CES 2011: Microsoft Surface 2 with RBC app demoed (video)

A Canadian first. Royal Bank of Canada (RBC) is  a Microsoft Surface PC partner. This was the demo from the Microsoft Keynote at CES 2011. The Surface 2 has Pixelsense (pixels are cameras) and a thinner form factor that allows it to be mounted on a wall, it also has the largest slate of protective Gorilla Glass bonded to a screen.

CES 2011: OWC's Mercury Aura Pro SSD smokes stock MacBook Air (video)

Canadian Reviewer visits Other World Computing (OWC) at CES2011 and gets treated to a race between an older MacBook Air running on the new Mercury Aura pro Express SSD drive and a stock late 2010 MacBook Air. The results are astonishing.

CES 2011: HyperMac innovates the external battery segment

By Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla

Las Vegas - One of the more innovative solutions for Apple portable users is HyperMac's HyperJuice line of external batteries. They used to sell a solution that came with the MagSafe adapter which could charge and power MacBooks for up to 45 hours. Apple refused to let HyperMac sell the MagSafe solution so the manufacturer had to invent other ways to get their products to work with MacBooks.

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CES 2011:LG Revolution revealed with 4G LTE goodness

Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla

Las Vegas- CES  2011 has been an Android handset and 4G extravaganza. One of the more notable devices revealed this year is LG's Revolution which embodies all the big trends we're seeing in 2011. It has a large 4'3-inch screen, runs Android 2.2, can double as a mobile hotspot (for up to 8 devices) on the super-fast 4G data network. It also entertains with HD  video streaming and recording and a front facing camera to boot. No word on whether a variant of the Revolution will make its way to Canada.