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So the Project Fiona tablet might not be CES 2012 vapourware after all-- it makes a CES 2013 appearance as the Razer Edge, a Windows 8 tablet with a nifty peripheral selection.

By itself the Edge looks like a regular tablet. It has a 10.1-inch display, is 25% thicker than an iPad and carries either Intel Core i5 processor, Nvidia GT640M GPU, 4GB RAM and 64GB SSD or Core i7 processor, 8GB RAM and up to 256GB SSD (in the "Pro" variant), making it powerful enough to play most current PC games.

A trio of add-ons make the Edge unique-- a force-feedback gameped controller (the "handles" seen in the first Project Fiona images), a keyboard dock and a "home console" dock for HDTV gaming.

Reportedly game performance is acceptable enough, even if future game releases might suffer on the device.

The Razer Edge will be available from Q1 2013, with the add-ons to ship later separately.

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The Pure Jongo multiroom audio series gets 2 additions at CES 2013-- the T640B wireless stereo speaker and the A140B wireless hifi adapter.

The T640B acts is a successor to the S340B and pumps 100W of sound through two 5.25-inch full range drivers with dual-concentric tweeters. Connectivity comes through Bluetooth, wifi or a pair of phono jacks, and the speaker also streams audio from other Jongo products connected to the network.

Mounting comes through either optional stand (allows either landscape or portrait orientation) or bracket accessory kit.

Meanwhile Pure claims the A140B wireless adapter transforms "any audio system into a music streamer." Wireless connectivity comes through wifi and Bluetooth, while extra outputs include optical, coax digital and phono.

A 24-bit DAC (digital to analogue converter) is also built-in.

All Jongo devices come in black or white with black speaker grilles, together with optional user-fit coloured grille packs and clip-on covers in orange, green, mango or white. Both T640B and A140B will be available sometime during H1 2013.

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Microsoft buys Blake Krikorian's id8 Group R2 Studios, developer of Android-based home automation and appoints Krikorian as corporate VP for its Interactive Entertainment Business (IEB).

Blake joins the Xbox team as a proven innovator (Slingox), having created simple, elegant products that have transformed the way people engage with and consume content.

This news probably disappoints Apple and Google who were also in talks about bidding on the company.

R2 Studios develops home-media and automation technology, is secretive about its plans—which would seem to fit well within Microsoft. But it’s no secret R2 Studios released an app that turns Android phones into touch panels for controlling heating and lighting systems wirelessly. R2 Studios also holds some patents related to controlling electronic devices and interfaces that Microsoft also acquired.

Thin and flexible displays have get the spotlight at CES 2013 with the debut of the PaperTab-- a flexible and thin tablet that looks and feels like a sheet of paper.

A collaboration between eReader maker Plastic Logic, Intel and the Queen's University Human Media Lab, the PaperTab is a 10.7-inch prototype running on a Core i5 processor with a black and white display.

While capable of running by itself, the CES prototype is designed for collaborative use-- multiple PaperTabs share a work area through position awareness, with each unit running a single app.

Sharing data between PaperTabs involves touching devices with each other and one can create a larger display by simply laying 2 devices next to each other.

The flexible display is not just for show-- bending the screen flicks through documents or controls video, while a "dog ear" gesture sends out emails.

The PaperTab has no actual release date as yet, and Plastic Logic is also looking for companies interested in making use of the flexible display technology.

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