peripherals

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Happy 20th to Vim

November 2, 2011 4:41pm PDT

The best command-line editor has just turned 20. Sorry, Emacs users; it's true.

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Acer Iconia Tab A100 teardown: Lots of tech crammed into 7" case

November 2, 2011 9:35am PDT

The 7" Acer Iconia Tab A100 looks a lot like the 10" Iconia Tab A500, both inside and out. Unfortunately, the similarities aren't all good.

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Acer Iconia Tab A100 teardown: Lots of tech crammed into 7" case

November 2, 2011 9:35am PDT

The 7" Acer Iconia Tab A100 looks a lot like the 10" Iconia Tab A500, both inside and out. Unfortunately, the similarities aren't all good.

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Blog Post

Making tablets better: A keyboard that makes sense

November 2, 2011 6:25am PDT

Jack Wallen says that once you try the Thumb Keyboard application from Beansoft, you'll never go back to the standard keyboard on your tablet.

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Input Devices

November 2, 2011 12:01am PDT

A travel mouse or a portable Bluetooth keyboard make great tech-cessories for the geek in your life!

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Top monitor gift picks

November 2, 2011 12:01am PDT

A list of CNET's Holiday Gift Guide picks for Printers and peripherals, including our top overall picks, best printers, best storage and networking, the best monitors, and input devices.

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Top printer and peripheral picks

November 1, 2011 11:01pm PDT

Our top overall picks for printers, storage and networking, monitors, and input devices.

Blog Post

Windows 8 registry tweak gives you Windows 7 Start Menu

November 1, 2011 6:37am PDT

Bill Detwiler shows you a quick registry tweak that makes the Windows 8 Start Menu work like it does in Windows 7.

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Blog Post

Use VBA to make PowerPoint AutoShape bigger and smaller

October 31, 2011 11:14am PDT

You can use VBA to increase and shrink an AutoShape inside an Microsoft PowerPoint slide with a simple click.

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Samsung Transform Ultra (photos)

October 26, 2011 5:00pm PDT

Boost Mobile adds a new Gingerbread phone to its lineup, this time with a QWERTY keyboard.

Research

Graphene: A guide to the future from ZDNet

October 26, 2011 12:00am PDT

What is graphene? The subject of a recent Nobel Prize, this new form of carbon has unrivalled potential applications for technology, from solar cells to touchscreens. The UK government has even...

Provided by: ZDNet

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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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White Papers

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.

Whitepapers

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