When Microsoft announced earlier this month that it was open sourcing the Windows Calculator app for Windows 10, it honestly didn’t seem like that big of a deal. It’s a calculator app, after all. But unlike some of the company’s past efforts to release old software under an open source license for educational and historical […]
Eve Tech is crowd-developing a mini PC, monitor, headphones, and docking station
Plenty of companies turn to crowdfunding in order to raise the cash needed to manufacturer and ship their products. Eve Tech made a splash a few years ago by doing something a little different — the company “crowd developed” a Windows tablet by incorporating feedback from potential customers along the way… and then launching a crowdfunding […]
Daily Deals (3-22-2019)
Amazon’s Fire tablets are some of the best cheap tablets around, with prices typically starting at $50. While their Fire OS software isn’t to everyone’s liking, the tablets have proven fairly hackable — you may be able to install the Google Play Store and/or root your tablet. Fire tablets make decent devices for watching videos, […]
Archos Play Tab is a 21.5 inch Android tablet for tabletop games or something
French electronics maker Archos was one of the first companies to release an Android tablet… way back when Android was a smartphone-only operating system that didn’t officially support tablets. In recent years company has become better known (if it’s known at all) for making cheap phones and attempting to get in on the smart home […]
NexDock 2 is a new laptop shell for your smartphone (crowdfunding)
Nearly three years after running a crowdfunding campaign for a laptop dock powered by your smartphone, the folks at NexDock are back for another round. The NexDock 2 has a better screen, a more compact design, and an aluminum body (rather than plastic). You can connect a smartphone by running a cable to the USB-C […]
Intel ceases development of Compute Cards (in the latest modular computing fail)
When Intel unveiled its Compute Card platform in early 2017, the company painted a picture of a modular future where you could buy a smart TV, internet-connected home appliances, or even computer docks and upgrade their processors, memory, and RAM in the future by simply swapping out a credit card-sized device. That future never really […]
Now’s as good a time as any to change your Facebook password
So you may have heard, but the past few years haven’t been so great for Facebook when it comes to public relations. But if you’ve been wondering what could possibly make things worse, here’s an idea: what if it turns out Facebook was caught storing hundreds of millions of users’ passwords in plain text? Oh […]
Microsoft’s antivirus software is now available for Mac
Microsoft’s Windows operating system has included some form of built-in antivirus software for more than a decade. But the software formerly known as Windows Defender is getting a new name… and for good reason. It’s now called Microsoft Defender, and the company is dropping Windows from the name because it’s no longer a Windows exclusive […]
Daily Deals (3-21-2019)
The Microsoft Store is selling Surface Laptop 2 models for $799 and up today, and MassGenie is offering the lowest price I’ve seen on a current-gen Apple iPad. But maybe you don’t need a new device… you’re just looking for something to do with your current hardware. Enter games. Free ones. The Epic Games Store […]
T-Mobile launches home broadband trial (50 Mbps for $50 per month)
US wireless carrier T-Mobile is getting into the in-home internet space, but the company is starting small. T-Mobile is launching an invitation-only pilot program that will let up to 50-thousand households in “rural and underserved areas of the country” use the company’s 4G LTE network in their homes by the end of the year. Those […]
Zotac launches MEK Mini compact gaming PC
Zotac’s MEK Mini is a desktop gaming PC that ships with a 65 watt Intel Core i7-8700 hexa-core processor, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 graphics, 16GB of RAM, a 240GB PCIe NVMe SSD and a 2TB hard drive. But what’s unusual about the MEK Mini is that it’s about half the size of a typical gaming […]
Intel’s first 9th-gen laptop chips are coming this year
We should start to see laptops with 9th-gen Intel Core processors later this year, but rather than start with an upgrade to the 15 watt Whiskey Lake-U chips that power today’s thin-and-light laptops, it looks like Intel is focusing on the follow-up to its 45-watt, high-performance Coffee Lake-H family first. If you’re curious about the […]
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