The Google Nexus 7 is an Android tablet with a 1.3 GHz NVIDIA Tegra 3 quad-core processor, a 7 inch, 1280 x 800 pixel display, and a starting price of just $199. It’s also Google’s latest flagship device aimed at least in part at developers. So it should come as no surprise that it’s extraordinarily […]
Tablets are pretty decent devices for reading eBooks. Amazon, Barnes & Noble, and Kindle all sell their own Android tablets that are at least partly designed for that purpose. Now the folks behind the Good E-Reader blog and community plan to launch their own branded Android tablet. It’s expected to be cheaper than big-name tablets, and […]
US District Court judge Lucy Kohn has granted a preliminary injunction that could prohibit Google and Samsung from selling Galaxy Nexus smartphones in the US at least until a patent lawsuit filed by Apple goes to trial — although nothing is set in stone yet. This comes just a few days after Apple won a […]
Asus introduced its next-generation of small form-factor PCs at CES in January. Now it looks like the company is almost ready to start shipping new Eee Box mini-desktops with Intel Atom Cedar Trail processors soon. The folks at Notebook Italia spotted a listing for the Eee Box EB1030 on the Asus website. The nettop features a […]
Hewlett Packard has taken a variety of approaches to the tablet space over the past few years. The company’s HP Slate 2 is a business-focused tablets with Windows 7 and digital pen input. Last year the company launched the HP TouchPad consumer tablet running webOS software… and canceled it less than two months later after a […]
The MK802 Android 4.0 Mini PC is a nifty little computer with an Allwinner A10 processor, 512MB to 1GB of RAM, and 4GB of storage. But unlike most Android devices, it doesn’t have a display or touchscreen. Instead, you’re expected to use the USB and HDMI ports to plugin a keyboard, mouse, and monitor. But […]
Google is positioning the Nexus Q as a device that you plug into your TV to stream music, movies, and other content from the Google Play Store, YouTube, and other internet sites. But under the hood, the Nexus Q basically has the same hardware as a Samsung Galaxy Nexus smartphone, and it’s running Google Android […]
Now that HP has released the source code for webOS Community Edition, developers are starting to modify the operating system to meet their needs. One of the first hacks actually comes from Dave Freeman, a developer at HP Palm. He’s managed to change the way you switch between currently running apps. You can still swipe […]
What’s the perfect accessory for a $35 computer? How about a $14 book explaining how to use it? The official Raspberry Pi User Guide is up for pre-order in the US and UK, priced at $13.59 and £11.69, respectively. The book is written by Raspberry Pi founder Eben Upton and journalist Gareth Halfacree, and it’s […]
Adobe announced last year that it was winding down support for Flash on mobile devices. Now the end is in sight. The company won’t be offering a certified version of Flash Player for Google’s new Android 4.1 Jelly Bean operating system. And while you can still download and install Flash Player for Android from the […]
Shuttle has introduced two new small form factor PCs, the XS35GTA V3 and XS35V3. Both are small desktop computers that measure about 9.9″ x 6.4″ x 1.5″ and which feature 2.13 GHz Intel Atom D2700 processors. They also each feature fanless designs, which means they shouldn’t make any noise whether you use them as low […]
One of the things a thin and light laptop needs to qualify as an ultrabook is a solid state disk. These SSDs are faster than traditional hard drives, and they use less power and generate less heat. That leads to longer battery life and faster performance. Most higher-priced ultrabooks have 128GB or larger SSDs, but […]
Google plans to release the source code for Android 4.1 Jelly Bean in mid-July. But some people don’t want to wait that long to start running the software on their phones and tablets. Some folks have already ported the version of Jelly Bean running on the phones Google distributed to developers this week to run […]