Siap-siap, Ultrabook Layar Sentuh Segera Menyerbu

Bryan Deaner (eno/inet)Jakarta - Demi menghadirkan sensasi menggunakan tablet PC pada komputer jinjing, Intel menyatakan siap untuk menghadirkan jajaran ultrabook dengan kemampuan layar sentuh. Seperti apa?Komputer jinjing dengan layar sentuh memang masih jarang ditemui di pasaran, tapi bukan berarti tidak ada. Intel mengklaim punya puluhan model laptop dari berbagai vendor yang sudah menggunakan layar sentuh."Dari 140 model ultrabook yang ada, 40 di antaranya sudah menggunakan layar sentuh. Saya yakin ke depannya akan lebih banyak lagi," kata Bryan Deaner, Brand Manager Intel, saat ditemui di kantor Intel Indonesia, Kamis (22/11/2012).Ultrabook dengan layar sentuh sepertinya cukup menjanjikan. Pengguna bisa bekerja dengan keyboard, tapi juga bisa berinteraksi lebih banyak dengan layar sentuh....

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Hate illegal robocalls? FTC offers $50,000 to help stop them

Editor's note: Amy Gahran writes about mobile tech for CNN.com. She is a writer and media consultant based in Boulder, Colorado, whose blog, Contentious.com , explores how people communicate in the online age. (CNN) -- During election season, phones across the country ring with more unsolicited, automated calls than usual. So it's especially timely that on Thursday the U.S. Federal Trade Commission held a Robocall Summit to "explore innovations designed to trace robocalls, prevent wrongdoers from faking caller ID data, and stop unwanted calls." A "robocall" is an automated phone call that plays a prerecorded message. If you hear a live person and it's a telemarketing, advocacy, or survey call, it could still be illegal if it's unsolicited, but it's not a robocall. Robocalls from political...

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Apparently This Matters: The Boyfriend Pillow

Editor's note: Each week in "Apparently This Matters," CNN's Jarrett Bellini applies his warped sensibilities to trending topics in social media and random items of interest on the interwebs. (CNN) -- As you struggle to read this with that one sleepy eye just barely open, you're probably deep into your post-Thanksgiving tryptophan coma, sitting peacefully on the sofa with a laptop balanced by your gut. Maybe you're still trying to rationalize the fact that your projectile shirt button flew across the dinner table and killed Uncle Dave. "At least he died so I could have more gravy." "He would've wanted it that way." But don't worry. Nobody blames you for murdering Uncle Dave; everyone's just too happy to see your sweet punim back at home. They love you, and it's good to spend quality...

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Ilmuwan Ciptakan Kacamata Anti Jet Lag

 Perasaan lelah dan disorientasi akibat jet lag kini bisa diatasi berkat kacamata "pengendali waktu" pertama di dunia.Kacamata teknologi tinggi ini memancarkan cahaya hijau lembut yang dikatakan bekerja pada jam biologis manusia untuk mengubah pola tidur.Dengan menggunakan perangkat, yang disebut Re-Timer, penumpang pesawat udara dapat melangkah turun dari pesawat dengan perasaan segar, bahkan setelah penerbangan dari Inggris ke Australia, kata para peneliti tidur yang membuat alat ini.Menurut penemunya, Profesor Leon Lack, kacamata ini juga bisa membantu penderita insomnia, para pekerja malam, dan membantu para remaja bangun di pagi...

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