CES 2012: Computers and Hardware- Page 12

EnGenius wireless routers: Got XtraRange?

LAS VEGAS - While most networking vendors intend to introduce the latest and greatest at CES, EnGenius this year focuses on something that as old as wireless networking itself: range.

Yet that might be the most important aspect of a wireless router. The company announced today at CES 2012 a new family, called Engenius XtraRange, of routers designed to offer significantly longer range and better coverage than competing products.

EnGenius says that on top of the extra range, its new routers will also provide top performance for the existing 802.11n standard, making them a good fit for "bandwidth-intensive … Read more

Forget touch. Forget gestures. Control your laptop with your eyes.

LAS VEGAS--At CES this year, Tobii, which has been making technology that watches what you're looking at on a screen, is showing off its gaze-controlled demo laptop and introducing its eye control interface for Windows 8.

I first met Barbara Barclay, general manager of Tobii North America, at the D9 conference last June, and we had a talk about my reservations over eye control. On paper, this technology is incredibly cool and sci-fi-ish, but my issue is this: We use our eyes to see, not to control. There's a big cognitive difference between looking at something on a screen and touching it (or mousing to it). Eyes are input devices, not output. That's why gaze tracking for analytics makes sense. But for controlling a computer interface? … Read more

Lenovo reveals Ice Cream Sandwich TV

Lenovo is trying to make its entry into the television market doubly sweet by adding Google's Ice Cream Sandwich to the mix.

Better known for its ThinkPad series of laptops, the company today took the wraps off what is thought to be the first television running Google's Android 4.0. Dubbed the Lenovo K91Smart TV, the device will initially be available only in China, with release in other countries to follow.

The 55-inch 3D LED K91 will be will be powered by Qualcomm's 8060 Snapdragon dual-core CPU and feature 1GB of RAM, 8GB of storage, and a … Read more

Acer's cloud strategy too late, too copycat

Acer kicked off the International Consumer Electronics Show with an ultrabook heavy lineup--no surprise--and a proprietary cloud service, which is a bit of a head-scratcher.

CNET's Roger Cheng was on scene for that Acer press conference and reported the following on the cloud strategy (Techmeme).

Acer hopes to set its products apart through its proprietary AcerCloud service, which is designed to let customers sync files across multiple Acer products. In doing so, Acer is trying to emulate other major technology players such as Google, Apple, and Amazon, which rely heavily on cloud services themselves.

Acer demonstrated the three services … Read more