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It feels like the whole world is holding its breath for the Apple tablet. But maybe we’ve all been dreaming about the wrong device. This is Courier, Microsoft’s astonishing take on the tablet. Courier is a real device, and we’ve heard that it’s in the “late prototype” stage of development. It’s not a tablet, it’s a booklet. The dual 7-inch (or so) screens are multitouch, and designed for writing, flicking and drawing with a stylus, in addition to fingers. They’re connected...
September, 22 2009 • 0 Comments • 0 Faves
FACEBOOK makes you sharper but Twitter makes you thicker, a psychologist has said. The social networking site boosts a part of intelligence that is vital to success in life, while tweeting away may have the opposite effect. Keeping up to date with Facebook may have the same effect as playing video war games and solving Sudoku, said Dr Tracy Alloway of Scotland's University of Stirling. It hones the ability to remember information and to use it, known as "working memory...
September, 8 2009 • 0 Comments • 0 Faves
Third dimension ... Sony's 3D TV prototype at the Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers conference and exhibition in Sydney / Courier-Mail Sony unveils a prototype for 3D TV 'Won't be about cardboard glasses' Blog: More stories from Gadget Girl BREAK out your TV-watching goggles. The next big thing in home cinema is 3D and it could arrive in a big way next year. With more and more feature films being made in 3D...
August, 5 2009 • 0 Comments • 0 Faves
By Stephen Lunn The Australian July 14, 2009 12:01am Better connections ... young Australians want more face-to-face time with friends and family / Lindsay Moller Gen Y culture shift Study reveals a "new nostalgia" Young Australians crave less complex times NEXT thing you know, all the young men will be using Brylcream, the girls will be in bobby sox...
July, 13 2009 • 0 Comments • 0 Faves