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It’s hard to imagine, but Microsoft was once in Google’s place – the unstoppable tech darling with enough cash on hand to start whatever project they wanted (Microsoft Bob?). But now, Microsoft has lost of a lot of mindshare, with them often falling behind competitors like Apple and Google in …

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Microsoft: We've Been Too Slow Going Consumer [Microsoft Director Admits That Redmond Is Sometime Too Focused On The Enterprise Customer, Too Slow To React To Consumer Wants]

It seems anything can be turned into a touchscreen, even your skin. Microsoft’s Redmond research lab and researchers at Carnegie Mellon University have developed a system called Skinput that projects a working touchscreen on to your skin. The prototype uses a microchip sized pico projector to display the touchscreen image …

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Skinput: Is Your Skin The Touchscreen of the Future? [Microsoft Redmond Research & Carnegie Mellon University Develop Skinput System, A Touchscreen for your Skin]

Will a machine that remembers your weight be popular? For some audiences, it already is. Tanita Corp has developed a body composition meter-integrated scale that remembers your weight. But that’s not all it does. It also helps users measure their internal body fat ratio and internal age using (an industry …

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Tanita Scale is not Your Average Weighing Machine [Tanita Scale Sports SD Card Slot - Measures Weight, Body Fat Ratio & Internal Age, Comes with Data Management Software]

MWC 2010 has come and gone leaving us wanting for more mobile gadgets to look at. And every once in a while some of these gadgets get overlooked or passed by in a hurry although they deserve a lot more attention. One of them is this Moblic E7 MID. We …

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Moblic E7 MID Appears at MWC 2010; Surprises Many [Mobilc E7 to Feature WiMAX Connectivity, Mobile Gaming Support & Unknown OS]

USB is pretty important to any tech or gadget user, not just for data but also for power. The folks at ZAGG have come out with a USB charger/backup battery supply that has got a good compact design and would be useful for any road warrior.

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ZAGGsparq Portable USB Charger [$100 Charger Offers Dual USB Ports, 6000 mAh Battery]

It’s rare that during a worldwide economic recession that you’d actually find that there is a shortage of workers, but right now, Shenzhen, China’s district where you’ll find many tech factories, is facing a severe labor shortage following the Chinese New Year Holiday. Chinese workers get two weeks off of …

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South China Facing Labor Shortage [Help Wanted In Shenzhen's Tech Factories, Will Your Favorite Tech Gadget Be Delayed?]

We have some more news from Dell for you, folks! Just earlier this week we looked at the Dell Latitude 13 ultra-slim laptop and today we’re going to inspect two other Dell creations, the Dell Precision M6500 notebook and the Dell Mini 5 MID.

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Dell Precision M6500 Specs & Features Updated; Dell Mini 5 Approved [Dell Upgrades the Precision M6500 Laptops & Gets FCC Approval for Mini 5 MID]

Everywhere you look someone talks about a tablet PC! Along with Apple’s iPad or ASUS and their plans to build one, the folks from Dell are the latest to join the bandwagon? An Android-powered Snapdragon slate that saw daylight during CES 2009, the new Mini 5 tablet has been confirmed …

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Android-powered Dell Mini 5 Tablet Release Date Confirmed [Dell Mini 5 Tablet Availability "in a Couple of Months"]

Although it sounds like Apple’s most amazing device ever released, the iPad has its drawbacks. First thing to complain about is the fact that the iPad won’t bring Adobe Flash support which means that you won’t get to enjoy rich media although they say, and I quote, it delivers “the …

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Apple Tablet Won't Bring Flash Support or a Kickstand [iPad Runs Out of the Box Native iPhone Apps]

The Koreans from Cowon are expected to release a new portable media player in the upcoming weeks, but have done a great job keeping tight-lipped and haven’t announced anything official, yet. The mysterious Cowon J3 PMP, as we don’t have anything other than this leaked rear-view diagram, is supposedly going …

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Cowon J3 PMP to Feature 3.3" AMOLED [Wi-Fi Enabled Cowon J3 Portable Media Player Rumored]

Samsung announced new storage solutions for our mobile needs. As smartphone and personal devices become more and more popular we will require more and more storage space in order to be able to carry with us all the apps we want to download, all our favorite music and videos and …

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Samsung Unveils New 32GB microSD Card & 64GB moviNAND Flash Memory [Samsung Announces 30nm-class, New Memory Solutions for Mobile Devices]