Chinese tablet maker Ainol grabbed some headlines late last year when the company announced it would be one of the first to produce a tablet running Google Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich software — and that it would cost just $100. But that first device wasn’t exactly a speed demon, and it featured a MIPS […]
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Deals of the Day (5-07-2012)
Apple has cut the prices across the board on refurbished iPads. That means you can now pick up refurbished iPad 2 models for $319 and up. A first generation iPad can be yours for as little as $279, but I’d recommend spending the  extra cash on an iPad 2 with its faster dual core processor. It’s a […]
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Sony ultrabooks to come with Ivy Bridge option, removable battery
The Sony Vaio T11 and T13 ultrabooks are expected to hit the streets this month with second-generation Intel Core series processors. But TechFokus spotted the thin and light laptops in the wild recently and received confirmation from a Sony official that models with Ivy Bridge third-generation Intel Core chips would also be available. Intel isn’t […]
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Coby offers Android 4.0 update for existing (German) tablets
Budget consumer electronics company Coby offers a range of Android 4.0 tablets. But if you bought one of last year’s models running Android 2.3 or earlier and want to upgrade to Android 4.0 it looks like there’s hope. Coby Germany has posted tools that allow users to upgrade from earlier versions of Android to Android 4.0. […]
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Toshiba Excite 10 tablet now shipping for $450 and up
The Toshiba Excite 10 is a tablet with a 10 inch, 1280 x 800 pixel display, an NVIDIA Tegra 3 quad-core processor, and Android 4.0 operating system. Toshiba introduced its latest 10 inch tablet a few weeks ago, and now it’s available for purchase from Amazon for $450 and up. For that price you can […]
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Miro 5 cross-platform media player adds music organization tools
Miro is a cross-platform media player for Windows, Mac, and Linux computers. It started out its life as Democracy Player, an app aimed at helping users organize and view video podcasts. But over the past few years it’s grown into a pretty capable audio and video player with support for local and online media playback. […]
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Would a $799 MacBook Air spell doom for ultrabooks?
With a starting price of $999, the MacBook Air is currently the cheapest notebook computer Apple sells. But it costs twice as much as an iPad, and twice as much as the average Windows notebook computer. So while the MacBook Air is a fairly successful product for Apple, you have to wonder what would happen […]
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India’s $35 Aakash tablet: It’s remarkable it ever got made
Recently the company responsible for designing India’s $35 Aakash tablet announced plans to launch a second generation device. It will have a faster processor, and longer battery life, but it will still be designed to meet the primary goal: getting low cost computing devices into the hands of Indian students. The first Aakash tablet had […]
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MagPi: Raspberry Pi community starts a monthly magazine
The Raspberry Pi is a small, low power, inexpensive computer that sells for just $35. It’s not exactly a speed demon, and the system board ships without any sort of protective casing. But the little computer which is aimed at educators and hobbyists provides everything you need to run Debian, Fedora, or other open source […]
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How to safely update a rooted Kindle Fire to OS 6.3.1
So you have an Amazon Kindle Fire running software version 6.3 and you want to have the latest security features, parental controls and other updates that come with 6.3.1. But your tablet is rooted — and you don’t want to lose root access. What to do? Actually it turns out there are two options. You […]