Issue: May 24, 2011   (Archive)
Wednesday, June 19, 2013   




Trust the Pro
After joining the intense ultrabook-tablet competition with its Surface RT, Microsoft is making sure it stays in the race with the release of Surface Pro - billed as "a fully functional PC that looks, feels and acts like a tablet."

Pushing the right buttons
Research in motion will launch its long- awaited flagship Blackberry at the end of this month.

Hot new stuff in cooling business
In many places such as Hong Kong, scorching summers mean that one can hardly survive without air-conditioners.

See, you can learn
Youtube rocks - for both its many lovers and haters. They number a billion and go through more than four billion hours of videos - including the occasional "Bus Uncle" and Singaporean bully bosses - each month.

Print from the cloud
Brother continues to add functions to its printers while making them more compact.

Slim and dry
Sony has extended its waterproof technology from mobile phones to its latest tablet - Xperia Tablet Z. The world's thinnest tablet boasts dimensions of 266 millimeters by 172mm by 6.9mm.

Sell the sofa, we've got tablet TV
How much time do you spend in front of your flat-screen TV every day?

Don't become a cyber victim
As the marvels of technology grow, so do the dangers. And that is why nobody is immune to data breaches these days, according to the Verizon 2013 Data Breach Investigation Report.

Yoga gets firm into position
Tablets are quickly overtaking notebook computers in sales, so to take advantage of changing market conditions Lenovo has introduced the IdeaPad Yoga 11s ultrabook.

Cool moves on building insulation
For thousands of years there have been many attempts to block the transfer of heat into buildings. This has been done to create a more comfortable living and working environment.



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