Microsoft introduced the Surface Pro 3 tablet this week and started taking pre-orders for the 12 inch tablet for $799 and up. But many industry watchers had expected the company to unveil a Surface mini tablet with a smaller display at the same time. That didn’t happen. Reports suggest a smaller Surface tablet was in development, […]
May 2014
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Asus C300 13 inch Bay Trail Chromebook previewed
The Asus C200 Chromebook is up for pre-order for $249, but what about its big brother, the Asus C300 Chromebook? While the Asus C200 features an 11.6 inch screen and weighs 2.5 pounds, the Asus C300 has a larger 13.3 inch display and weighs about 3.1 pounds. The rest of the specs are pretty much […]
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Deals of the Day (5-22-2014)
So you thought that new HP 7 Plus Android tablet was cheap? How’s this? You can pick up a dual-core Android tablet for just $35 after rebate. Sure, there’s a catch or two. This is a refurbished device, it has just 4GB of built-in storage, and it’s running an older version of Android. But it’s […]
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Asus Transformer Book T100 with Atom Z3775 priced at $399
Asus quietly introduced a new version of the popular Transformer Book T100 2-in-1 tablet in April, giving the new model a slightly faster processor. While the Transformer Book T100 I reviewed in November featured a 1.33 GHz Intel Atom Z3740 Bay Trail processor, the new version has a 1.47 GHz Atom Z3775 chip. It’s still […]
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Zotac launches a spherical mini PC with Core i5 Haswell
Zotac unveiled an unusually-shaped desktop computer at the Consumer Electronics Show in January. Now the company’s first ZBOX O-series spherical desktop is official: meet the Zotac ZBOX OI520 desktop with an Intel Core i5 Haswell CPU. Like all of Zotac’s desktops, the OI520 comes in two versions. There’s a barebones model that comes with no hard […]
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PiCore 5.3 Linux is a 25MB operating system for the Raspberry Pi
The Raspberry Pi is a tiny computer. Tiny Core Linux is a tiny operating system designed to offer the bare minimum you need to get started while taking up as little disk space as possible. Seem like a match made in heaven? The folks behind Tiny Core thought so too… this year they launched a […]
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Asus C200 Chromebook up for pre-order for $249, ships June 10th
The Asus C200 Chromebook is now available for pre-order from Amazon for $249, and it’s expected to ship starting June 10th, 2014. The notebook is one of the first Chrome OS devices to feature an Intel Bay Trail processor which is a low power chip that Intel says should help the laptop get nearly all-day […]
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Lilbits (5-21-2014): Samsung Galaxy S5 gets Active
Samsung introduced a semi-rugged Galaxy S4 Active water, dust, and scuff-resistant smartphone last year. Now the company is updating the Active lineup with a new Samsung Galaxy S5 Active. While Samsung has yet to officially announce the device, details have been leaking for weeks… and now a series of hands-on videos have emerged, telling us […]
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PocketBook Ultra eReader with a 5MP camera launches in Russia
As expected, PocketBook is giving its latest eBook reader an unusual feature: a camera. The PocketBook Ultra should be available in Russia in July, where it will sell for the equivalent of about $260. It’s a 6 inch eReader with an E Ink display and the ability to let you snap photos and scan them as […]
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Google Chrome for Android gets “undo tab close”
Google’s latest update to the Chrome browser for Android brings better support for fullscreen video, limited support for devices with multi-screen features, and the ability to re-open browser tabs that had recently been closed. The “Undo Tab Close” feature has been available in desktop browsers for years — just hit Ctrl+Shift+T and the last page […]