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Zinio launches magazine app for the HP TouchPad, free articles included

The HP TouchPad may have been discontinued this summer, but the 9.7 inch tablet is getting more useful all the time. HP has continued to push software updates which improve performance and add features even after the tablet was canceled, and third party developers have continued releasing high quality apps for the webOS tablet. The […]

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Amazon launches Lending Library for Kindle owners

Amazon really wants you to pay $79 per year to become an Amazon Prime member. Initially that subscription fee only entitled customers to free 2-day shipping on all packages. But earlier this year the company started letting Prime members stream thousands of TV shows and movies for free. Now Amazon is adding free eBook loans to […]

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Boogie Board Rip writing slate now available for $130

Improv Electronics has started selling the first of its Boogie Board writing tablets that lets you write notes with a stylus and save digital copies of those notes to built-in storage. The company has been offering inexpensive digital writing slates since last year, with prices as low as $40. But the Boogie Board Rip is […]

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Asus Eee Pad Transformer Prime tear-down shows Kal-El chip

Last week the Asus Eee Pad Transformer Prime showed up at the FCC website. While most of the good stuff is still tucked away behind confidentiality requests, somehow the folks at Wireless Goodness managed to get their hands on the internal photos of the tablet ahead of schedule. There aren’t a ton of surprises, but […]

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OLPC to parachute computers into remote villages… literally

OLPC founder Nicholas Negroponte’s next big idea sounds crazy… and that’s probably because it is. PC Magazine reports he wants to airdrop cheap tablet computers into remote villages without providing any instructions, teachers, or other forms of support. But developing an inexpensive durable, ultraportable laptop that could be used in the developing world seemed like […]