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Daniel Robinson, V3.co.uk, Tuesday 23 June 2009 at 09:00:00 New Photosmart links to photo sharing sites and lets users print custom news direct from the web HP has unveiled a web-connected printer designed to let consumers access and print content directly from the web without the need to turn on their PC. The HP Photosmart Premium with TouchSmart Web is claimed as the world's first web-connected home printer. The inkjet device features a 4.3in touch-screen display, through which users can connect to content available on the web. According to HP, the device will allow consumers to print customised content from news sites, search for movies showing in their local area and book and print tickets in advance, as well as print photos directly from the web. Inside the device is a new web-based printing platform using custom applications to access content. Buyers will receive some apps ready loaded on the printer, and will be able to download new ones published on an HP Apps Studio

Clive Akass, Personal Computer World, Wednesday 17 June 2009 at 15:43:00 Thn client offers direct access to rent-an-app site Online Windows desktop site Nivio is launching a neat little box a little smaller than a paperback that access its services directly and appears to the user as a standard PC. The £99 Nivio Companion can be bolted to the back of a VESA-standard monitor, but founder Sachin Duggal says: 'Most people thinks it looks too good to hide away.' Nivio is offering a 15in LCD monitor for £50 extra. the company says it offers homes and businesses an alternative to purchasing software such as Microsoft Office and running a expensive PC. Users can instead use a Windows desktop and applications running on a remote server. The basic service, which includes 10GB of storage, costs £4.66 a month and Microsoft Office (home edition) costs £2.50 a month. You can also rent other applications by the month - if you don't use them in a month you do not get charged. Duggal says t

Apple revamped its desktop and laptop lines Tuesday, dramatically redesigning the iMac all-in-one and MacBook laptop, and also adding a few updates to its Mac Mini line of small-scale desktops. It also introduced a handful of updated peripherals, with a multitouch mouse bringing the most thorough changes.

Apple revamped its desktop and laptop lines Tuesday, dramatically redesigning the iMac all-in-one and MacBook laptop and adding a few updates to its Mac Mini line of small-scale desktops. It also introduced a multitouch mouse.

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'Twilight' fans get a taste of 'Jacob's Transformation,' in a 'New Moon' trailer, made available today for free download on iTunes.

MIAMI, Fla. (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- What's a widget? Foreclosure Deals announces some new features - its new widgets - created for easy and up-to-date foreclosure database access and mortgage rate information. 'Widgets are a great way to build a user's knowledge of the material on your Web site,' James Foxx, real estate expert with Foreclosure Deals, explains.

On the heels of its earnings report, Apple announces major product updates to its consumer notebook and desktop PC lines, setting the table for the holidays

AMD is unveils its first three-core Athlon II PC chips, part of a larger rollout of Athlon II processors that are designed to offer higher performance and lower power consumption. With its triple-core chips, AMD can offer something that rival Intel cant. Intel has dual- and quad-core PC chips, but no triple-core offerings. - Advanced Micro Devices is rolling out its first three-core Athlon processors for PCs. AMDs four Athlon II X3 triple-core chips were among eight new processors that the vendor unveiled Oct. 20 as it looks to bulk up its offerings for PCs and smaller form factor devices, including all-in-one desktops...

Barnes and Noble lived up to promises today and launched the Nook, its own e-book reader. The device is unique in having both a six-inch E-Ink display and a 3.5-inch color touchscreen LCD that serves to navigate and browse books. Also unlike most other readers in its class, it has both 802.11g Wi-Fi as well as AT&T-driven 3G to download books from Barnes & Noble's online bookstore....