Dell: No, our laptops don’t smell like cat urine
Dell has, er, come clean about a problem forum users have commented about for months: Its Latitude E6430u laptop does indeed have a pungent aroma, but it was caused by “a manufacturing process that has now been changed,” and “is not in any way related to biological contamination.” Dell’s response came after months of complaints by laptop owners who insisted that the model smelled, in the words of one...
Bay Trail chips to speed up Lenovo’s next ThinkPad Tablet
A speedier successor to the ThinkPad Tablet 2 is being developed by Lenovo as the company tries to add more tablets to its mix of personal computing portfolio. The next ThinkPad will be based on Intel Atom chips code-named Bay Trail, said Stephen Miller, a Lenovo spokesman. He did not provide a release date. The tablet will not be based on the Intel Core processor code-named Haswell, which is used in Microsoft’s Surface Pro 2...
Apple Introduces iPhone 5c—The Most Colorful iPhone Yet
Color is more than just a hue. It expresses a feeling. Makes a statement. Declares an allegiance. Color reveals your personality. iPhone 5c, in five anything-but-shy colors, does just that. It’s not just for lovers of color. It’s for the colorful. Learn more about the design of iPhone 5c Original post: Apple Introduces iPhone 5c—The Most Colorful iPhone Yetandroid car insurance
Russia denies it slipped world leaders bugged USB disks and cables
After becoming embroiled in the NSA brouhaha by giving Edward Snowden sanctuary, Russia is again on the defensive after reports suggested it may have slipped G20 leaders compromised devices. A pair of Italian newspapers said that German security experts discovered “USB sticks and recharge cables (that) are suitable for undercover detection of computer data and mobile phones,” after being alerted by the head of the European...
NAO robot can now speak 19 languages — thanks to the cloud
A humanoid robot created by Aldebaran Robotics is now connected to a voice recognition technology cloud that allows it to converse in 19 different languages. The NAO robot features Nuance’s Natural Language Understanding and text-to-speech and is slated to ship in early 2014. The robot has a price tag of between $4,000 and $16,000, depending on its features and is only available to educational and research institutions....
