Effective user interface design for embedded systems starts with recognizing the user interface as important and then putting users at the center of the design and development process. Embedded systems developers need to be aware of established general principles of human-machine interaction as well as the special features and constraints that characterize their particular embedded system ...

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Comcast, one of the nation’s leading providers of entertainment, information, and communications products and services, announced today it is developing an advanced user interface across TVs, laptops, tablets and smartphones that combines timely information with customers’ Xfinity TV, Voice, Internet and Home services, to help manage their life and home.

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Newly Developed Interface to be Showcased at Upcoming Meeting in Seoul, Korea SEOUL, Korea - Varian Medical Systems (NYSE: VAR) will showcase a new user interface for the company's ProBeam(TM) proton therapy system at the upcoming annual meeting of the Particle Therapy Co-Operative Group (PTCOG 51) here, May 14-19. The new interface streamlines the steps for imaging, positioning and treating ...

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Microsoft is abandoning the 'Aero' user interface with Windows 8, calling the UI that debuted in Vista and continued in Windows 7, 'cheesy' and 'dated.'

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Favours simplicity

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SUWANEE, Ga., May 21, 2012 /PRNewswire/ --ARRIS Group Inc. (Nasdaq: ARRS) and NDS today announced their collaboration on a tightly-integrated solution that will offer service providers greater choice and ...

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Boston — Arris Group and NDS are collaborating on next-generation video gateway -- combining Arris's hardware platform with NDS middleware, content security and interface software -- in "close collaboration with several North American cable operators," the companies said.

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Microsoft has revealed an updated desktop user interface for Windows 8.

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has announced that it is to make some significant changes to the Windows 8 user interface, including dropping the Aero Glass effect that was first introduced in Windows Vista. This announcement was made by Jensen , Director of Program for ?s User Experience team, over on the Building Windows 8 Blog. Aero gave the appearance ...

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Microsoft has announced that it is to make some significant changes to the Windows 8 user interface, including dropping the Aero Glass effect that was first introduced in Windows Vista.

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Head-mounted wearable computers present a bit of an interface problem. Voice-based head-mounted systems impart the impression that a person is murmuring to him or herself, and accelerometer-based systems that rely on head movement make users look like they have a nervous tic.

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LG's Optimus UI 3.0 (Credit: LG) One of the nicest things about Android is that vendors can place their own user interface on top of it to deliver a unique experience to customers. And LG is taking advantage of that. The company today introduced the Optimus UI 3.0 for Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich) devices it sells. A key ingredient in the new user interface is an enhanced Quick Memo feature ...

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HorizON v3.0 delivers scalable layer 1 switching and layers 2-4 packet flow platform to data center environments, featuring drag-and-drop or point-and-click graphical user interface. It uses intelligent layer 1-4 feature control, including connection, TAP, low-latency multicast, filtering, aggregation, load balancing, packet slicing, and source ID tagging from common management system. Network ...

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A new Apple patent filing could add further evidence to the speculation that next-generation Macs will have Retina displays. Related Stories Mac-based Flashback click fraud campaign was a bust Apps using global hotkeys will remain welcome in the Mac App Store Apple board member: Steve Jobs wanted to build the iCar Get £100 of new Macs in Apple scheme, 17 June end suggests new launch Get £100 off ...

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Head-mounted wearable computers present a bit of an interface problem. Voice-based systems give the impression that a person is murmuring to themselves and accelerometer-based systems that rely on head movement make users look like they have a nervous tic. One solution to the head-mounted-computer user interface conundrum is the use of hand gestures.

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