At CES, the 4K TV sets arrive: Boom … or bust?

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LAS VEGAS — The pictures are simply stunning. The TV sets are sleek, slim and gorgeous. The crowds at the 2013 Consumer Electronics Show are packing the Samsung, Sony, LG and Toshiba booths to see the dawn of Ultra HDTV: the next great leap forward in consumer TV technology. Or is it? There’s little doubt… Read More…

CES 2013: Windows 8 Ultrabook tablets draw crowds at big tech show

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LAS VEGAS — Microsoft’s Windows 8 may be getting a bashing in some corners of the tech media, but to see the crowds jamming the Intel booth at the Consumer Electronics Show, it’s clear that the new operating system is a curiosity, at least. Ultrabooks, the new generation of slim, lightweight Intel-based Windows 8 laptops,… Read More…

CES: Ready for a 20-inch tablet? A look at Panasonic’s giant Windows 8 slate

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LAS VEGAS — Panasonic today introduced a remarkable 20-inch 4K tablet at CES 2013: a tablet so new it doesn’t yet have a name, and so big it might not fit in your bag. The prototype, described by a Panasonic spokesman as “pre-production,” is an Intel-based Windows 8 tablet with 3840 x 2560 pixels: “beyond… Read More…

Review: The strange ways of SkyDrive on Xbox Live

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Among the many apps making their way these days to Microsoft’s Xbox Live, none is more foreign to the gaming platform, and yet potentially more far-reaching, than Microsoft’s own SkyDrive, now available in the Xbox app store. The good news: SkyDrive users have full access to all the files, photos, music and videos stored in… Read More…