Posts Tagged ‘ computer ’

LG TV named best gadget, Microsoft bows out in style 

January 14, 2012
LG TV named best gadget, Microsoft bows out in style 

   People are seen mingling in front of a display of LG Electronics televisions during the annual Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, Nevada, where LG unveiled their 55-inch OLED TV, said to be the world’s largest. The TV set was later crowned ‘best gadget’ of the CES. A razor-thin television from LG Electronics was [...]

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Apple’s iOS 5 more catch-up than forge-ahead 

October 23, 2011
Apple’s iOS 5 more catch-up than forge-ahead 

  As impressive as it was for Apple Inc. to sell four million new iPhones last week, millions more users will be affected by another release: iOS 5, the latest version of the operating system that runs every iPhone, iPad and iPod touch. I’ve been testing the software and a lot of its claimed 200 [...]

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High command proposed for Vietnam cyber security operations 

July 12, 2011
High command proposed for Vietnam cyber security operations 

  The Ministry of Public Security is preparing a proposal for establishing a high command for maintaining electronic and cyber security, local newspaper Lao Dong quoted an official as saying Thursday.   Nguyen Viet The, chief the ministry’s computer knowledge department, said Vietnam needs to prepare for the eventuality of cyber wars.   He made [...]

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Scientists find way to map brain's complexity 

April 11, 2011
Scientists find way to map brain's complexity 

  Scientists say they have moved a step closer to developing a computer model of the brain after finding a way to map both the connections and functions of nerve cells in the brain together for the first time. In a study in the journal Nature on Sunday, researchers from Britain’s University College London (UCL) [...]

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Does lunch in front of a computer make us eat more? 

January 8, 2011
Does lunch in front of a computer make us eat more? 

Eating while watching TV or playing on your computer might seem like a fun and efficient way to both feast your eyes and fill your stomach. Many of us eat lunch parked in front of a computer, but that habit might be boosting our appetite for dessert, a small study suggests. In a lab study [...]

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Is your laptop cooking your testicles? 

November 8, 2010
Is your laptop cooking your testicles? 

  Whoever invented the ‘laptop’ probably didn’t worry too much about male reproductive health. Turns out, unsurprisingly, that sitting with a computer on your lap will crank up the temperature of your nether regions, which could affect sperm quality. And there is little you can do about it, according to the authors of a study [...]

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Over 20 products, solutions win ICT Cup 2009

December 14, 2009
Over 20 products, solutions win ICT Cup 2009

Twenty-two products and solutions in four aspects have been awarded the Vietnam ITC Cup 2009. LookAtVietnam – Twenty-two products and solutions in four aspects, including sectorial-level IT solution and product, packaging software – commodity software, Vietnam brand name computer and e-commerce product, have been awarded the Vietnam ITC Cup 2009.The award ceremony, the 18th of [...]

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Vietnam has only gamers not a true games industry

November 28, 2009
Vietnam has only gamers not a true games industry

The turnover of the computer games sector in Vietnam is on the rise but it mainly comes from the distribution of imported games.  Experts attending a seminar on the Vietnamese computer game industry held by the Vietnam Software Association (Vinasa) on November 26 said that despite hindrances, local computer games still have big potential for [...]

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Dollar anxiety paralyzes business

November 26, 2009
Dollar anxiety paralyzes business

LookAtVietnam – Not just importers, but enterprises of all sorts are feeling a dollar pinch. On the curb market, a dollar now fetches nearly 20,000 dong. Nguyen Tam, the Vietnamese representative of an international freight forwarding and shipping firm said: “Our service fees are quoted in dollars, but we receive dong from our clients at [...]

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Dollar price spike reverberates through Vietnam’s markets

November 17, 2009
Dollar price spike reverberates through Vietnam’s markets

VietNamNet Bridge – Both retailers and their customers are suffering from the sharp dollar price increases. Pointing to a HP DV3 computer, a shopper at Phong Vu in HCM City complained that its price had jumped 900,000 dong in one week.  A salesman explained that it is because dollars now cost more.  Phong Vu must [...]

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Vietnam, Cuba foreign ministries to bolster ties

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Vietnam’s top diplomat has affirmed that the Foreign Ministry will closely cooperate with its Cuban counterpart to implement the agreements reached by the two...