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Entries for May, 2011

Google says Chrome to power only notebooks for now

TAIPEI (Reuters) – Google Inc will keep the focus of its Chrome operating system on notebooks, and has no immediate plan to make it available on tablets or to merge with its popular Android software for smartphones, said a senior executive. Original post by timothy

Nokia warns on Q2, drops FY targets

STOCKHOLM (Reuters) – Nokia, the world’s biggest phone maker by volume, warned on Tuesday that sales and margins would fall well below its previous guidance and dropped its full-year outlook, sending its shares down 10 percent. Original post by timothy

ViewSonic outs ViewPad 7x Android tablet

During the Computex trade show in Taipei on Monday, ViewSonic officially took the wraps off of its ViewPad 7x Android tablet. We had heard mumblings of the device earlier this month, but now we know all of the ins and outs of the tablet: it runs Android 3.0.1 Honeycomb, is powered by a dual-core NVIDIA [...]

Free Merriam-Webster Dictionary App for iPad with Voice Lookup

Merriam-Webster already offers their Collegiate Dictionary as a $25 app in the iTunes app store.  This free iPad app gives you access to the complete Collegiate Dictionary, and it gives you functions that the paid app doesn’t have.  I’m not the best speller in the world, and it’s sometimes hard to look up a word [...]

Broadcom sees NFC technology as future main revenue driver

TAIPEI (Reuters) – U.S. chipmaker Broadcom Corp expects near-field communications (NFC) wireless technology to be a main revenue driver in coming years, a senior executive said on Tuesday, when it becomes more of a norm for consumers use their handphones to make payments. Original post by timothy

AT&T’s Sony Ericsson Xperia X10 finally gets Android 2.1 (Eclair) update

Countless Android fans complain about new phones still launching with Froyo while Gingerbread has long since been pulled out of the oven, but Sony Ericsson Xperia X10 owners on AT&T can only dream of frozen desserts. Sony Ericsson on Tuesday announced that the Android-powered Xperia that started it all will finally be updated from Android [...]

AVING News to Make an Official Media Partnership Contract with ‘EASTFOOD Indonesia 2011′

‘AVING’, the global news network covering and reporting products and exhibitions in the world, has made an official media partnership contract with ‘EASTFOOD Indonesia 2011(www.eastfoodindonesia.com)’, the international exhibition on Food & Beverage Products, Technology, Ingredients, Additives, Raw Materials, Services, Equipment and Supplies. This edition held at GRAMEDIA EXPO in Surabaya, Indonesia for 4 days from [...]

Google says Chrome to power only notebooks only for now

TAIPEI (Reuters) – Google Inc will keep the focus of its Chrome operating system on notebooks, and has no immediate plan to make it available on tablets or to merge with its popular Android software for smartphones, said a senior executive. Original post by timothy

[Computex 2011] Gigabyte to Show ‘S1080 Slate PC’, Tablet Usable as PC

Gigabyte presented ‘S1080 Slate PC’, a Windows 7 based tablet, at the Press Conference held prior to the official opening of ‘Computex 2011′, world’s largest computing show held in Taipei, Taiwan, from May 31 to June 4. However, S1080 Slate PC which AVING met was somewhat disappointing. Its concept is to provide a portable tablet [...]

[Computex 2011] Gigabyte to Show ‘S1080 Slate PC’, Tablet Usable as PC

Gigabyte presented ‘S1080 Slate PC’, a Windows 7 based tablet, at the Press Conference held prior to the official opening of ‘Computex 2011′, world’s largest computing show held in Taipei, Taiwan, from May 31 to June 4. However, S1080 Slate PC which AVING met was somewhat disappointing. Its concept is to provide a portable tablet [...]