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Creative Zen Portable Media Center based upon Microsoft Software
By Mike Hanlon
A new era could potentially begin this week with the release of the AUD $999 Creative Labs Zen Portable Media Center (PMC), a tiny device with a 3.8" colour LCD screen and 20GB hard drive that will play Windows Media Video, Windows Media Audio, MP3, JPEG, and TIFF files. Such devices have been coming to market from lesser-known manufacturers over the last 12 months but have not become mainstream as yet, largely because only the very earliest of adopters have embraced the concept. Read More
Microsoft plans network through human body
By Mike Hanlon
Microsoft has been awarded a patent for a technology that uses the conductivity of the human body to create a network. The patent covering transmitting power and data using the human body was awarded in late June and is a fascinating insight into the type of personal network we may all be using within a few years, in the words of a company which will almost certainly be one of the defining players in the evolution of human computing. Read More
Microsoft's long awaited Tablet PC launch
By Mike Hanlon
November 8, 2003 An array of new personal computing products from companies including Acer, Toshiba, Fujitsu and HP were unveiled in Sydney on Thursday 8 November as part of the long awaited worldwide launch of the Microsoft Windows XP Tablet PC Edition, a new version of Windows XP Professional with extensive handwriting and voice recognition capabilities. The new generation of Tablet PCs are designed to deliver the full resources of a notebook computer along with the familiarity of the worlds oldest and most successful input device - pen and paper. Read More
Microsoft Tablet PCs set for launch later this year
By Mike Hanlon
The industry is gearing up for what is promised to be the next step in the evolution of personal computing - the Tablet PC. A broad industry initiative aimed at injecting new life into the PC market and involving many of the big hardware, software and component manufacturers, the concept was to create a device as powerful as a desktop and more portable than a laptop with a wider range of interfacing options. Read More
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