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Lenovo Result 17/08/2018

by Yvette Raikes

Lenovo announced Q1 net profits of $77 million, a turn-round from net losses of $72 million a year ago, on revenue which rose 19% to $11.9 billion from $10.0 billion. Last quarter, Lenovo combined …

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Entry-Level MacBook and New iPads Coming in Second Half of 2018

by Andrew Fenn

Sources in Taiwan have corroborated reports that Apple is planning to launch an entry-level MacBook product in September, revealing that the notebook will incorporate a 14-nanometer Intel Kaby Lake processor and will be priced …

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The Looking Glass Lightfield / Volumetric Monitor

by Arthur Berman

The Looking Glass monitor combines lightfield and volumetric technologies within a single new type of display. Multiple viewers can see and interact with the virtual 3D imagery without the need for glasses or a …

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Apple Patent Details New Touch ID Technology for Future iPhones

by Andrew Fenn

A new Apple patent discovered by Patently Apple reveals that the company is developing a new way of implementing Touch ID authentication in modern, all-display iPhones. The new diagrams show camera sensors installed beneath …

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Lextar Subsidiary Bringing Mini LED Technology to Touch Taiwan 2018

by Andrew Fenn

Longda Electronics, a subsidiary of Lextar, will present a series of miniLED backlights and displays, including a thin miniLED panel for backlighting, a mini RGB LED device for narrow-pitch displays, and the ultra-fine-pitch “I-Mini” …

EISA Reveals 2018 Home Theatre Award Winners

by Andrew Fenn

More EISA award-winners have been announced, this time from the Home Theatre Display & Video category, which covers TVs, Blu-ray players and projection systems. Winners included LG, Philips, Samsung, Sharp and Sony. The full …

Innolux Opens First FamilyMart Smart Store in Taiwan

by Andrew Fenn

According to Digitimes, Innolux and Taiwan convenience store chain FamilyMart have opened their first jointly developed smart store, featuring digital signage boards, shelf-edge displays, self-checkouts and other smart solutions. The store incorporates hardware and …

AMD Looks to Value and Stability for Professional GPUs

by Bob Raikes

AMD, which was somewhat overshadowed by the Nvidia RTX announcement, launched its new Ryzen Threadripper 2990WX processors which have 32 cores and 64 threads and are claimed to be the most powerful desktop processors. …

“Inhancing” Virtual Reality

by Len Scrogan

Virtual reality manifested an extremely lean floor presence in the two main expo halls at InfoComm 2018, much to my surprise. One of the brightest VR stars shining, however, was the Inhance Digital booth, …

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