Topic: Fujitsu Ltd.

Fujitsu's FLEPia Color E-Book Now Official, Slow and Expensive

The Fujitsu color e-reader looked promising when it underwent trials in a Japanese cafe earlier this year. And now Fujitsu's officially pulled the veil off of the device, announcing its specs and making it available for sale in ...READ»

Fujitsu's Esprimo Green PC First to be Zero-Watt

Eco-friendly technology will take a teeny step forward when Fujitsu announces its Esprimo Green desktop PC in CeBIT in Germany this March. That's because the otherwise-unexciting machine is the first to soak up zero electrical power ...READ»

Give Me a Hand

Fujitsu has announced a device that scans the veins in a person's hand as authentication. So the hand is joining the growing list of security identifiers: fingerprints, eyes, face proportion, heat signature, voice recognition, and ...READ»

Fujitsu Makes Netbook Line Official

Fujitsu [OTC:FJTSY] hasn't exactly been cloak-and-dagger about its new netbook, the LifeBook U2010, but this week it got official with the line, showing it off in all 5 colors. Those colors are: Ocean Black (?), Pink Gold (??), Cool ...READ»

Forget Kindle 2: Fujitsu's E-Reader Screen is Bigger, and It's in Color

In all the fuss about the new Amazon Kindle 2 yesterday, it was easy to forget that the "upgraded" device still has a relatively small paperback-sized screen and can only cope with greyscale imagery. And that's where Fujitsu's new ...READ»

Death of Education and the Dawn of Learning

I have always been interested in knowledge. As a young child barely able to read, I would paw my way through social studies and history workbooks for children much older. The stories fascinated me and the tests tickled my ...READ»

The New Power Ratings

Companies sell us great products and services--but not what we really want.READ»

Five Top Design Firms Make the Gadgets We Love

American industrial designers are the secret heroes of the marketplace, finessing products to make them easier to use and help them sell better. Here's how five top firms have been busy shaping our world.READ»

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E-Ink's Sale Clears Path for Color Kindle in 2010

The sale of E-Ink, the company that makes the display for the Kindle, will fast-track the development of color e-readers. Here's why.READ»

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Greenpeace Guide to Greener Electronics: Nokia Is Tops, Nintendo Flops

How green is your favorite company's gadgets? Which products should you buy if you are eco-conscious. Once again, Greenpeace has rated the big electronic companies.READ»

Are You Building a Consumer-Facing Company?

Managing design in a corporate environment can be a challenging and sometimes frustrating experience. But a few recent events in my professional life have caused me to look at the whole issue from a more philosophical angle.In ...READ»

Adjust Your Rear View Mirror Before Launching a Product

When engineering, product development and marketing & sales people get together and do a great job in successfully pushing a new product into the market to rave reviews, things can still fall apart. There can still be important ...READ»

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Pimp My Molar! Print My Book! Two 20-Year Technology "Overnight Successes," Finally Available

A few days ago, between 8 a.m. and 9 a.m., I spent a wonderful hour. I had my tooth #29 (second bicuspid) drilled, halved and capped, then got stuck in traffic for an hour listening to the radio. It sounds utterly mundane, ...READ»

How To Build Your Own MyLifeBits

Audio recorder | Bell uses an Olympus digital recorder to capture everyday conversation. Easily available off the shelf. Voice recording | A modified phone tap captures MyLifeBits phone calls and routes them onto a hard drive. ...READ»

LCD Electronic 'Skin' Makes Everything Into a Display

An improvement to decades-old LCD technology promises to turn the surface of almost anything into a full-color digital display. At the very least, it brings color-changing gadgets closer to reality.READ»

Know Thy Partner: Three Client Types and How to Work With Them

One of the most important things to figure out at the start of a design project is what kind of client you're working with. It can also be one of the most difficult things to discern if you're working with a client for the first ...READ»

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Want True Sustainability? Then Design to Seduce

Sustainable design is a hot topic. While most people applaud the idea of designers using ecofriendly materials, others insist that that's missing the point--that by designing for mass consumption, designers are still part of the ...READ»