The new Gateway UC Series notebook line hits the sweet spot of mobile entertainment with an excellent pairing of a chic portable design, widescreen display and mainstream notebook performance.

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Popular for a while in commercial buildings and industrial-looking condos, the shades have been showing up in mainstream residential designs, says Brooke Traeger, associate chair of interior design at the Corcoran College of Art and Design in Washington, D.

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This status offers them the potential to become the mainstream distribution networks of the future, opening up considerable possibilities to conceive, design and launch innovative convergent services across devices to provide a new compelling consumer experience.

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Located in Seattle, Washington, Humblefactory aims to develop and design tools that help "makers" around the world build items that more mainstream manufacturers can't ... or won't.

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The internet radio service has just undergone a rebirth, with a brand new white and burnt orange logo and a completely revamped design -- on web, mobile and Xbox -- in an effort to reintroduce itself to the mainstream and stave off competition from the likes of Pandora, Spotify and Rdio.

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