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Microsoft Outfitting Employees With All New Windows 8 Phones, Tablets, and PC’s
DisplayLink Adapters Demoed at IDF 2012. HDMI & DVI Over USB Becomes A Reality
Samsung Responds to the iPhone 5 With New Attack Ads: “It Doesn’t Take a Genius”

Microsoft Outfitting Employees With All New Windows 8 Phones, Tablets, and PC’s

Posted: 16 Sep 2012 06:28 PM PDT

Dogfooding is a term you hear applied to software companies quite often, however Microsoft is taking it to a whole new level. We've heard on more than one occasion that Microsoft believes they are betting the company on Windows 8, and what better way to go all in than to make your employees use it full time. Mandating Windows 8 use in the work place might sound like cruel and unusual punishment to those who disagreed with our mostly positive review of Microsoft's new OS, but what if we told you it has an amazing upside?

According to Geekwire, Microsoft employees are being given new Windows 8 work computers, Surface RT tablets, and even replacement Windows Phone 8 devices. Steve Ballmer's magnanimous gesture is no doubt intended to help the software giant root out problems with the new user interface en-mass as quickly as possible, but is still amazingly expensive when you consider they employ 94,000 + people worldwide.

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DisplayLink Adapters Demoed at IDF 2012. HDMI & DVI Over USB Becomes A Reality

Posted: 16 Sep 2012 05:55 PM PDT

EVGA PC Manufacturers are working day and night to shrink Ultrabooks into impossibly thin new form factors, and one of the causalities of this push has been output display options. VGA and DVI made way for mini display port and HDMI, however even these smaller connectors take up precious space. Even if your laptop sports one, what if you want more than one external display? The answer my friends is DisplayLink. The proliferation of USB 3 on Intel's new chipsets is making outputting to multiple monitors over USB much more than a hack, this could well be the future.

Engadget snapped off some pictures of new offerings from EVGA, HP, Lenovo, and even Targus. Here is a quick run-down on each of the offerings.

EVGA UV Plus +39: HDMI or DVI at resolutions up to 2048 x 1152 for $85.

Lenovo: DVI only, support for resolutions up to 2048x1152 for $80

HP 3005pr: This bad boy turns one USB 3 port into four USB 2.0, two USB 3.0, along with one HDMI, and a DisplayPort. Amazingly it also offers an Ethernet jack, along with audio in and out connections for a mere $150.

Targus: Offers specs much the same as the HP model listed above, but swaps the DisplayPort for DVI. The $250 price tag is justified by adding the ability to charge 90w laptops using packed in universal adapters. This might be useful if you leave your power brick at the office.

The last two options come pretty close to being the ultimate docking station for a notebook, but these DisplayLink adapters could also come in handy for desktop users looking to add additional display's without cracking open the case.

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Samsung Responds to the iPhone 5 With New Attack Ads: “It Doesn’t Take a Genius”

Posted: 16 Sep 2012 07:21 AM PDT

iPhone 5 & Galaxy SIII Samsung took a beating in the court room last month when a US jury sided overwhelmingly with Apple, however losing the battle doesn't mean they have to lose the war now does it? Samsung is taking its case to rank and file consumers with a new low tech print ad, and they drive home a compelling argument using their Galaxy SIII. Is the next big thing already here?