User Interface
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Cisco 891 Integrated Services Router
Reviews Small businesses or branch/remote offices seeking an easily managed unified security, routing, switching and wireless network system should short-list the Cisco 890 family of Integrated Services Routers.
Tags: Security, Access Point, Cisco Systems Inc., Security System, Wireless, IEEE 802.11n, WAN, performance, network, router
Toshiba TG01
Reviews The slim and sleek TG01's hardware design breaks new ground, while the 4.1in. screen is great for media-rich activities. Unfortunately the user interface is eccentric, and battery life is very disappointing.
Tags: Battery, Screen, MicroSD, microSD Card, Microsoft Windows Mobile, Touch Screen, Accelerometer, phone, Microsoft Windows, light-emitting diode
Windows Mobile still in the game
News Microsoft needs to bring innovation faster to its mobile platform to best the smartphone competition and regain market share, according to analysts.
Tags: Windows Mobile, Smart phones, Phone, Operating System, Microsoft Corp., mobile, Smart Phone, Microsoft Windows Mobile, Windows Mobile, Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
UI is mobile phone differentiator
News Design is important, but phone's user interface will create brand loyalty and keep users coming back to handset manufacturer, says LG senior executive.
Tags: Development/design, Mobile platforms/communications, Windows Mobile, Mobile platforms, CommunicAsia 2009, Microsoft Windows Mobile, Microsoft Corp., Cell Phone, User Interface, Microsoft Windows
Asus takes user interface to the next level
News Termed 'Reality-to-Virtual', what looks like a clamshell laptop with dual LCDs is a showcase of how motion sensing can be combined with context-based displays.
Tags: Innovation, Interfaces, buses, I/O, User Interface, Video, face recognition, ASUS, keyboard, photograph, multi-touch, Computex
Adobe guru to improve Windows interface
News Adobe Systems' Mark Hamburg will work on Windows' user experience. His recent Adobe work gives a clue about his design goals: 'elegance,' 'personality.'
Tags: Software, Microsoft Corp., Adobe PhotoShop, Adobe Lightroom, User Interface, Apple Mac OS, Microsoft Office 2007, Microsoft Windows, Adobe Systems Inc., dialog box
Microsoft to add multitouch interface to Windows 7
News Microsoft says the new technology, which is expected to arrive in late 2009, will work with existing touch screens.
Tags: Microsoft Windows, Innovation, R&D, Microsoft Corp., Mobile, User Interface, Apple Macintosh, Microsoft Windows 7, Mouse, Touch Screen
New standard lets browsers get a grip on files
News The Files interface, now a draft at the World Wide Web Consortium, could lead to better uploading and other chores. It's largely built into Firefox 3.6.
Tags: Web browsers, Service level management, Google Inc., File, Web-based Application, Web Browser, Photo-sharing, W3C, Mozilla Corp., Web Application
Yahoo updates YUI tool for slick Web interfaces
News Yahoo's User Interface library, used by the Internet pioneer and many others for interactive Web site design, just turned 3.0.
Tags: Web 2.0, Web sites, Open source, Yahoo! Inc., Web Site, Web Page, software, Web server, Web Interface, Web sites
Adobe puts LiveCycle into the cloud
News New version of Adobe's web application development tool includes developer productivity improvements, accessibility from mobile devices and integration with Flash Builder.
Tags: Cloud computing, Web 2.0, Web sites, Adobe LiveCycle, Adobe Systems Inc., mobile, electronic filing, Web 2.0, Web sites, LiveCycle Enterprise Suite 2
Alterna-browsers Firefox, Chrome get quick fixes
News Just eight days after a previous update, Mozilla Firefox 3.5.5 introduces fast fixes for three bugs, one of which was critical. Google Chrome has also been updated for security and stability.
Tags: Web browsers, Browser, Google Inc., Security, Browser, Mozilla Firefox 3.5.5, Copy Image Feature, Web Browser, Web browsers, Apple Macintosh
Firefox hopes to one-up IE with fast graphics
News Windows 7 features called Direct2D and DirectWrite will speed up Internet Explorer 9 performance. But Firefox hopes it might retool for the same benefit first.
Tags: Web browsers, Service level management, Google Inc., DirectWrite, Bas Schouten, Direct2D, Microsoft Corp., Web Browser, Graphics, Mozilla Corp.
IBM moves into cloud storage
News Smart Business Storage Cloud pulls together IBM technologies to allow businesses to set up private clouds where they can store and archive petabytes of data.
Tags: Cloud computing, Data Management, Authentication, IBM Corp., IBM Tivoli Storage Manager, Archiving, Storage, storage system, Cloud computing, Consulting
Acer Tempo M900
Reviews We like the Acer M900's large 3.8in. screen, but its slide-out QWERTY keyboard is less successful. Acer's Shell user interface may not appeal to all, but the fingerprint reader is welcome.
Tags: Screen, Acer Inc., Scanner, Headset, GPS, Microsoft Windows Mobile, keyboard, Microsoft Windows, High Tech Computer Corp., camera
HTC Hero
Reviews The Android platform has come of age in the Hero. HTC's Sense interface is superbly implemented, the device itself is intuitive to use, and the software is largely well thought-out. We'd have liked more internal memory, longer battery life and a better camera though.
Tags: Battery, Screen, Headset, GPS, MicroSD, microSD Card, photograph, Facebook, High Tech Computer Corp., camera
