Hands On With Acer Aspire S7 – The Powerful Windows 8 Ultrabook

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When you combine the efficiency of an Ultrabook with the latest version of the operating system from Microsoft, Windows 8, you get something pretty spectacular. Today, we’re talking of the very powerful Acer Aspire S7 that uses Windows 8 to create amazing work. It is called the world’s thinnest Ultrabook and that’s saying something in [...]

A Double Photo Leak Reveals The Upcoming Sony Xperia Tapioca

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There has been a lot of talk about the upcoming Sony Xperia Tapioca which made its appearance via a number of leaked photographs which show off the budget phone in its black, glossy glory. The first reports of the Tapioca were being heard back in January when a number of specs were leaked. If anything [...]

Intel NUC vs. Raspberry Pi

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Technology arena is now buzzing with news of the release of Intel’s ultra-compact computer form factor which Intel has named the Next Unit of Computing (NUC), and is set to rival the Raspberry Pi. The unit was first unveiled in early April at PAX East, and in London at Intel’s Platinum Summit. The palm sized [...]

New E-Commerce Buzzword: Social Gifting

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The hottest new trend in the e-commerce world is a concept known as social gifting, which puts a modern spin on gift cards by bringing them into the realm of social media. Here’s an example of how it works: your friend’s birthday is coming up, so you use Facebook to buy a gift card for [...]

Satellite internet service, a new chapter in the history of internet

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Thanks to technological advancements one can reach the internet in more than one ways. Initially the only way to connect to the web was through dial-up connections. These modems used to have a speed limit of 56.6 kbps. Today along with dial ups, technology also provides a lot of other infrastructures like ADSL, 3G internet, [...]

Who’s to Blame for Our Bad Broadband Speeds?

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In the midst of revelations that Britain’s broadband levels lie 16th in the European speed race; as well as news that many Brits are extremely unhappy with their broadband services, we ask who the main culprits are. The Government It’s a bit of a cliché to always blame the government for each negative aspect of [...]

7 assistive technology software for disabled users

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There is no denying that advances in technology have helped people with disabilities with their independence and a wealth of software programs out there that can help disabled people with computer use as well. From software that can check your head movements to control the movement of a mouse to text to speech readers, we [...]

Speech Recognition in Gadgets: You can’t be Siri-ous?

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Speech recognition seems to be the new fad in technology, with PlayStation, Xbox and, of course, Apple, all jumping on the bandwagon. There have been major developments in speech recognition since it was invented a couple of decades ago, but there’s still doubts to whether it’s advanced enough to really make a difference to personal [...]