Apple is long rumored to be working on a tablet-like device that’s bigger than iPod Touch, but smaller than its MacBook. Most likely, Apple has observed the success Amazon had with its Kindle device that it decided to jump in. There is clearly a market for these mid-size PCs as some projected 20 million devices will be shipped this year, doubling last year’s output.
Let’s say if Apple is indeed working on such device, its dream features would be
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This month, Hyundai is launching a system that warns motorists when they drift out of the lane they’re traveling in. Another manufacturer has developed pedestrian-detection software that works with heat-seeking cameras to alert drivers when someone is in their path.
In March, Ford will release a fully functional, dashboard computer — complete with keyboard — geared to contractors and other business folks who want to access the Web, review documents and log inventory while on the go. In the spring, AT&T will launch an in-car entertainment service with 22 satellite TV channels.
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Asus is ritzing up its LCD inventory with four new high-end displays this month — the VK266H and VW266H at 25.5 inches (beating out the manufacturer’s current top end) and the VK246H and VW246H at good ol’ 24 inches. They all feature the company’s new Splendid Video Intelligence Technology, run at at 1,920 x 1,200, and have a 20,000:1 contrast ratio, which is a significant improvement over the current Asus flagship’s 3,000:1, but the max brightness is a bit lower. Why two at each size, you ask? Actual specs are identical across the board, but the VK266H and the VK246H have built-in webcams, while the VW266H and VW246H don’t — unfortunately, pricing info is not yet available, so there’s no telling how much extra you’ll be paying to record cringe-worthy YouTube diaries.
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Surveillance specialist Lorex now plans to release two new wireless camera systems for home security, Techachino has learned, including a night vision-enabled system coming this fall that can stream over the Internet.
NEW YORK CITY (Techachino) - Lorex’ LW20022 wireless video security system — list priced at $249 — is expected to ship in two weeks. And also at this week’s Digital Life press preview, Lorex demo’d an Internet-enabled, high-resolution Easy Connect Network camera.
The LW2002W Wireless 2.4″ LCD Video Security System, a home security product that packages a night vision-enabled metal camera along with a 2.4-inch portable color LCD monitor/receiver, is due to be shipped this fall.
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As Google expands its product line for mobile services, the Mountain View-based company announced BlackBerry Pearl users now have the ability to use voice search.
Specifically, users will be able to use Google Maps, getting directions or locations by voice instead of text searching.
Pearl owners can go to m.google.com/maps, press 0 to center the view of the map, press a side key and say a business name or location, and then release the button so the voice recognition software can begin to pull in results.Google designed the software for use when typing is not possible, a user isn’t sure of the exact spelling of a name, or the name is too long.
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Sporting a design and feature list not unlike Nokia’s N95 and N96, Sony Ericsson’s C905 Cybershot blows Nokia’s devices away in one area: picture resolution.
Sony Ericsson officially announced today its Cybershot C905 handset which had been shown through “leaks” last week. Offering support for GSM/GPRS/EDGE 850/900/1800/1900 UMTS/HSDPA 2100, Sony Ericsson has announced that the C905 will be made available in select markets as early as the fourth quarter of this year.
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Computers that ‘phone home’ after being stolen are guiding police to the doorsteps of thieves across the world.
Tracking technology has helped police sniff out thousands of stolen machines, uncovering UK computers as far away as Argentina, Macedonia and Saudi Arabia.
West Midlands Police recently used the technology to make arrests and recover more than 30 laptops.
Alan McInnes, general manager with the Association of Chief Police Officers crime prevention initiatives, told silicon.com the technology will help stamp out computer theft.
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At the Linux Foundation Collaboration Summit at the University of Texas Supercomputing Center April 8, Hewlett-Packard announced the release of its first Linux-powered computer to be sold in the United States, the HP 2133 Mini-Note PC running Novell SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 10 Service Pack 1.
HP was expected to offer a Linux desktop, and now it has finally done so. It’s not, however, the Linux desktop that many users expected. Instead of being a general-purpose consumer system or business PC, the Mini-Note is meant for the education market.
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PC vendor Everex and gOS (Good OS), the Linux distribution based around Google applications, is taking the next step in online-based computing by introducing a limited edition MySpace PC.
The companies hope that the white-cased, two-pound MyMiniPC will attract what Everex officials claim is some of the more than 100 million MySpace users. As such, it’s the first PC, using any operating system, designed expressly to use with a social network.
“To me, gOS Space can be the face of Linux for the MySpace generation,” Jim Zemlin, president of the Linux Foundation, said in a statement.
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