Another multitouch tablet PC hits the scene

If you love having multitouch technology on tablet PC screens but feel the HP TouchSmart tx2 is just a little too playful for your office image, head on to Dell. Its latest business convertible tablet PC, the Latitude XT2, is a sleek little number designed for the office environment.

Like the TouchSmart tx2, this model is able to detect two fingers on its touchscreen for zooming and rotating images. But the Latitude expands on this by adding multitouch scrolling and even enlarging email text on demand. The screen is also a hybrid between resistive and active digitizer technologies, allowing the use of fingers as well as magnetic pens for greater versatility. In addition, the unit can also be configured with an extended six-cell battery and optional external battery slice to give an impressive 11 hours of uptime. But in order to maintain its slim profile, the unit does not have an integrated optical drive under the hood.
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At last: Acer's 10-inch version of the Aspire One Netbook

Despite owning a huge chunk of the growing Netbook market, the popular Acer Aspire One has been saddled with a 9-inch screen, rather than the bigger 10-inch type we prefer. At long last, Acer now has a 10-inch model, the Aspire One AOD150.

Even better, it's keeping the starting price at US$349, which is about US$50-US$100 cheaper than similarly configured systems from other PC makers. Netbooks were originally intended as cheap, no-frills travel machines, and the new Aspire One fits that bill well, but there are also plenty of slightly more expensive options that add polish.

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Fujitsu opens world's first Premium Care Center in Singapore

Ever wonder what happens to your notebook when it's sent to the service center? I don't know about you, but the area behind the front desk is one big black hole where it can take over a day to reformat your harddisk (which can usually be done in a couple of hours) or weeks to replace a faulty USB port. Moreover, we don't really know if the service technicians will exhibit the same care to the exterior facade while fixing the internal hardware.

Come February 19, Fujitsu will be opening its first Premium Care Center in Singapore's Funan DigitaLife Mall. The new service outlet is not only 70 percent larger than its previous center in the same mall, it also features an "Open Repair Centre" which allows owners to witness the handling and repair of their laptops behind a glass window. Of course, for more extensive repairs, we do not advise you stay there and wait as it may still take a couple of days. But if you see them take good care of another person's laptop, your machine will likely receive the same care.
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Acer finally gets 10-inch Netbook: One AOD150

Despite owning a huge chunk of the growing Netbook market, the Acer Aspire One has been saddled with a 9-inch screen, rather than the bigger 10-inch type we prefer.

Well, wait no more. Acer is now unveiling a 10-inch model, and even better, it is keeping the starting price at US$349 (not that it's a bad Netbook, but the Aspire One is one of the most popular Netbooks, largely because it's often US$50 to US$100 cheaper than similarly configured competing systems). Acer's press release says:
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Singapore-US-designed superchip works faster with less power

Can you read the above sentence? In all likelihood, you can. This is because the human brain is amazingly adept at seeking out patterns and figuring out the most probable missing letters. Turns out a new silicon "brain" will leverage this human tendency to work faster while using less power.

A combined team of researchers from Singapore's Nanyang Technological University and US Rice University have developed a superchip that claims to complete tasks seven times faster than currently available processors while consuming 30 times less power. Called PCMOS (Probabilistic Complementary Metal–Oxide Semiconductor), the new technology is the result of out-of-the-box thinking and may result in mobile devices in the future which need be recharged only once every few weeks. This project is also supported by Intel and US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency.
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