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CTL launches Chromebook NL73 series with with Intel Alder Lake-N for $299 and up

CTL’s latest Chromebooks for the education market are a line of budget laptops with 11.6 inch HD displays, eMMC flash storage, and 720p webcams. But the new CTL Chromebook NL73 series notebooks do have some nice features including Intel AX211 WiFi 6E/BT 5.3 wireless cards and optional support for up to an Intel Processor N200 chip […]

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Windows CE reaches end of support (but it’s not exactly dead yet)

Microsoft has ended support for Windows CE, an operating system you probably thought was already dead, if you knew it had ever existed in the first place. Initially developed to bring a simple operating system with a Windows-like start menu, taskbar, and desktop to small computers including handheld systems in the late 90s and early […]

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Lilbits: The Pixel 7a doesn’t have exactly the same chip as the Pixel 7 (but it’s pretty close)

One of the selling points of Google’s Pixel A-series smartphones in recent years is that you get many of the features of the company’s flagship phones, but in a cheaper body with a few cut corners. Now it looks like one of the corners Google cut with the Pixel 7a was the packaging technology used for […]

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CTL Chromebox CBX3 coming this summer with Core i7-1355U or Celeron 7305

CTL is taking pre-orders for two models of a Chromebox CBX3. Both models are compact desktop computers with support for WiFi 6E, Bluetooth 5.3, and multiple I/O ports. And both, of course, are powered by Google ChromeOS software. But the entry-level CTL Chromebox CBX3 packs a 5-core, 6-thread Intel Celeron 7305 processor based on 12th-gen […]

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CTL PX11E Special Edition Chromebook has a transparent bottom cover

The CTL Chromebook PX11E “Secure” Special Edition is a budget ChromeOS laptop with an 11.6 inch HD display, an Intel Celeron N4500 Jasper Lake processor, 4GB of RAM, 32GB of storage. Up for pre-order for $255, the Chromebook also has something you don’t often find on laptops: a transparent bottom cover that lets you see […]

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Lilbits: Asus ROG Phone 6D, CTL Chromebook NL72-L with 4G LTE, and Linux phone news

The Asus ROG Phone 6 is a gaming phone with a 6.8 inch, 165 Hz OLED display, a Qualcomm Snapdragon 8+ Gen 1 processor, support for up to 18GB of RAM, and plenty of other premium features including RGB lighting on the back. Asus announced the phone in July, but it looks like the company […]

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CTL’s PX14 series Chromebooks with Intel Jasper Lake chips go up for pre-order for $299 and up

The new CTL Chromebook PX14-E is a $299 Chrome OS laptop with a 14 inch HD display, an Intel Celeron N4500 dual-core processor based on Jasper Lake architecture, 4GB of LPDDR4 memory, and 64GB of eMMC storage. But if you’ve got a slightly larger budget, the $369 CTL Chromebook PX14-EX offers a lot more bang for a […]

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CTL Chromebook NL72 with Intel Jasper Lake is up for pre-order for $289

The CTL Chromebook NL72 is a small rugged laptop designed for use in the classroom. It’s a 2.85 pound laptop with an 11.6 inch HD display, at least 4GB of RAM, and an Intel Jasper Lake processor. CTL is taking pre-orders for $289 for a model with an Intel Celeron N4500 dual-core processor, 4GB of RAM and […]

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CTL Chromebox CBx2 supports up to a Core i7 Comet Lake processor

CTL is taking pre-orders for a new Chromebox powered by an Intel Comet Lake chips. The CTL Chromebox CBx2 is a 5.9″ x 5.8″ x 1.6″ desktop computer powered by Google’s Chrome OS operating system and a 15-watt, 10th-gen Intel Core processor with Intel UHD graphics. Prices start at $259, and the little computer will receive software […]

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CTL launches a pair of 14 inch Chromebooks for $279 and up

CTL is taking pre-orders for two new Chromebooks with 14 inch, 1920 x 1080 pixel displays, Intel Gemini Lake Refresh processors, and at least 6 years of official support from Google. The CTL NL81 features an Intel Celeron N4020 processor, a non-touchscreen display, and a $279 price tag, while the CTL NL81T is a $379 touchscreen model […]