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Google has just announced the availability of Google Docs view on mobile browsers on Android, iPhone and iPad to allow you to view PDFs, .ppt, .doc and .docx files on Google Docs of that you’v received in Gmail.
The app lets you switch quickly between pages and pan/zoom within a page. On your iPhone and iPad, you can pinch to zoom in or out.
You can try it out by going to docs.google.com on your Android-powered device, iPad or iPhone and select any document in these formats that you’ve previously uploaded. Let us know what …
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Despite many folks rushing out to get 1TB and 2TB hard drives, there is still a significant demand for lower capacity hard drives, probably considering not everybody needs that much storage space. Samsung should be looking to capitalize on that as the Korean company has just introduced a new high-speed desktop drive to its Spinpoint F series of drives. that drive, the Spinpoint F4, is estimated to sport a 10 percent increase in read/write performance and a 7 percent lower potential consumption
than the Spinpoint F1. It spins at 7,200RPM, …
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Apple has announced a new version of its small form factor computer, the Mac Mini.
The company claims that the new Mac Mini has twice the graphics performance of its predecessor and is also 20 per cent smaller as it has an integrated power supply.
The standard configuration includes a 2.4 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo processor, 320GB hard disk and 2GB RAM and is priced at £649 inc VAT. It runs Mac OSX Snow Leopard and has iLife software installed.
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Technology developed by Microsoft under the code name Project Natal was renamed”Kinect.”
The potentially revolutionary device uses a 3-D camera and gesture recognition software to let people play videogames using natural body movements instead of hand-held controllers.
It lets people play driving games, for example, by simply moving their hands as if turning a car steering wheel.
On-screen figures in sports or dance titles mimic the body movements of people in the real-world.
No price details were disclosed at the presentation, which provided glimpses at how Kinect lets players control on-screen characters with natural gestures instead …
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Think that your existing LED-based projector isn’t bright enough? NEC Display Solutions might have the answer. The company is currently exhibiting an LED-based projector that boasts a brightness as high as 2000lm, touted as the world’s brightest LED-based projector; it uses RGB color LEDs as a light source.
This projector also boasts a wide color gamut, and is capable of displaying 98 percent of the color gamut defined in the Adobe RGB standard, and NEC claims that a normal front projector is only capable of displaying slightly over 60 percent of the color …
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Sony 3DTVs and game and blu-ray content are now available in stores across the UK from today (11 June).
According to Sony, consumers will now be able to experience 3D gaming in the home for the first time with the launch of four 3D Playstation games: WipEout HD, SuperStardust HD, PAIN and MotorStorm Pacific Rift Demo. All titles are available to download for free when purchasing a Sony 3DTV. Playstation 3 owners can update their consoles to 3D with a firmware update.
Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs will be bundled with …
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Mobile broadband operator Three has unleashed its new ‘one-touch’ MiFi (Huawei 585) device today, allowing customers to create a personal WiFi hot spot for up to five devices.
Boosting the WiFi signal for your iPad, laptop or handheld games console the latest version of the MiFi device from Three features a one button connection feature, an improved display an dan online dashboard that works with any browser.
The device screen displays important information such as the amount of data used, the speed of the current connection and the length of browsing time. …
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Canonical is preparing a version of the Ubuntu OS for tablet computers as the company looks to extend its presence in the mobile world.
Canonical tablets with the Ubuntu OS are projected to be available in early 2011; there has been no information on any of the OEM hardware that Canonical will be using.
The tablet OS will be based on Ubuntu’s upcoming version 10.10, which is currently code-named Maverick Meerkat. This version is expected to be released within a matter of months for the Desktop, Servers and Netbooks.
The new Ubuntu based …
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The GT660, the king of gaming laptops and MSI’s pioneering achievement for 2010, stole the spotlight when it was unveiled at this year’s CeBIT.
MSI, in cooperation with internationally renowned professional recording and sound systems Dynaudio, employed unparalleled craftsmanship to fashion the king of gaming laptops—the GT660.
The GT660 is the next step in the MSI G Series of gaming notebooks. The glowing white characters “MSI” in the center of the cover, black diamond shape, and fire engine red trim underscore the GT660′s minimalist elegance. The stylish rhombic pattern below the keyboard …
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It’s official, the iPhone 4 and iOS4 have been announced at the World Wide Developer Conference by Apple’s, Steve Jobs. So, what’s in store for the next version of the iPhone?
The new iPhone is 24% thinner than the old model and is made from Stainless Steel and Glass.
It has two microphones for noise canceling and integrated antennae to improve signal.
The display has a new technology called a retina display, packing 326 pixels per inch.
The display’s resolution is 960×640 as we had reported.
The screen also has an 800:1 contrast ratio to …

