Apple iPad crowned `Gadget of the Year`
Apple kicked off the craze in January when it unveiled its iPad. By the time the iPad went on sale in April, the device had racked up so much buzz that it became aptly clear that Apple had produced another smashing gadget. Designed to take on Apple`s innovative iPad, Samsung and Google launched their version of a tablet computer in September.
Thinnest laptop-Apple`s `MacBook Air`
In October, Apple unveiled `MacBook Air `, the thinnest, lightest laptop ever which combines features from the iPhone and iPad with traditional series of MacBook. The laptop that comes in two sizes, one with a screen that is 13.3 inches diagonally and another with a 11.6-inch screen.
Acer `Iconia` the dual-screen laptop
In November, Acer unveiled `Iconia`, a laptop-cum-tablet computer with two touch screens. The new dual-screen laptop has two 14 inch touch-screen displays protected by ultra-tough Gorilla glass, including one in place of a traditional keyboard.
World`s first tilting television `Monolithic`
Electronic giant Sony unveiled world`s first TV with tilting screen called “Monolithic”. This new generation TVs from Sony are available in state-of-the art 3D models and can either be set up vertically or slotted to a six-degree backwards lean.
China makes world’s fastest supercomputer
China -the fast emerging economic superpower- superseded rival America and created world’s fastest supercomputer in the year 2010. China’s supercomputer “Tianhe-1A” is capable of sustaining computation at 2.57 petaflop/s, which equals to a mind-numbing 2.57 quadrillion of calculations per second.
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