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NEWS 
December 30, 2021 LG DualUp, UltraFine Display monitors make life easier for multitaskers, creators
LG has announced two new monitors and the first of the two isn’t just just big, but big enough to be mistaken for two vertically stacked monitors. Meet the LG DuaIUp, a 16:18 monitor that doubles the vertical aspect ratio to help with multitasking and lets you open two full windows stacked vertically. The monitor […]
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ELECTRONICS 
February 10, 2020 Such Is Life: How Centum Electronics (NSE:CENTUM) Shareholders Saw Their Shares Drop 52%
We think intelligent long term investing is the way to go. But along the way some stocks are going to perform badly. For example the Centum Electronics Limited (NSE:CENTUM) share price dropped 52% over five years. That’s not a lot of fun for true believers. Contrary to the longer term story, the last month has been good […]
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COMPUTERS 
September 3, 2018 Lenovo Yoga C630 WOS, First Snapdragon 850-Powered Laptop With 25 Hours Battery Life, Unveiled
HIGHLIGHTS Lenovo is promising 25 hours of non-stop battery life The Yoga C630 WOS is slim and light, with built-in always-on LTE data Software developers can submit 64-bit apps to the Windows Store Lenovo has become the first company in the world to announce a laptop powered by the new Qualcomm Snapdragon 850 Mobile Compute Platform at […]
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HOME & GARDEN 
November 18, 2017 The Russian gardening revolution: where the good life meets luxury
A dacha gardener, Kaliningrad, Russia CREDIT: AGENCJA FOTOGRAFICZNA CARO/ALAMY The winds of change are blowing in a new Russian Revolution that’s having a dramatic impact on some of the last vestiges of the Soviet Union and is making its mark in the UK, too. A people once ordered to dedicate any patches of soil they had to […]
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November 14, 2017 What life will be like when the computers disappear
What happens when the computers around you all but disappear? Tiny sensors built into walls, household products, what you’re wearing, and perhaps your own body will make computers invisible to the eye, but responsive to a gesture, voice, and perhaps your movement as you walk into a room. It is still very early, but the era of ambient […]
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COMPUTERS 
October 27, 2017 New ARM-powered Windows laptops may come with ‘multi-day battery life’
Microsoft will be launching its new laptop with a multi-day battery life. This ARM-powered laptop will use Qualcomm Snapdragon 835 systems-on-chip (SoC). It will support traditional desktop apps courtesy an emulator in Windows 10. During the Qualcomm summit in Hong Kong, Microsoft hinted at what to expect from the laptop. Qualcomm had earlier promised that […]
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ELECTRONICS 
July 11, 2017 Why Most Battery Life Tests Are a Useless Indicator of Real World Usage
HIGHLIGHTS Recently, Consumer Reports’ MacBook Pro tests were in the news Lab tests almost never can be correlated to real world usage Standardised tests are only useful for rough comparisons Apple’s new MacBook Pros received a fair amount of criticism for making life difficult for professionals by removing useful features like an SD card slot or prioritising thinness over […]
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CLOTHING 
June 30, 2017 The Second Life of Clothing You Donate
n a chic clothing store in Los Angeles, a handful of women quietly browse racks of flowy summer dresses, brightly colored shorts, fringed caftans, and shoes ranging from five-inch stilettos to strappy jelly sandals. Rihanna is singing about diamonds through the speakers while expertly dressed sales associates wrap purchases in tissue paper and hand-stamped shopping […]
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June 15, 2017 Revealed: reality of life working in an Ivanka Trump clothing factory
Workers at a factory that makes clothes for Ivanka Trump’s fashion label say they get verbally abused Photograph: John Lamparski/Getty Images The reality of working in a factory making clothes for Ivanka Trump’s label has been laid bare, with employees speaking of being paid so little they cannot live with their children, anti-union intimidation and […]
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NEWS 
February 18, 2017 LG Promises Large Screen and Long Battery Life with G Pad II 10.1
LG announced on Monday the next G Pad tablet model, the G Pad II 10.1. The company plans to give its newest tablet an official unveiling at IFA 2015 in Berlin next month. But for now LG is giving a peek at some of the G Pad II’s specs and features. You won’t likely get the […]
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ALL DEALS 
January 18, 2017 Taking Cybersecurity Seriously Could Save Your Business – or Even a Life! (Watch)
St. Jude Pacemakers Updated After Flaw Made Them Vulnerable To Hackers Volkswagen Pleads Guilty To Criminal Charges In Emissions Scandal 200 Dogs And Puppies Rescued From Dog Meat Farm In South Korea Scientists Upgrading Very Large Telescope To Search For Exoplanets If your business uses technology of almost any kind, you could be vulnerable to […]
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COMPUTERS 
January 5, 2017 Toshiba Portege X20W 2-in-1 Laptop With 16-Hour Battery Life Launched at CES 2017
HIGHLIGHTS It sports a 12.5-inch full-HD (1080×1920 pixels) touchscreen display The laptop packs seventh-generation Intel Core processor Has a 360-degree rotatable hinge for wider viewing angles At CES 2017, Japanese consumer electronics giant Toshiba expanded its Portege laptop portfolio to launch a 2-in-1 offering – Portege X20W – one of several shown off at […]
