Apple's Tim Cook rejects idea of laptop-tablet hybrids http://bit.ly/JyzE0z 25 April 2012 Last updated at 10:51 Share this page mr Cook said if Apple mixed its laptop and tablet designs it would end up with a compromised product Apple's boss has dismissed the idea of mixing laptops and tablets into a hybrid product. Chief executive Tim Cook said the idea of combining the iPad and MacBook Air would "wind up compromising" both. Rival Asus already markets such products in its Transformer series. Intel has also been a vocal advocate of the idea. Mr Cook also said he hated litigation, signalling a willingness to settle patent disputes. It comes...

Toshiba Luncurkan Seri Netbook NB500 dengan Generasi Terbaru Intel Atom http://bit.ly/KmSwvF REPUBLIKA.CO.ID,  JAKARTA -- Toshiba Singapore Produk Digital & Service Group (DS) meningkatkan jajaran Netbook-nya dengan NB510 dan NB520 yang tersedia dalam berbagai macam warna dan kualitas. Jajaran Netbook model NB500 yang terbaru ini telah diperkuat dengan Intel Atom Dual-Core di dalamnya yang menjamin kecepatan dan kualitas grafis hingga 1080p. Seri  NB500 akan tersedia pada kuartal kedua 2012 di Asia Selatan dan Asia Tenggara.Kedua model ini menawarkan layar 10,1 inci WXGA dengan SuperView Technology, HDD berkapasitas 320GB, webcam dan mikrofon terintegrasi. Selain itu, NB510 dilengkapi dengan speaker stereo yang telah dipertajam oleh fitur Toshiba Audio Enhancement, sebuah fitur unik Toshiba yang...

The Samsung Galaxy Tab 7.7 feels like an iPad, but smaller http://bit.ly/JhTNDy Takeaway: Find out why Donovan Colbert believes that the Samsung Galaxy Tab 7.7 offers the most iPad-like Android experience thus far. It’s been almost a year since Samsung shocked everyone when they declared that their Galaxy Tab 10.1 was “inadequate” compared to the iPad 2. since then, Apple and Samsung have been in a global legal battle.I spent a week with the 4G LTE Samsung Galaxy 7.7 tablet, and it’s clear why Apple has targeted Samsung with such ferocity. The similarities between the Galaxy 7.7 and the iPad start with the box the device comes in, and they don’t end...

Technology News: Reviews: Look Before You Make the Leap to Hulu Plus for Android http://bit.ly/JrdywM Hulu plus, an app from Hulu, is available for free at Google (Nasdaq: GOOG) Play, but the service requires a US$7.99/month subscription.The 5-year-old subscription streaming video service known as "Hulu Plus" has doubled its subscriber numbers in the last seven months to more than 2 million, according to numbers bandied about by the company.Hulu is a joint venture between investors and television operators: Comcast's (Nasdaq: CMCSK) NBCUniversal, Fox Entertainment and the Walt Disney (NYSE: DIS) Company. Competitors include Netflix (Nasdaq: NFLX) and cable providers like Time Warner (NYSE: TWX) Cable that can stream live television to unrooted Ice Cream Sandwich...

Speed up your computer with Ubuntu http://bit.ly/ITlgOh Windows is great, but after a while, it can get cluttered up with too many programs and become intolerably sluggish. Backing up your files and reinstalling it can help, but an alternative is to try the free Ubuntu operating system. Ubuntu isn't too demanding and can make even a lowly netbook seem sprightly compared with running Windows on it. Ubuntu is one of many Linux distributions, but it's arguably the most polished, most compatible and best supported (around 20 million people use it on a daily basis). The latest version, discounting beta releases, is 11.10 Desktop Edition. This is a...

Sony ventures into tablet market http://bit.ly/Ipdc99 Sony will launch its debut tablet device, the Sony Tablet S in the UAE in January 2012. the tablet features a 9.4-inch high resolution touchscreen and runs off the Nvidia Tegra 2 mobile processor.The tablet is coupled with Sony’s rapid response technologies, designed to allow for faster browsing of content and applications.The Sony Tablet S model features a front and rear facing camera for still and video image capture, an inbuilt USB 2.0 port and SD card slot and weighs approximately 598 grams (WiFi version).The device is also equipped with TruBlack technology by Sony, designed to reduce reflection and glares...

Asus Ships Quad-Core Transformer Pad 300 Tablet for $379 http://bit.ly/JpAGxO Asus on Sunday started shipping its Transformer Pad 300 tablet in the U.S., with the company pitching the tablet as a gaming device and laptop replacement.The tablet has a 10.1-inch screen, Google's Android 4.0 operating system and a quad-core Tegra 3 processor from Nvidia running at a clock speed of 1.2GHz.The tablet is priced started at US$379.99 for 32GB of storage and 1GB of RAM. though most features are similar to those available in its predecessor, the Eee Pad Transformer Prime, the starting price is lower. among the new features are GPS capabilities and the new OS is pre-installed.The company...

New Apple iPad tops Consumer Reports’ Tablet Ratings List http://bit.ly/JJUu9E TweetTweetConsumer Reports has named the new Apple iPad as the top device on its tablet ratings list despite the magazine’s own previous report that the upgraded iPad reached alarming temperatures.The testing organization said the Cupertino-based tablet maker’s new tablet is “a new bench mark in excellence” demonstrated by its high-resolution display, which offers “the best rendering of detail and color accuracy we’ve ever seen on a tablet display.”Last month, Consumer Reports, the magazine who first commented and ignited the Apple iPhone 4 ‘antennagate’ issue, released a study that said the new iPad reached 116 degrees Fahrenheit – 12 degrees hotter than...

An Old Technique For Purifying and Weight Control http://bit.ly/f47D2w oxygen 4 energyAs we all fully understand, there are multitudes of techniques and methods on the market for reducing weight. It appears just about every month there is a new product customized to get it done swiftly. Yet we want to examine one proven approach that is particularly old and of course works exceptionally well. Of course we have all heard about fasting, and it has been used for numerous purposes for thousands of years. Although granted, there were probably not too many overweight people thousands of years ago. If you want to talk about longevity and reliability of method,...

How to Connect Your HDTV and Smartphone With MHL http://bit.ly/IIwx3o Are you wondering what it means to own a smartphone, tablet, or HDTV that's MHL-certified? Here's how MHL works, and how it can benefit you.Back in 2009, Silicon Image developed a prototype mobile audiovisual interface called Mobile High-Definition Link to output high-definition content from a smartphone to a HDTV. a year later, Nokia, Samsung, Silicon Image, Sony, and Toshiba announced the MHL Consortium, a group developed to oversee the licensing and promotion of the specification.MHL is an audiovisual interface standard for connecting a mobile device to HDTVs and other displays using a single cable that charges the device while providing...