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2012

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Life In A Day

Ok, so I'm really behind the curve here but the BBC screened "Life In A Day" over the Christmas holidays and I'm finally watching it. If you haven't watched it already, you need to put this on your must-see list. If you aren't familiar with the film, it's made up of footage from over 80,000 submissions of video that was

E Fun Nextbook Elite 10 First Picture

A couple of days I wrote about E Fun, who are unveiling their Nextbook Elite 10 this week at CES 2012.  The Elite 10 will be among the first tablets to run Android 4.0, known as Ice Cream Sandwich.  The tablet will be available this Spring at an MSRP of $249.99.  At the time this was announced there were no

Three Reports Jump In Data

Squeezing among all the CES news, UK mobile telco Three reports a huge jump in smartphone data over the past year. On New Year's Eve, smartphone traffic was up nearly 600% in the UK compared with the same evening a year before. On 31st December 2010, 14 TB of data was transmitted.  For the same date in 2011, it was

Vizio Introduces a Line of PCs

One of the reasons I am a fan of Apple products is because of their ability to design products that are both beautiful and functional. I will never deny that a Microsoft Windows base computer can do everything an Apple computer can do and in some areas maybe more. However there are very few Window’s based computers I have seen

Videophone with the Biscotti TV Phone

The sci-fi vision of the videophone being as commonplace as the telephone hasn't materialised but Skype and Google+ Hangouts have made videocalls with webcams popular, especially with families who are a spread across the world. Having said that, it's still not as convenient as picking up your phone and dialling a number. Biscotti hopes to change that will their TV

SmartGoggles by Sensics

If you are a gamer you know that the best games are those that you can immerse yourself in. That is the idea behind 3D goggles. The trouble with most of them is that they require you to be connected by wire to a video source and cable, limiting the users mobility. Sensics will be introducing new 3D goggles technology

BEHRINGER’s EuroSound

BEHRINGER will be introducing their EuroSound Consumer Branch at CES 2012.   BEHRINGER is a division of The Music Group and founded by Uli Beringer in 1989. BEHRINGER is a makers of award winning professional audio equipment.  Their mantra is “Double the features at half the Price”.  They design and produce loudspeakers, amplifiers, mixers and DJ products including microphones, headphones. They also

OWC Mercury SSD Drives

Other World Computing (OWC) will be introducing their newest Solid State Drive (SSD) line called Mercury Extreme. It is 3G with a combination of Sandforce Dura Class technology and Tier 1/Grade A NAND. Tier 1 (Grade A) is the top of line chips and are laser etched with a serial number. This combination produces data rates over 275MB. It is

ASUS to Show Two New Tablets at CES

ASUS was so excited they couldn't wait for CES next week.  Vice President Samson Hu laid out the company's 2012 plans at a press event in Taipei and what he had to say was certainly attention-grabbing.  There were some things that had already been rumored - like an ASUS ARM tablet running Windows 8, which he confirmed will be coming

Trendnet Compacts Powerline Adapter

At CES, TRENDnet has launched the world's smallest 500 Mb/s Powerline adapter with the new TPL-406E model. Look at the picture below to see the difference in size between a standard Powerline adaptor and the new model on the left. When trying to get all the modern gadgets plugged in and networked, this will certainly help where there is limited

Monster Digital Will Be Showing off its LeMann SSD Drive at CES 2012

Back in November Monster Cable license their brand name to SDJ Technologies a Simi Valley based technology business creating the company Monster Digital. At CES 2012 Monster Digital will be showing off several of their new products, including an Ultra Speed SSD, Hybrid Hard Drive, Standard Drives, Micro SD Cards and high performance flash. They will be showing off the

Griffin’s Spring Case Collection

You have gotten a new iPhone, iPad or an Android device over the holidays. You love it and it’s looking good, no scratches or scuff and you want to keep it that way. You want to protect it, however you also want to look good doing it.  No, not good you want to look fierce. That is where the Griffin Technology Inc

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