Laptops linked to skin syndrome
People who work with a laptop on their knees can develop 'toasted skin syndrome' an unusual mottled skin condition caused by long-term heat exposure, a report said, according to UKPA.
In one recent case, a 12-year-old boy developed a sponge-patterned skin discolouration on his left thigh after playing computer games for a few hours every day for several months.
"He recognised that the laptop got hot on the left side; however, regardless of that, he did not change its position," Swiss researchers said in an article published in the US journal called Paediatrics.
LG to delay tablet debut
LG Electronics is likely to delay the debut of its tablet computer until next year in order to focus on offering handsets that would rival Apple's iPhone, notes Market Watch.
The company will probably introduce the product, which runs on Google's Android operating system, at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas in January.
The hardware is ready but the company is still working on the software, Bloomberg reports.
iPads not threat to laptops - yet
Although sales of Apple's iPad have not panicked PC makers yet, trends by tablet owners may give laptop manufacturers some sleepless nights next year, according to a market research analyst, writes MacVideo.
Contrary to popular myth and reports, the iPad isn't cannibalising the PC market, says Stephen Baker, analyst with the NPD Group.
According to an NPD-conducted survey of iPad owners, just 13% of them bought the tablet in place of a PC.
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