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Featured Articles » Case-Mate Launches DIY Online Tool in the UK and Europe » Total Immersion Delivers AR Technology to Developers » Verizon Wireless Network Customers Can Now Get Hooked to Samsung Galaxy Tab 7.7   Sponsored By: ViewFinity WEBINAR: Using Group Policy to Manage Administrator Rights Tuesday March 13, 2012 2:00 PM EST/ 11:00 AM PST Register Today Attendees will learn: Leverage Group Policy to elevate privileges for the standard user Block applications and toolbars Custom configure security messages to end users   Top Stories » Sennheiser Mobile Travel Line Series Receives Makeover with Apt-X Technology » MIPS-Based Android 'Ice Cream Sandwich' Tablet Debuts in Indonesia » T-Mobile and HTC Launch HTC One S in U.S. » PlanOn System Solutions Intros SlimScan   From The Expert Corner March 05, 2012 Smart CE Devices to Break 92 Million Shipment Figure in 2016 By Miguel Leiva-Gomez TMCnet Contributor The world’s just been getting more and more digital. Now is the time when everyone without a smart device is missing out on a lot of the world’s possibilities for interaction, and consumer electronics have seen a surge in sales. We’re now seeing these “smart” CE devices coming out of the woodwork and enhancing everyone’s household. Even washing machines are starting to interact with people’s smartphones. NPD’s In-Stat (News - Alert) research report estimates that smart CE device sales will not slow down, putting the figure of smart CE device shipments at above 92 million by 2016. Norm Bogen, VP of Research, said, “CE vendors fundamentally agree that, increasingly, consumers are becoming technically savvy, and as a result are fully capable of using devices that are far more advanced than say, the traditional pay-TV STB. In fact, they are not only capable of using smart devices, but consumers are eager to own smart devices that will afford them more freedom to access content outside the walled gardens of the pay-TV service providers, including content that is now widely available on the Web... Read More   From The Blogs New iPad Being Released by Apple March 7, 2012 By: Rich Tehrani Update - the new iPad will be called "The New iPad." Not the iPad 3 or the iPad HD. While we don't have a name for this new device yet - iPad 3 or iPad HD are what the rumor mill says, Tim Cook has verified the display will be a retina display at 264 pixels per inch. Apple says this is a million more pixels than a home HDTV. Moreover it will have an A5X quad-core processor... Read More    Featured Videos Interview with Polaroid    Featured Resources » Plantronics Wireless Voice in the Office Environment » Decisions That Drive Success » Going Mobile - Mobile Customer Service Moves to the Forefront of Multi-Channel Interaction   Featured Channels » SMS Text Marketing » Mobile Unified Communications » Mobile Security Management   gadgets.tmcnet.com is Your Source for the Latest gadgets News and Information   Sign Up For FREE    |    Visit Site    |    Free Magazine Subscription   Advertise With Us   General advertising Info: Click here      Contact Us   Company Directory    |    All Editors' Info   Become a TMCnet columnist! Become a TMCnet columnist! Want to contribute your expertise to a growing audience of technology professionals? Become a writer, blogger or columnist for the TMCnet Web site and this newsletter. Contact TMCnet Group Editorial Director, Erik Linask, at elinask@tmcnet.com for details.

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