Before the Commodore 64 or Apple II, there was the Commodore PET 8032, the first personal computer available to the general public. It had a 1 MHz processor, support for up to 8KB of RAM, and a monochrome display. In other words, a modern $35 Raspberry Pi is way more powerful than this piece of computing […]
Daily Deals (2-19-2019)
Sony’s WH-1000XM3 wireless noise-canceling headphones are among the best around, but with a $350 price tag, they’re not exactly cheap. Fortunately, their predecessors also sound pretty great… and since they’ve been around since mid-2017, the Sony WH-1000XM2 are more likely to go on sale. Right now Newegg is selling a pair for $279 and throwing […]
Taihe Gemini portable monitor is still up for pre-order (through a second crowdfunding campaign)
Taihe’s Kickstarter campaign for its Gemini portable monitor has ended, and the company plans to ship displays to backers in May. But if you didn’t place a pre-order during the first crowdfunding campaign, now you have another chance — Taihe has launched an Indiegogo InDemand page for the Gemini portable monitor. Indiegogo’s InDemand platform effectively […]
Nubia Red Magic Mars now available in the US for $399
Chinese phone maker Nubia is positioning the Red Magic Mars as an affordable gaming smartphone. But even if you don’t care about playing games on a phone, the phone looks like it offers a lot of bang for the buck. After launching in China late last year and making a stop at the Consumer Electronics […]
Qualcomm announces second-gen 5G modem (before the first hits the streets)
The first smartphones with support for 5G networks are coming soon, many of which will likely use Qualcomm’s new Snapdragon X50 5G modem. But you can’t actually buy one just yet. That hasn’t stopped Qualcomm from introducing its second 5G modem though — and there’s actually a pretty good reason for that. The Snapdragon X55 5G modem is […]
Daily Deals (2-18-2019)
A bunch of PC makers and retailers are running Presidents Day sales today which means that you can save money on some cheap, mid-range, and premium laptops, among other things. Unfortunately Lenovo’s $100 laptop is already sold out. But if you’ve got a little more money to spend, you can pick up an Asus 11.6 […]
Lilbits 350: TCL’s folding smartphone plans revealed (maybe)
If Chinese electronics company TCL may be better known in the US for its TVs than its smartphones, that’s because the company doesn’t use its own name on phones sold in the US. But if you buy a recent BlackBerry smartphone anywhere other than India, you’re probably using a device manufactured by TCL. The company […]
Lilbits 349: The 5G smartphones are coming
Mobile World Congress is a little more than a week away, and we’ll likely see new phones from companies including Samsung, Huawei, HMD (Nokia), and others, as well as other devices (Microsoft, for example, is expected to introduce its next-gen HoloLens mixed reality headset). It’s likely that we’ll also hear a lot about 5G. Next-gen […]
Windows Subsystem for Linux update will let you access Linux file from Windows
One of the most surprising things about Windows 10 is that you have the option of enabling a Windows Subsystem for Linux, installing a Linux distribution such as Ubuntu, and then running Linux commands in a Bash shell. The feature has been around in one form or another since early 2016, but Microsoft keeps fine-tuning […]
SPUDwrite is a DIY E Ink typewriter… with a printer… and an LCD display
Modern computers can do an awful lot of things. You can write a novel, or read one. You can listen to music, compose music, or create a music video. And you can waste countless hours watching cat videos on YouTube. All of which is to say that computers are amazing productivity tools… and time wasters. […]
ECS introduces 2-in-1 tablets, smart displays, and more
Taiwanese PC maker ECS plans to show off a bunch of new products at Mobile World Congress later this month including the company’s latest mini PCs (many of which we already saw at CES), and some new devices including portable smart speakers and a new line of tablets. The smart speaker systems include the ECS […]
Sheeva64 is an $89 tiny headless PC that plugs into an AC outlet
Plug Computers are tiny PCs that you could easily mistake for an AC power adapter, because they plug directly into a wall outlet and typically don’t include video output. Instead these small, low power, “headless” computers usually run some sort of Linux-based operating system allowing you to use the little PCs as file servers or […]
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