Bollywood’s Mr. Perfectionist is back. After taking the audiences by storm with the blockbuster “3 Idiots”, Aamir Khan is returning to the screen with wife Kiran Rao’s debut directorial venture “Dhobi Ghat”. The film is releasing Friday and expectations are riding high. This will be Aamir’s first release after more than a year. Produced by [...]
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‘Dhobi Ghat’ displays Mumbai’s myriad colours
January 17th, 2011 |
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HP’s PC Lineup for CES Boasts Touch Screens, HD Displays
January 4th, 2011 |
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As hundreds of thousands of people head toward windy and chilly Las Vegas to attend this week’s Consumer Electronics Show 2011, vendors such as Hewlett-Packard and hundreds of others are busy setting up their displays for Jan. 6 start of the four-day event. When the exhibit hall doors open, several new desktop, notebook personal and business computers from HP, the world’s largest maker of PCs, will be on display for demonstration purposes at the AMD/Wired Magazine Booth, the Intel Booth, and the Pepcom and Showstoppers media events. The biggest advancements in the new HP computers involve touch screens (with the new MultiTouch feature) and more powerful processors. The new touch screens will be made available in larger 22- and 23-inch monitor sizes. HP also will be showing a new HP 100B All-in-One personal computer for small businesses with prices starting at a mere $499. Some new thin clients are also on the docket. Finally, HP will be showing off some new Pavilion business and entertainment-oriented laptops and Envy personal notebooks. – …
3D displays – a revolution for marketers and consumers Posted By : Arthor Greenwald
December 7th, 2010 |
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3D displays are having a huge impact in the world of entertainment. We’ve already been treated to flood of films at the cinema featuring this new technology.
Motorola, Verizon Admit to Flickering Droid X Displays
July 21st, 2010 |
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A screen problem is occurring in only a small number of Droid X smartphones, and Motorola has a fix, reports Engadget. – The Motorola Droid X continues to make news, though not for all the reasons
Motorola and carrier partner Verizon Wireless had hoped. After reports of a
number of devices suffering from flickering screens, the companies have
admitted there was a problem albeit with .1 percent of the devices.
qu…
China Displays Supercomputing Prowess with World’s Fastest Supercomputer
June 1st, 2010 |
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China boasts two of the world’s top 10 fastest supercomputers, according to rankings published by the TOP500 organization. The Nebulae, based in Shenzhen, is currently the fastest system worldwide in theoretical peak performance at 2.98 petaflops per second (PFlop/s). – Chinas ambition to enter the supercomputing arena, among other
areas of world competitiveness, became clearer this week with a system
called Nebulae, built from a Dawning TC3600 Blade system with Intel
X5650 processors and Nvidia Tesla C2050 GPUs. Nebulae is currently the
fastest system worldwid…
Sharp Creating 3D Cell Phone Displays, No Glasses Required
April 2nd, 2010 |
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Sharp says it will be creating 3D displays for cell phones and other mobile devices, though an executive declines to comment on whether Sharp will be behind the Nintendo 3DS gaming console.
– Electronics maker Sharp plans to make three-dimensional
displays for cell phones and other mobile devices, the company announced at a
press conference on April 2. The displays would not require the use of special
3D-viewing glasses.
Sharp tried its hand at a mobile phone with a 3D display in…
Apple’s 27-Inch iMac Displays Get Firmware Fix
February 2nd, 2010 |
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Apple posts a new firmware update for its 27-inch iMacs still suffering from flickering displays. While the Intel-running powerhouses have been enormously successful, they also shipped with a surprising number of issues.
– Apple has issued yet another firmware update for customers whose new 27-inch
iMacs are still suffering from flickering displays.
Posted on Feb. 1, the update is intended for 27-inch
iMacs that shipped in late 2009 and are running Mac OS X 10.6.2.
On
Dec. 21, Apple released an update fo…
Microsoft’s Ballmer Displays Tablet PCs, New HTC Phone, Video at CES
January 7th, 2010 |
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Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer used the platform of his Jan. 6 keynote address at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas to promote the companys flagship products, including Bing and Windows 7. While his presentation included precious few major announcements, it nonetheless managed to build some buzz among audience members thanks to the unveiling of three tablet PCs, including one built by Hewlett-Packard.
Thanks in part to rampant speculation over Apple’s own much-rumored tablet PC, the devices have become one of the most talked-about items at CES. Ballmer cast tablets as a logical step in the evolution of PCs, while also emphasizing how the cloud is increasingly key. Here are some highlights from his keynote.
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Apple Unveils New iMac With 21.5 and 27-inch Displays
October 20th, 2009 |
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Apple today unveiled an all new iMac line featuring brilliant LED-backlit 21.5 and 27-inch widescreen displays in a new edge-to-edge glass design and seamless all aluminum enclosure. The new iMac line, starting at $1,199, is the fastest ever with Intel Core 2 Duo processors starting at 3.06 GHz, and Core i5 and i7 quad-core processors for up to twice the performance. Every new iMac ships with a wireless keyboard and the all new wireless Magic Mouse, the world’s first mouse with Multi-Touch technology.
New Fujitsu LifeBook Laptops, Tablets Offer Windows 7, Multitouch Displays
October 19th, 2009 |
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Fujitsu introduced five new laptops on Oct. 19, all running versions of Microsoft’s Windows 7, which is said to have embedded functionality that greatly complements touch-related applications. The Fujitsu offerings, some of which are now available and some of which will arrive in the coming weeks, are the LifeBook T4410 and T4310, which are enterprise- and consumer-focused versions of convertible tablet PCs; the 15.6-inch LifeBook A1220 desktop replacement; a glossy, 10.1-inch M2011 netbook; and an also glossy, 3.5-pound LifeBook P3010 ultrathin notebook.
On the same day, Gateway introduced a new line of notebooks called the EC Series, which focus on reducing energy consumption and extending battery life. The three models in the series are said to offer 6 to 8 hours of battery life.By Michelle Maisto
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Acer Laptops Come Packed with Touch-screen Displays, Windows 7, Android
October 19th, 2009 |
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Leading into the 2009 holiday shopping season, Acer introduced three laptops and even an Android-running smartphone called Liquid, which will feature Qualcomm’s Snapdragon processor. While the Liquid announcement was a teaser, without pricing or timeline details, Acer was more generous about the laptops. The Acer One AOD250 is a 10.1-inch dual-boot model running both Android and Windows XP Home. The Aspire 5738PG is the company’s first notebook to feature a screen with multitouch capabilities, and the Aspire Timeline AS1810TZ is an 11.6-inch addition to Acer’s Timeline series. Acer additionally announced that it will expand its Timeline series with additional models featuring Microsoft’s Windows 7 and Intel CULV dual-core processors. While the Aspire One is now available, the 5738PG and the Timeline model will arrive on Oct. 22 with the launch of Windows 7.By Michelle Maisto
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Lenovo ThinkPad X200 Tablet, T400s Laptop Offer Multitouch Displays
September 15th, 2009 |
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Lenovo is looking for new ways business users can interact with their laptops. The PC maker is now offering multitouch screen technology, along with a new application called Simple Tap, with its ThinkPad X200 tablets and T400s notebooks. The technologies add multitouch capabilities to the laptops and take advantage of new features found within Microsofts Windows 7 operating system.
– Lenovo is looking to change the way business users
interact with their ThinkPad laptops and tablet notebooks.
On Sept. 15, Lenovo
plans to start offering multitouch capabilities with its ThinkPad X200 tablet
notebook and its ThinkPad
T400s laptop. In addition, Lenovo plans to release a new tech…