TV or PC?
At the recent Digital Life technology show, Microsoft unveiled gadgets meant to blur the lines between computers and TVs, says Palm Beach Post.
The devices aim to link computers running higher-end versions of Windows Vista with TV sets, allowing consumers to send photos, music and high-definition video stored on a PC throughout their homes.
One feature allows viewers to pause video in one room and resume watching from the same place in another.
PC becomes makeup artist
Toshiba recently showcased a new way to "make up" for a party, using a notebook PC, says The Hindu.
Marrying the latest in video processing technologies with consumer electronics, the company showed a model standing in front of a notebook, trying out numerous hairstyles, shades of mascara and lipstick without ever opening her make-up kit.
Tracking her face in real-time, the laptop threw up various ways that she could present herself for the day, instantly recognising and processing changes in the model`s facial position, angle and expression and showing the results as 3D graphics.
Laptops dent peripherals market
Indian notebook sales are moving at a rapid pace - 73% year-on-year in the first quarter of 2007 - and this is affecting the volume growth in the IT peripherals market, especially for products such as keyboards, mice, Web cams and speakers, says Business Standard.
The notebook PC segment - which has the monitor, keyboard, mice and speaker built in it as a single unit - is expected to grow further, and corner 40% of the overall client PC (notebooks and desktops combined) market in the country by 2010.
Products such as printers, scanners and LCD monitors are also part of the IT peripherals market. However, their growth will not be affected as notebooks and desktops need these components.
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