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Can someone read you like a book? If you have answered in the affirmative, then our advice to you would be to steer clear of future webcams, as there is a new kind of technology that has been developed and is undergoing testing, which touts to be able to tell through your facial expressions whether you are happy, sad, bored or enthralled. With this particular technology, companies are able to figure out your reaction to online advertisements, and tweak things from there.

This form of biometric tracking will rely on a standard webcam in order to map out one’s facial expressions – with your permission, of course, before it is processed and a slew of results are shown to the client. Such technology is being used at the moment to map just how volunteers react to big budget advertising campaigns, right before they are launched, so that last minute changes can be made if required. The BBC even held an informal experiment with developer Realeyes for Radio 4′s consumer programme You & Yours, measuring the emotions of 150 Radio 4 listeners, and came up with some interesting results. The thing is, is the algorithm that interprets one’s emotion accurate enough in the long run?

Face Reading Machine Can Tell If You’re Happy Or Bored original content from Ubergizmo.

Samsung announced both its ATIV Book 9 Plus ultrabook and its ATIV Tab 3 just a few months ago, and today, the company has revealed when exactly both of these products will be available to purchase in the U.S. (more…)

Samsung ATIV Book 9, ATIV Tab 3 Release Dates, Pricing Announced original content from Ubergizmo.

Just in case you feel a little bit confused by the title that concerns what seems to be two different devices, fret not – they are basically one and the same, where the Acer DA241HL, also known as the Gateway N1-2400, has already arrived at the FCC, which points to the very real possibility of said all-in-one desktop is well on its way to the US. Chances are should it arrive Stateside, it would most probably be sold under the Acer brand name, while the Gateway name would be used in markets where perception of said brand ranks higher than Acer. After all, Gateway does belong to Acer after the Taiwanese company picked it up in 2007 for approximately $710 million.

What looks like an ordinary desktop computer monitor takes on a different form factor when you look at it from a different angle – speakers are located under the display, while audio, USB and SD card ports happen to be located around the sides. Underneath the hood lies a processor, storage, and all the essentials required to run Google’s Android mobile operating system. So far, leaked benchmark results point to a 1920 x 1080 pixel display, an NVIDIA Tegra 3 ARM Cortex-A9 quad-core processor, and Android 4.2 Jelly Bean on board, but that has yet to be finalized. Needless to say, pricing details are also unknown, and this is not the first time a device comes with either the possibility of an Acer or Gateway branding, which would be market dependent.

Acer DA241HL/Gateway N1-2400 Hits The FCC original content from Ubergizmo.

Acer has felt the squeeze brought on by ever-decreasing PC shipments, something that has affected more than a few companies. Eschewing PCs, consumers are gravitating in larger numbers towards mobile devices, particularly tablets, something that resulted in a poor second quarter for the company. In light of this, Acer’s president stated that the company will […]

It’s been a couple of weeks since we heard any news regarding Sony’s Vaio line as the last bit of news we reported was on their new Vaio Duo, which is the company’s “slider hybrid” machine. It seems those weeks of silence have now been broken as Sony is announcing a new line of luxury Vaio laptops that are being called “Red Edition” and is not only adding a fresh coat of paint to previously released Vaio laptops, but also bumping up their specs. (more…)

Sony Vaio Red Edition Coming To U.S. Starting At $2,000 original content from Ubergizmo.