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Microsoft has apologised for the experience that some users have had with the Surface Book and Surface Pro 4, thanking customers for their “open and candid” feedback. Some models of the Surface Book are said to suffer from a screen that flashes on and off, and both products have been accused of poor battery life. … Read more
According to Japan’s Sankei newspaper, Toshiba may announce its business plan, covering the next three fiscal years, in March. The company will set fiscal targets, and – apparently – plans to restructure its operations and sell addition assets. The move follows the revelation of accounting malpractice (Toshiba CEO Resigns Over Accounting Scandal) and a threat … Read more
The Advanced Television Systems Committee (ATSC), of the USA, is preparing to approve 10 new candidate standards, which will be included in the final ATSC 3.0 specification, by the end of the year. These include video encoding, IP transport, electronic service guides and closed captioning.
King Jim is a Japanese company, which has recently announced an 8″ notebook with a full-size keyboard. Due to be released on the 12th February, the Portabook XMC10 features a keyboard equivalent in size to that used on a 12″ notebook. However, it can be split down the middle and rotated 90° to a ‘portrait’ … Read more
If you have never heard of Draw and Code, you certainly don’t know what SwapBots are. Draw and Code is a software development company based in Liverpool, UK that develops games using new technologies. In the case of SwapBots, they are combing action figure style toys with an augmented reality game running on tablets and … Read more
The 36th edition of global professional ICT trade show COMPUTEX TAIPEI will take place from May 31st to June 4th, 2016 in Taipei. One of the leading ICT trade shows in the world, the show will be held at TWTC Exhibition Halls 1 and 3, Nangang Exhibition Hall 1, and the Taipei International Conference Center … Read more
Warranty Week has examined Apple’s warranty business. As well as being one of the world’s largest product warranty providers, the company also runs one of the world’s largest extended warranty plans – largely due to the iPhone. In 2003, 72% of Apple’s overall revenues came from the Mac computer line, and a small amount from … Read more
Blu Products’ first flagship smartphone for 2016 is the Life One X: a dual-SIM, metal-chassis model with a 5.2″ display. A mid-range 4G model, the Life One X is housed in aircraft-grade aluminium. It was found to outperform the Moto G (third generation) smartphone in CPU performance, graphics, memory, system, battery and web performance in … Read more
Set to replace Panasonic’s current TH-55LFV5/LFV50 displays, the new TH-LFV6W/LFV60W are 55″ screens for bright public environments. They can also be used in rental and staging. The standout feature of the new displays is their thin bezel: 3.5mm pixel-to-pixel. They can be operated 24/7 and feature an integrated failover/fallback function. Each unit has a multi-venue … Read more
Canadian TV network Bell Media/CTV holds a no-holds-barred event to announce its programming lineup for a new season, and this autumn was no different. The 1,000 guests were entertained by a 108-screen video wall, supplied by APG Displays and using 55″ NEC screens – with a total pixel count of almost 224 million! President of … Read more
This is the first of our “bonus” issues in 2015, #49. Since we started back in 1994, we have always said that we produce “a minimum of 48 issues per year” which was to allow staff to have some time off during the year and also to allow us a couple of weeks during the … Read more
Allegro DVT, the leader in audio/video compliance streams, announces that TPV, a worldwide leading manufacturer of monitors and LCD TVs, has adopted Allegro DVT’s DVB HEVC System compliance streams for the validation of a new range of HEVC-enabled LCD TV models. Allegro DVT developed a unique technology to generate multi-codec audio/video/system compliance streams. The technology … Read more
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