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Lenovo ThinkPad Helix tablet / laptop hybrid gets a power-up when it docks — Did you think you'd seen every possible way a laptop and tablet could merge? Lenovo's ThinkPad Helix is here to show you otherwise. Rather than simply flipping head over heels, twisting in place …
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Lenovo announces multi-user Horizon Table PC for $1,699 and up (video) — In addition to announcing some traditional all-in-ones today, Lenovo is introducing the IdeaCentre Horizon 27 Table PC. It too is a full-fledged, battery-powered desktop, but it can collapse into table-top mode …
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| Aaron Souppouris / The Verge: |
Nvidia unveils Tegra 4, 'world's fastest mobile processor' — Nvidia has just announced its next-generation Tegra 4 processor for smartphones, tablets, and notebooks. The Tegra 4, like its predecessor, features a quad-core processor along with a fifth, low power, core to save battery life.
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| Ben Gilbert / Engadget: |
NVIDIA building Tegra 4 into an Android gaming controller / console, dubbed ‘Project Shield’ — A video shown on-stage during NVIDIA's press conference just unveiled “Project Shield,” a gaming controller / portable console running Tegra 4. The controller looks an awful lot like a PlayStation 3 DualShock 3 …
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| Tim Wu / The New Republic: |
Why Does Everyone Think Google Beat the FTC? — In the aftermath of the FTC's settlement with Google yesterday, too many reporters fell for the line that Google used some fancy combination of executive charm and lobbying prowess to beat the federal government at its own game.| Andrew Longstreth / Reuters: |
| Jon Russell / The Next Web: |
Dropbox's new Modern UI Windows 8 app finally arrives in the Windows Store — It's been a month since we revealed that Dropbox had pushed its Windows 8 app for submission to Microsoft, and now the app is fully certified and has landed in the Windows Store for Windows 8 and Windows RT devices.| David Jolly / New York Times: |
Ad Blocking Raises Alarm Among Firms Like Google — PARIS — Xavier Niel, the French technology entrepreneur, has made a career of disrupting the status quo. — Now, he has dared to take on Google and other online advertisers in a battle that puts the Web companies under pressure to use …
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HTC Posts Lowest Net Income in Eight Years After Revenue Drops — HTC Corp. (2498), Asia's second-largest smartphone maker, posted its lowest profit in eight years as a lack of new models prompted a loss of market share. — Fourth-quarter net income was NT$1 billion ($34 million) …
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| Ryan Lawler / TechCrunch: |
Roku Now Has 700 Channels, Including Time Warner Cable; Also Has 14 TV Manufacturers Compatible With Its Streaming Stick — Roku is announcing at CES today a significant milestone both in the amount of content and the number of devices that are compatible with its USB-sized streaming stick.
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| Darren Murph / Engadget: |
Seagate's $200 Wireless Plus 1TB hard drive streams content everywhere, includes 10-hour battery — A (very) early slip through the FCC's database uncovered Seagate's Wireless Plus drive several months ago, but here at CES, the company is finally ready to take the official wraps off of the aforesaid drive.
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Windows RT ‘code integrity mechanism’ gets sidestepped, allows unsigned desktop apps to run — As Microsoft continues to promote and push its RT apps and programs, Windows tinkerer Clrokr at SurfSec has detailed how he managed to circumvent Redmond's controls on what can run … | Aaron Souppouris / The Verge: |
OLPC XO-4 convertible laptop is faster than ever and coming soon (hands-on) — One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) may not be ready to show off its XO-4 convertible laptop just yet, but chip manufacturer Marvell is demoing it at CES today all the same. The tablet-laptop hybrid is powered …
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Riches in niches: U.S. cops, in-flight movies may be model for Panasonic survival — (Reuters) - Panasonic Corp's answer to the brutal onslaught on its TV sales may be in a product the Japanese firm launched 17 years ago and which is a must-have for U.S. police cars.| Charlie Osborne / ZDNet: |
Apple secures majority of US smartphone market, Samsung dominates Europe — Summary: According to new research, the iPad and iPhone maker has managed to secure over 50 percent of the American smartphone market, whereas Samsung is still top dog in Europe. — Charlie Osborne| Leena Rao / TechCrunch: |
Reddit Rumored To Be Raising Money, At A $400 Million Valuation — Welcome to yet another Rumor Sunday™. In 2011, Reddit was spun out of Conde Nast as a standalone company, but the publishing giant kept full ownership. At the time, Peter Kafka of AllthingsD reported that Conde Nast … | Chris O'Brien / Los Angeles Times: |
Global gadget spending projected to hit $1.1 trillion in 2013 — Sales of tablets and smartphones are increasingly driving global tech spending. (Andrey Rudakov / Bloomberg / January 6, 2013) — Global spending on consumer electronic devices is projected to hit $1.1 trillion in 2013, according to the Consumer Electronics Assn.| John Cook / GeekWire: |
Never text and drive again: Ford inks deal with Glympse for hands-free location sharing — Ford has partnered with Glympse to create a hands-free, in-car location messaging service. — Texting and driving continues to be a big problem, despite powerful public service announcements condemning the practice.
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| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
Craigslist Slowly Expands Its Maps To Items For Sale, Starting First With Yard Sales And Flea Markets — Craigslist has started to add maps to its sales listings, letting people view not just what items are being sold, but where those items are located on a map.
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