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Usman Khalid
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Apple Rumours: A thinner and taller touch screen and nano-SIMs to arrive with the new iPhone – Part 3

In-Cell Technology The new screen is also expected to be quite thinner incorporating a new technology that will embed the LCD and the touch sensors into one consolidated layer that will help in substantially decreasing the depth of the device. Already in production at Sharp, LG Display, and Japan Display, the new screen will also […]

Google commemorates aviatrix Amelia Earhart on her 115th birthday

Google’s memoir feature, Doodle, created for celebrating anniversaries of famous historical celebrities posted a pictorial hyperlink of Amelia Earhart on Google.com. The Doodle portrays Ms. Earhart with her infamous airplane Lockheed Vega 5b with her scarf fluttering in the air with sheer valor. Google just celebrated Earhart’s 115th birthday, though a couple of weeks back […]

Samsung Series 9 NP900X3C-A01 (2012): Full Review – Part 1

Samsung’s new take at the ultrabook category with the revamped Series 9 notebook has paid dividends to the Korean Company. The new device is the lightest and the thinnest in the market; it even leaves behind Apple MacBook Air in some respects. Although the price is a hundred bucks more than the new MacBook Air […]

Samsung Series 9 NP900X3C-A01 (2012): Full Review – Part 2

It was a proto-ultrabook, a thin-and-light 13-inch laptop that looked like a Windows variation of the Air, clad in black duralumin. The original Series 9 was far from affordable for a laptop — it actually exceeded the cost of an Air at the time by several hundred dollars — but few who saw it didn’t […]

Samsung Series 9 NP900X3C-A01 (2012): Full Review – Part 3

The Sony Vaio Z, a 2.5 pounds, matches it in the 13-inch category based on laptops we’ve seen this year. Only the 11-inch MacBook Air is lightest than the Series 9 at 2.34 pounds, but the Series 9 reigns the 13-inch category. The overall design is all matte, from the outer body to screen to […]

Samsung Series 9 NP900X3C-A01 (2012): Full Review – Part 4

The most important and make-or-break part of any laptop is its track pad. Any laptop that does not have a responsive track pad, Windows laptops in this case, they are destined to fail. MacBook has set the bar up high in the track pad standards with has not been topped yet. Though the new Series […]

Samsung Series 9 NP900X3C-A01 (2012): Full Review – Part 5

The 1,280×1,024-pixel maximum resolution webcam nestled on the top bezel of the screen is good for video chatting. It takes photos and videos with good ambiance. CyberLink YouCam 3 software is preinstalled for chatting. Hardware The base model priced at $1299 has a 1.7GHz Intel Core i5-3317U processor, 4GB of RAM, and a 128GB solid-state […]

Samsung Series 9 NP900X3C-A01 (2012): Full Review – Part 6

That was all about the interior as there are not optical drives or dedicated graphics cards. The exterior has all the required ports for but with a pun. There are two USB ports, one USB 3.0 and one USB 2.0. In addition, there are micro-HDMI, micro-Ethernet and micro-VGA ports. However, only the micro-Ethernet has been […]

Google and Apple file for appeal after Judge Posner ruled out the patent case last month

Google and Apple have filed appeals on the dismissal of their patent infringement case by U.S. Circuit Judge Richard Posner, of the U.S. District Court in the Northern District of Illinois. The Judge clearly ruled out the case filing on the basis that both companies are trying to pointlessly drag a dispute on violation of […]

Lowe’s bring a new home appliances management system called Iris – Part 1

Lowe’s, the US-based home appliances retail store chain has teamed up with a UK-based monitoring company called AlertMe. The joint venture has produced a new home monitoring tool for customers that can keep checks on home appliances via the web. The new software called the Iris is a cloud-based system that will be able to […]

Lowe’s bring a new home appliances management system called Iris – Part 2

Iris will be available in three denominations as per the requirements of the user. Iris Safe and Secure ($179) –The owner will receive an e-mail, text, or call when alarm triggers at home or when someone from the family arrives at home. The kit includes a hub; motion sensors; a keypad; and door, window, and […]

USS Makin consumes half the money and churns double the effort – Part 1

US Navy has long been working on green energy to deploy on its vessels and submarines. The installation of a series of such technologies in USS Makin Island has shown a clear sign that the armed forces are taking global climate problems seriously. The USS Makin has a green, low fuel emission electric hybrid system […]

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