Packard Bell Dot Netbook available from £160
The Hut sells the Packard Bell Dot netbook for just under 160 including delivery. This model is essentially a smaller laptop with almost every feature cut down or reduced (including the price tag though). You get a 10.1in 1,024 x 600 pixels display, Windows 7 Starter, an Intel Atom N2600 CPU, The netbook weighs…
From 3D graphics to biometric scans: How your smartphone will get smarter
STORY HIGHLIGHTSDaniel Burrus looks at six big developments that will revolutionize smartphones over the next decadeBurrus predicts 3D displays will become the norm, and won’t require special glassesYour smartphone will be your wallet and biometrics will keep your valuable information secure, he says Editor’s note: Daniel Burrus is a leading…
TestFlight reaches Android in beta, gives app developers a safety net
You may not know about TestFlight if you’re used to running apps rather than building them, but odds are that you know its effects when over 300,000 iOS apps have reached testers that hopefully caught bugs in advance. That makes the launch of a private Android beta something of an…
Foxconn denies weak iPhone demand led to hiring freeze
Taiwanese contract manufacturer, Foxconn, has halted hiring activities at its Shenzhen plant which makes gadgets such as Apple iPhone 5 device, and slowed down recruitment at other Chinese factories. The company, however, has flatly denied weak iPhone 5 demand prompted the move. “Due to an unprecedented rate of return of employees following…
Playstation App Coming to iPhone, iPad and Android
Sony spent a lot of time at its Future of Playstation conference explaining in detail how Playstation Vita owners will be able to utilize their handheld as another option for experiencing Playstation 4 games. On stage, other platforms like Apple’s iPhone and iPad and Android handsets were only mentioned in passing….
Robot-assisted hysterectomies are on the rise, but may not improve surgery …
Robotic surgeries are on the rise for a variety of procedures, including hysterectomy. The number of robot-assisted hysterectomies increased from 1 in 200 to 1 in 10 in just three years, according to new figures. The proportion of women having their uterus removed using robotic-assisted surgery increased from one in 200 procedures in 2007 However, the…
Get Google Voice alerts on your Android 4.2 lock screen
Google’s Android 4.2 release lets you put widgets on your lock screen — and as more developers embrace the feature, it’s becoming increasingly useful. A relatively new app called DashClock is arguably the best use of lock screen widgets we’ve seen so far. DashClock lets you add slick-looking custom notifications to…
CDC Turns From Zombies to ‘Outbreak’ iPad App
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the folks who brought the world a controversial zombie apocalypse campaign, has launched a free iPad app that lets users play a game to stem a fictitious epidemic. Users of the app, called “Solve the Outbreak” can pretend they’re a public health detective…
LG Display pours $655M into OLED HDTV plant, mass production set for 2014
Beyond LCD, there’s OLED. The new display technology boasts brighter colors, thinner panels, and allows for longer battery life than LCDs benefits that LG Display clearly has in mind as it ramps up its OLED HDTV panel investment. LG Display announced today that it’s investing $655 million (706 billion won) OLED display…
Shuttleworth’s one device: The smartphone is the tablet and the PC
One device, one cloud. Let’s get together and feel all right. It sounds very Bob Marley, but that is exactly what Canonical’s South African CEO, Mark Shuttleworth, is suggesting will be the future of computing. In a video posted to YouTube this week, a very Bono-like Shuttleworth, channelling his inner…
