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March 2013 Issue

There's a good article in the March 2013 New Zealand PC World magazine about "Tomorrow's Technology".

I'm a subscriber to the print magazine.  Although I follow this online as well, I do love the glossy feel of the pages and the smell of the magazine when I take it out of the plastic wrap.  No doubt at some stage the article will appear on the PC World website but having just looked it doesn't seem to be up yet.

Samsumg Galaxy camera

I won't spoil the contents by telling you too much but here's a list of some of the highlights from the article:

• TVs capable of following your hand signals
• Big CCD sensors coming to small cameras (more light captured by the sensor means higher quality pictures)
• Tablets and laptops merging more into a hybrid device
• Android-powered digital cameras like the Samsung (pictured)
• Much faster routers (for better streaming to multiple devices)
• Hybrid hard drives that combine solid state and mechanical drive technologies.

These all seem to be simply the next evolutionary stage of now ubiquitous high tech toys.    Nothing startlingly new here but some useful tweaks to improve the user experience.

Galaxy S4

Check out PC World's first look at the new Samsung Galaxy S4.  Maybe there's not quite the same level of anticipation with Galaxy as there is with iPhone but it's getting up there.

NZ PC World looks at the new Galaxy S4 smartphone