vdc, -12vdc and ground to the motherboard.Another pair of cables, each with four conductors and two 4-pin connectors...
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Motherboard

The motherboard is the main circuit board in a PC. It contains all the circuits and components that run the PC. Major Components found on the motherboard are: CPU - the Central Processing Unit is often an Intel Pentium or Celeron processor. It is the heart of every PC. All scheduling, computation and control occurs here.BIOS -...
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PC Case

The PC case is a thin sheet metal enclosure that houses the motherboard, power supply and various drives (HDD, FDD, CD, DVD). Cases are offered in two styles, desktop and tower. Today the tower type is predominant. It stands upright and is much taller than it is wide. It is usually placed on the floor next to, or under a desk. The desktop has...
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Ultrabook

An Ultrabook is a higher-end type of subnotebook defined by Intel. Intel has registered the name as a trademark.Ultrabooks are designed to feature reduced bulk without compromising performance and battery life. They use low-power Intel Core processors, solid-state drives, and unibody chassis...
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Top 40 best technology news websites – the definitive list

Sites are listed in alphabetical order.AllThingsDigital – This is the Wall Street Journal’s Blog hub featuring top industry analysts Walt Mossberg and Kara Swisher. This is your source for hard-hitting, far-reaching opinion and commentary on the tech industry.Ars Technica – The site caters to computer enthusiasts and covers a wide...
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Technology Quiz

Have fun using the questions & answers to test how much you know and enjoy the wide range of cool technology trivia for kids. 1. Solar power generates electricity from what source?2. Did the Apple iPhone first become available in 2005, 2006 or 2007?3. In terms of computing, what does CPU stand for?4. True or false? Nintendo was founded after the...
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