News tagged with personal electronic device

How to protect personal data on devices you plan to sell

Thinking of selling or giving away your smartphone or laptop computer? If you have a BlackBerry or an iPhone, go right ahead. But if you have an Android phone or a computer running Windows XP, you may want to hold off.

Technology / Software

created Apr 13, 2012 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 3

Airline passengers may get a break on electronics

The government is taking a tentative step toward making it easier for airlines to allow passengers to use personal electronic devices such as tablets, e-readers and music players during takeoffs and landings.

Technology / Other

created Mar 19, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 2

User interface revolution coming to computers, TVs

Control your television with your voice or a wave of the hand. Run your laptop with your eyes.

Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation

created Jan 12, 2012 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Qantas trials inflight Internet access

Australian flag carrier Qantas said Friday customers will be able to access the Internet inflight on certain services from February using their personal electronic devices.

Technology / Telecom

created Dec 16, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Ericsson sells its Sony Ericsson stake to Sony

LM Ericsson and Sony Corp. announced Thursday they will go separate ways as Ericsson sells its 50 percent stake in mobile phone maker Sony Ericsson to Sony for euro1.05 billion ($1.46 billion).

Technology / Business

created Oct 27, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Voice-activated iPhone could snarl laws on drivers' texting

Apple's iPhone 4S is one of several new devices that make it possible to send text messages with both hands on the wheel. As drivers begin to use these new technologies, states may have to decide what they will and won't ...

Technology / Software

created Oct 27, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Marketing Professor Studying Adolescents' Sources of Happiness

(PhysOrg.com) -- Lan Nguyen Chaplin, an assistant professor in the Eller College of Management, says children and teenagers, in finding happiness, do not always place material things before personal relationships.

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Dec 21, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

AIDA Robot Aims To Change The Way We Interact With Our Car (w/ Video)

(PhysOrg.com) -- MIT researchers and designers are developing the Affective Intelligent Driving Agent (AIDA) - a new in-car personal robot that aims to change the way we interact with our car. The project ...

Technology / Computer Sciences

created Nov 01, 2009 | popularity 3.9 / 5 (17) | comments 10

IEA urges more energy-efficient gadgets

The IEA world energy watchdog urged action on Wednesday to make computers, mobile phones and other devices more energy-efficient as the number of users worldwide soars.

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created May 13, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Garmin reveals program to chart cheapest route

Navigation isn't just about getting there. It also can be about getting there green.

Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation

created Jan 09, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0