peripherals News and Other Resources

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Steamcon III photos of steampunk enthusiasts

October 24, 2011 5:47am PDT

Steampunk fans convened in Seattle recently for Steamcon III. This gallery showcases some of the ornate costumes attendees wore to the event.

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Microsoft's OmniTouch turns any surface into a touchscreen (photos)

October 21, 2011 6:26am PDT

Microsoft and Carnegie Mellon University have shown off technology that can turn any surface into a touchscreen.

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VIPER: Verifying the Integrity of PERipherals' Firmware

October 21, 2011 12:00am PDT

Recent research demonstrates that malware can infect peripherals' firmware in a typical x86 computer system, e.g., by exploiting vulnerabilities in the firmware itself or in the firmware update...

Provided by: Association for Computing Machinery

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The basics: How to add printers in Lion

October 18, 2011 11:30am PDT

Erik Eckel reviews the basics on setting up printer connectivity with Mac Lion systems.

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Microsoft bringing touchscreens to walls, clothes, and more

October 18, 2011 6:37am PDT

Microsoft Research has unveiled a pair of new projects aimed at bringing touch technology to a lot more places. Will they become real products?

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Windows Phone 7 InputScope dictionary

October 14, 2011 10:52pm PDT

WP7 users can use InputScope values to customize their keyboard layouts. If you're having trouble figuring out which value to use, check out this application.

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LG Optimus Slider (photos)

October 12, 2011 6:00pm PDT

The LG Optimus Slider is one of Virgin Mobile's latest Android handsets meant for the entry-level crowd. It has a slide-out QWERTY keyboard, Android 2.3 Gingerbread, a 3.2-megapixel camera, and a...

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Samsung Transfix (photos)

October 12, 2011 3:00am PDT

Cricket's latest Android phone has Gingerbread and a slide-out QWERTY keyboard. We go hands-on at CTIA in San Diego.

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Channel Sounding for the Masses: Low Complexity GNU 802.11b Channel Impulse Response Estimation

October 7, 2011 12:00am PDT

New techniques in cross-layer wireless networks are building demand for ubiquitous channel sounding, that is, the capability to measure Channel Impulse Response (CIR) with any standard wireless...

Provided by: University of Urbino

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Logitech Harmony Link photos

September 30, 2011 3:00pm PDT

Logitech's Harmony Link lets you use your iPad, iPhone, or Android phone as a remote control, but touch-screen limitations and the iPad app's limited TV listings mean you're better off with a...

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10 ways to diagnose ailing PCs: Step by step

September 30, 2011 9:10am PDT

Taking a systematic approach to troubleshooting PC issues will save you time and frustration and get your clients back to work more quickly.

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Asus Eee Pad Slider (photos)

September 28, 2011 2:00pm PDT

Photos of the tablet with the QWERTY keyboard, the Asus Eee Pad Slider.

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We are not in the Post-PC era yet and we may never be

September 26, 2011 7:57am PDT

Windows 8 might just be the platform to deliver the balance between what we want from a tablet and what drives us back to notebook PCs.

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Five free, dead-easy IP traffic monitoring tools

September 21, 2011 1:14pm PDT

When you really need to know what's going on with your network, give one of these free monitors a try.

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Fun with TouchDevelop, an IDE for Windows Phone 7

September 20, 2011 10:40pm PDT

Find out why Justin James loves the Windows Phone 7 IDE called TouchDevelop. He likes it so much that he's hoping Microsoft Research ports it to Windows 8.

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Launch sound effects with your keyboard (photos)

September 19, 2011 3:00pm PDT

Learn how to cue sound effects from any computer keyboard using free software.

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Five free apps for the well-stocked net admin toolkit

September 19, 2011 11:38am PDT

Certain admin tasks are a lot easier to knock out if you've got a specialized tool to handle the job.

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Experimental Assessment of Tradeoffs Among Spectrum Sensing Platforms

September 19, 2011 12:00am PDT

This paper reports experimental results comparing the performance of four platforms employed in spectrum sensing and dynamic spectrum access research: a sensing engine developed at imec and built...

Provided by: Association for Computing Machinery