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Leap: Gesture Control For Your PC
How would you like to control your computer without touching a touch display, but rather using hand gestures in front of you to slide, zoom in or out, click on icons, links, and launch applications, and perform all the computer tasks you’d do using a touch screen, mouse, keyboard or other input device. The company behind a new device that is making this experience a reality is Leap Motion, and...
911 Text Messaging Service Coming in 2014
The top four wireless carriers in the U.S. – AT&T, Verizon, Sprint, T-Mobile – speeding up availability of a text-to-911 service, allowing mobile users to send a text message to 911
A new initiative by the top four wireless carriers in the U.S. – AT&T, Verizon, Sprint, T-Mobile – plans to accelerate the availability of text-to-911, with major deployments expected in 2013 and a commitment...
Gmail is Down, and Users are Going Nuts 12/10/12
Gmail is down and users are beginning to panic. Our Gmail business account has been intermittent for the last 20 minutes or so, and Gmail users are freaking out all over Twitter, Facebook, Google+ and other social media sites. Google isn’t reporting anything as of yet on their Google Apps Status Dashboard website, which shows outages for the various Google Apps services.
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LogMeIn’s ‘Cubby’ Offers Cloud Sharing File Syncronization
I am a regular user of LogMeIn, the free online service that allows you to remote control any computer using a remote computer, tablet or smartphone. I started off using Remote Desktop for Windows back with Windows XP Professional, but then future versions of Windows that I installed didn’t include the remote desktop feature. I evaluated a various remote control solutions, and settled on the free...
Canon PIXMA MX892 Wireless Inkjet Office All-In-One Printer
With its multiple connectivity options, the new AIO inkjet printer makes for easy printing from a variety of devices and from the cloud
The Canon PIXMA MX892 Wireless Office All-In-One (AIO) printer is designed with the home office user in mind. The print, copy, scan and fax machine has a variety of connectivity options for easy printing of documents and images from the cloud and other compatible portable...
Effortless Music Streaming With The Logitech UE Air Speaker
New speaker features AirPlay for wireless music streaming from iTunes, iPhone, iPad or iPod touch
The Logitech UE Air Speaker with Apple’s AirPlay allows you to stream uncompressed music from iTunes or an iPhone, iPad or iPod touch connected to your home’s Wi-Fi network to a Logitech UE speaker that delivers high-quality audio with a big sound stage boosted by dual tweeters and woofers.
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New Samsung Smart TV’s You Control With Your VOICE, FACE & MOTION
Smart interaction, smart content and smart evolution will change the way you experience entertainment in your living room
At the recently-concluded Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, Samsung unveiled new innovations in its latest LED and Plasma TV series that will redefine the way consumers manage their home entertainment experience, interact with their smart TVs and other devices and access the...
All I Wanted For Christmas I Got!… An iPad 2!
Yep, I was holding out on getting a tablet, and I decided on the iPad after considering all my options. I waited to get the iPhone until the iPhone 3G came out, and while I yearned to get the iPad right away, I wanted to wait and see if Android tablets compared in user interface, touch and functionality as my iPhone 4S I absolutely love.
I currently have most of the electronic toys I want already,...
Worldwide Hard Drive Market Feels Massive Impact From Flooding in Thailand; Shortages & Price Hikes Result
As you’ve likely seen on the news, the severe monsoon flooding in Thailand has been a tragedy for families and businesses across that part of the globe. Thailand’s disaster has shut down 14,000 factories, flooded hundreds of thousands of homes and put more than 660,000 out of work. The industry most affected by the flooding is the hard disk drive manufacturing companies and their supply chain....
Windows 8 Preview
The Windows 8 Devloper Preview is available for download, and so far, the reaction from the development community has been a mass of new apps being created and rave reviews. Windows 8 is a reimagining of Windows, from the chip to the interface. A Windows 8-based PC is really a new kind of device, one that scales from touch-only small screens through to large screens, with or without a keyboard and...
