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Yahoo Connected TV Guide: Adds Broadcast Interactivity, Device Control & Coming To Sony, Toshiba Models

neha dey on June 27th, 2011

 

Yahoo! Connected TV, interactive software which is already in eight million homes, is now also coming later this year to selected Sony and Toshiba models.

The software also adds two new features: broadcast interactivity, and device control. While the latter enhancement merely transforms your smartphone or tablet into an extended remote, it’s the former that’ll turn your… Continue reading

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Want to turn on as a spy? Then try this exceptional Light Switch, which secretly takes photos or captures video and smartly texts them to your phone.

As you can see in the image, it looks like a typical light switch with the exception that it has a hidden camera built into the “logo”. It works by motion… Continue reading

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Larry on June 22nd, 2011

 

Swype makes an appearance on Windows Phone 7 demo recently. Still there is no guarantee that the Swype text entry technology will make its way into the final version of Windows Phone 7, but yes, they are giving it a try.

You know that the swipe to type program has been spreading like a mutant gene on the Android… Continue reading

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Sandra Turner on June 21st, 2011

Intel’s so-called Ultrabooks may be a little way off into the distance but in the mean time, the company adds new ULV mobile CPUs to its line up.

Intel launched no less than four new ULV mobile CPUs on Sunday, ranging from a mere 1.1GHz all the way to 1.8GHz. These are of course all Sandy Bridge based… Continue reading

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Logitech’s new webcam, the HD Webcam C615, features a “fold-and-go” design, 720p video, autofocus and 360-degree swivel rotation.

Logitech’s next addition to its growing HD Webcam line, the touting the C615, is due out later this month in the U.S. and in Europe and Asia in September. It can take care of your birthday parties or business trips… Continue reading

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Boxee users on Mac OS X, Windows or Linux might soon expect a major update to the media center with a social twist later this fall, according to reports.

Boxee CEO and co-founder Avner Ronen mentioned on the official Boxee blog that the Boxee team is working on delivering a new version of the downloadable Boxee software to… Continue reading

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Soon your internet purchases might add up right on your cell phone bill. But how? According to recent reports, Verizon has teamed up with Payfone to create one-click mobile web purchases which will make this possible.

Wall Street Journal has confirmed this report, saying that that the carrier’s working with Payfone to let you put internet purchases… Continue reading

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Sandra Turner on June 8th, 2011

Sony has previously announced a 3D-capable standalone display and today it unveiled a Vaio all-in-one desktop with the same feature. The company will start taking preorders for the the 3D L-Series on July 13, and it anticipates the price will start around $1,420.

Sony’s new L Series all-in-one touchscreen desktop will be available next month. The touch screen… Continue reading

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Taking aim at smart TVs, Panasonic has just announced dual-core ARM-based UniPhier. The new ARM-based processor is expected to boost the capabilities of smart TVs, which is the UniPhier MN2WS0220.

The processor is based on a dual-core Cortex-A9 design from British low-power chip specialist ARM, the 1.4GHz LSI is the latest in Panasonic’s UniPhier – Universal Platform… Continue reading

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At Computex 2011 recently, AMD finally revealed its Z series of Fusion APUs. The Z-01 is the first in the family of devices known as ‘Desna’, containing two 1GHz Bobcat cores while only consuming 5.9W of power.

The dual-core 1 GHz AMD Z-01 Desna APU (Accelerated Processing Unit) low-power chip is the new tablet-friendly processing unit announced by… Continue reading

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