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Shane McGlaun | Peripherals | Fri, Oct 8 2010 2:02 PM CDT I often work from my netbook when I travel and the worst thing about the little machine is that it lacks an optical drive. I still get handed CDs and DVDs with information on them that I cant access on the little machine. There are also many ultraportable notebooks on the market that lack optical drives as well. This is an issue for many users who want to watch movies and be able to access software and other content on discs. Samsung has...

Date Time £2M ERC Advanced Grant to develop a theory for bioelectronic materials A University of Liverpool Chemistry professor has won a prestigious European Research Council (ERC) grant to take forward an ambitious research idea in the field of bioelectronics. Professor Alessandro Troisi from the University’s Department of Chemistry and the Materials Innovation Factory has been awarded a ERC Advanced Grant to develop a theory of bioelectronics materials. Such materials are used to interface...

Shane McGlaun | Mobile Devices | Fri, Oct 8 2010 12:02 PM CDT No one will deny that the iPad is very expensive with the base version selling for nearly $500. Despite the high cost, Apple is selling as many of them as it can make. There are a number of people interested in a tablet though that simply cant afford the iPad. A company called Cherry Pal has a new Android tablet that is coming to market called the CherryPad specifically aimed at these folks looking to buy a tablet in the sub-iPad pri...

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Audio streaming application Spotify is soon going to launch its podcast subscription service. The platform would be competing with Apples newly announced podcast subscription service but it will not charge a fee or take a membership cut like its rival. As per Variety, the company will be letting content creators keep 100 per cent of the subscription fees. As per sources, Spotify will not take a cut of podcast subscription revenue. By contrast, Apple will keep up to 30 per cent of podcast sub...

Read more about Ramco Systems incorporates subsidiary in Japan on Business Standard. Ramco Systems announced that it has established a wholly-owned subsidiary in Japan to carry on the business operations in the region.

Photo: Joanna Nelius/Gizmodo Earlier this week, Xbox announced it would start inviting Xbox Game Pass Ultimate subscribers to take part in its Xbox Cloud Gaming beta (aka xCloud) on PC and iOS. Like the three other major cloud gaming platforms, Nvidia’s GeForce Now, Google Stadia, and Amazon Luna, xCloud also now works in the Chrome, Edge, and Safari browsers, plus on Android and iOS devices. As a beta, there are some limitations, but the important part about Xbox Cloud Gaming is that Xbox is...

The government has asked social media platforms, including Twitter and Facebook, to remove content and posts that were found to be spreading misinformation and public panic around the pandemic, according to sources. Twitter said it has notified the impacted account holders of its action taken in response to a legal request from the Indian government but did not give details of the affected accounts. Sources said these flagged posts carried misleading information about COVID-19 pandemic, and w...

Shane McGlaun | Mobile Devices | Fri, Oct 8 2010 12:02 PM CDT No one will deny that the iPad is very expensive with the base version selling for nearly $500. Despite the high cost, Apple is selling as many of them as it can make. There are a number of people interested in a tablet though that simply cant afford the iPad. A company called Cherry Pal has a new Android tablet that is coming to market called the CherryPad specifically aimed at these folks looking to buy a tablet in the sub-iPad pri...

Dell sees bright future for cloud sector By CHENG YU | China Daily | Updated: 2021-04-22 09:23 Share CLOSE A Dell employee (second from left) fields visitors queries during a high-tech expo in Beijing. [Photo provided to China Daily] US tech giant to further tap into China market as firms are ramping up digitalization Cloud computings role in business will grow bigger as more Chinese companies embrace digitalization, a Dell Technologies...