Usman Khalid
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Articles By Usman Khalid

Hewlett-Packard has been thriving to lead the laptops market by throwing in a host of new machines every now and then. In addition to full and mid size notebooks, the company has taken the ultrabook niche into its stride of late. However, after the successful release of the HP Envy 14, HP has thrown in […]
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Although the screen is sized at 14 inches, diagonally, it is nestled inside a 13-inch chassis. This tradition of fixing a larger screen inside a comparatively smaller case is slowly becoming a standard more than a tradition. The keyboard although spreads over a 13-inch chassis but is not at all finicky in usage. The keys […]
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Samsung released Note, the biggest smartphone in the company’s signature Galaxy line, in October 2011. Not only is the Note biggest Galaxy phone but is also one of the biggest in the market with its 5.3-inch Super AMOLED screen. However, the phone does not only bring a big screen to the table but a lot […]
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Recent expert reviews have revealed that the sheer size of the handset does not make it a good replacement of a tablet, not at least for those who are hardcore users of slates and make their living on the use of such devices. However, the Note is good replacement for e-readers as it brings more […]
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After the Consumer Electronics Show 2012 at Las Vegas, which unveiled new products for 2012, Samsung invited the European press this week to showcase its strategy and the products that will waterlog the market this year. Galaxy Tab 2.0, Samsung’s signature tablet is your badge for this year; which comes with Android 4.0 (Ice Cream […]
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Samsung sees TV as the centre of family life. Applications like Family Story will keep photos of all household members, Fitness and Weight will track sports and Kids will offer parental controls for children and adolescents’ viewership. Another feature, facial recognition, will detect children from seeing inappropriate content if the parents decide as such. The […]
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Apple today announced that the Fair Labor Association (FLA) will, upon request of the Cupertino company, voluntarily undertake special audits of its suppliers, including Foxconn factories in Shenzhen and Chengdu, China. The mentioned company has lately attracted a lot of opprobrium for malpractices like workers’ conditions close to slavery. As reported by Apple, a team […]
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The increase in litigation on hypothetical infringements of patents has begun to worry the big technology companies, some of whom are the major actors in the battles against copyrights violations. Apple, after forwarding a letter to ETSI (European Telecommunications Standards Institute of Telecommunications) last year, called this month to opposed to blocking patents on essential […]
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In contrast, he welcomed the move by Microsoft. “No waiver of patent rights charges, but the company will seek a ban on the sale of the product.” Mueller stressed in his article that these movements affected patents on standard calls, affecting basic functions. The standards prescribe specific solutions for certain functions. According to analysts, the […]
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The scene is well known throughout the world that there can be a long line of eager consumers able to wait hours, regardless of the weather, to claim the ultimate technological gadget. There are employees, identifiable by their blue jackets, trying to restore order. And, of course, everything revolves around a technology company that is […]
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With a 1.4 GHz processor dual-core processor, with an update coming soon to quad-core, and the ability to surf the web with speeds up to 21.6 Mbps, the phone is a startling new innovation from the company. Consumers enjoy the 8 megapixel camera that is accompanied by an LED flash. The camera is an upgrade […]
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However, MX certainly has its other major rival, the Mi-1, known in China by the name of its manufacturer, Xiaomi. The releases of both smartphones have coincided in China which may hinder MX’s success in the market. But both seek to expand their horizons beyond the borders of the Asian market. In fact, the latter […]
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