Many tech companies, such as Sony, are testing flexible display prototypes, but few have actually demonstrated a useful purpose for their bendable screens. Toshiba wants to change all of that with their flexible display that zooms in or out, depending on the direction you bend the screen. They demonstrated their new flexible LCD panel display on the Computex showroom floor this week in Taipei.t
In the following video, you can see a demonstration of Google Earth actually zooming in and out on demand, just by bending the screen. As the demonstrator bends the screen up, the image of the earth zooms in, and as he bends it back, the earth ge...
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Google Chrome OS
As if Computex had not already had enough big announcements between all of the tablets, from Asus and netbooks from MSI, Google has added their announcement to the mix. Their highly publicized operating system (not Android, the other one) will be released in Fall of 2010.
Chrome OS, a truly web-based operating system, should start appearing in netbooks before the end of the year, according to Google. Not only will it launch this fall (between September 22 and December 21), but Google expects millions of people to use it right away.
While it remains to be seen if their enthusiasm is warranted (like Android and Yo...
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2010 Computex
Computex is one of the world's largest computer and technology conventions, held at the Taipei World Trade Center in Taipei, Taiwan. This year's event starts on June 1 and concludes June 5 2010.
The first day of Computex has been dominated by tablets, with several manufacturers unveiling their "iPad killers". The notable tablets include:
The Asus Eee Pad, which will be a 12-inch tablet with Intel Core 2 Duo CULV processors and 10-hours of battery life. This first tablet will run Windows 7, while another promised tablet will reportedly run Google Chrome OS.
The MSI Windpad 100 - Another Windows 7 tablet with a te...
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