Dell unveils Inspiron One 23" all-in-one desktop; $799

Dell has added the Inspiron One to its line-up of all-in-one desktop PCs, and the company seems self-assured that the One boasts features that will “set it apart” from the competition.

The Inspiron One is primarily an entertainment machine, especially given a unique user interface just for creativity and organizing media content.

Enter “Stage,” which is divided into three sections: music, audio and video. All three platforms intend to offer a quicker way to organize and access content with a few extra touches in each sector. For example, PhotoStage allows for direct uploading to Facebook and Flickr, while VideoStage connects to CinemaNow for direct renting and purchasing of movie titles.

Some of the other specs packed into the rather compact Inspiron One PC include the full HD 23-inch LED-backlit LCD, Wi-Fi, a DVD drive, a webcam, and HDMI connectivity.

Dell is a bit light with the specs in the announcement, so it is difficult to determine whether or not this machine really does stand apart from other all-in-one PCs in the same arena. But we won’t have to wait that long to judge as the Inspiron One will be available this weekend, starting at $799. found over here

Dell unveils Inspiron One 23" all-in-one desktop; $799

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Every so often, a device comes along that changes the way we live our daily lives and things are never the same again. With today's digital technology, such devices may come more frequently than in the past, but our list revolutionary gadgets extends back two centuries.

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Avaya's new portable isn't a tablet, it's a 'desktop video device'

Avaya had barely announced its new portable video device on Wednesday when just about everybody started calling it the Flare Tablet.

Actually, it's officially a "desktop video device" -- a moniker that didn't impress Yankee Group analyst Zeus Kerravala. "For such a cool device, I'm not sure Avaya could have found a name that was more lame than that," he said in a blog post.

Avaya isn't terribly concerned by the nomenclature debate, according to a spokeswoman. That's because calling the 11.6-in. touchscreen device the "Flare" puts the focus on the user interface, which is just what Avaya wants. (That interface, by the way, is formally known as the Avaya Flare Experience.)

Why emphasize the interface? To "give the form factor a back seat," the spokeswoman explained.

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Avaya's new portable isn't a tablet, it's a 'desktop video device'

New self-assembling photovoltaic technology can keep repairing itself to avoid any loss in performance.

Plants are good at doing what scientists and engineers have been struggling to do for decades: converting sunlight into stored energy, and doing so reliably day after day, year after year. Now some MIT scientists have succeeded in mimicking a key aspect of that process.

One of the problems with harvesting sunlight is that the sun’s rays can be highly destructive to many materials. Sunlight leads to a gradual degradation of many systems developed to harness it. But plants have adopted an interesting strategy to address this issue: They constantly break down their light-capturing molecules and reassemble them from scratch, so the basic structures that capture the sun’s energy are, in effect, always brand new. rest here

New self-assembling photovoltaic technology can keep repairing itself to avoid any loss in performance.