News tagged with new gadgets

Greying Singapore taps robots, games in rehab

Six months ago, Singaporean retiree Soon Eng Sam, 70, suffered a stroke that paralysed the left side of his body.

Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation

created Jan 01, 2012 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Google lets users monitor their online activity

Google on Wednesday began letting people get monthly reports summarizing what they have been up to at the Internet titan's free online services.

Technology / Internet

created Mar 28, 2012 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 3

Rebooting the PC industry: Tablets force a shift

(AP) -- The personal computer industry needs a jumpstart - and it's counting on a rescue from emerging markets and a late-to-the-party push into tablet computers.

Technology / Business

created Jul 19, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 9

Tablets, 3D in focus at future-shaping Taiwan IT show

The question of how to get 3D technology into every living room and a tablet computer into every hand is set to dominate Asia's largest IT fair which opens in Taiwan next week.

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created May 29, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Coating lets smartphones survive under water

As sleek new smartphones prepared to make splashes at the Consumer Electronics Show here on Tuesday, a California firm was out to prevent water from being the death of them.

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Jan 09, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 3

Chairman says Samsung to focus on new products

South Korea's Samsung Electronics will this year focus on developing new products and tapping into new businesses to get ahead of competitors amid the global economic slowdown, its chairman said Monday.

Technology / Business

created Jan 02, 2012 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 0

BlackBerrys' prestige diminishes, even among their users

Not so long ago, consumers couldn't get enough of their CrackBerrys. Now it appears many are sobering up.

Technology / Business

created Nov 16, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 2

Electronic Arts merging big games, gadgets

US videogame publishing titan Electronic Arts is merging blockbuster titles with social play, popular new gadgets and downloadable content in a changing world of interactive entertainment.

Technology / Software

created Jun 11, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

New York pay phones to get touchy feely makeover

A handful of grimy New York pay phones will be reincarnated as touch-screen pads with online access to neighborhood information, the mayor's office said Monday.

Technology / Telecom

created Apr 09, 2012 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 1

Internet service providers not keeping up with user trends

There's a revolution happening on the Internet -- though broadband providers have not seemed to notice.

Technology / Telecom

created Jul 09, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 4