If you’ve been online today you’ve probably seen that Microsoft has acquired Skype for $8.5 billion. While Microsoft has been taking a beating lately due to competition in the online world from Google, Facebook and others, and in the mobile space from Apple, Google, and others, the company is still sitting on a huge pile […]
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Asus Eee PC 1015PX with Atom N570 processor now shipping
Asus has launched its first 10 inch netbook with an Intel Atom N570 dual core 1.66 GHz processor. It’s called the Eee PC 1015PX, and it looks pretty much just like every other recent 10 inch mini-laptop from Asus. It’s just has a processor that’s a tiny bit faster. The Eee PC 1015PX most closely […]
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Google improves Calendar, Image Search, Goggles, and YouTube rentals
The Google I/O conference doesn’t officially start until tomorrow, but Google has dropped updates to a whole slew of its products on the eve of the event. We don’t have a new version of Android, a full release of Google Chrome, or anything really big yet, but here’s a roundup of minor announcements from Google […]
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Deal Alert: Lenovo IdeaPad S205 laptop for $399
The Lenovo IdeaPad S205 is a light weight, portable laptop with an 11.6 inch display and a 1.6 GHz AMD E-350 dual core processor.The laptop also has with Radeon HD 6310 graphics, 3GB of RAM, a 320GB hard drive and Windows 7 Home Premium. But at $499, it’s actually a little more expensive than similar […]
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Sprint is now offering the Motorola XOOM WiFi… for the same price as everyone else
The good news is that Sprint is now offering the Motorola XOOM WiFi tablet. The bad news is that the deal is only available in-stores for now, so I can’t provide a link. The worse news is that there’s really nothing special about the Sprint version of the tablet. It’s the same tablet available from […]
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HTC Puccini 10 inch tablet on the way?
Phone-maker HTC’s first foray into the Android tablet space is the 7 inch HTC Flyer, which is set to go on sale later this month. But the folks at Pocket Now are reporting that HTC is also working on a 10 inch model known as the HTC Puccini. Aside from the larger screen, it’s not […]
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NVIDIA delves deeper into the mobile chip game by acquiring Icera
NVIDIA is still one of the top makers of graphics cards for desktop computers, but the company has gained a lot of traction in the mobile space with its NVIDIA Tegra 2 chipset which combines a low power ARM-based processor with high performance graphics. Motorola, Acer, Asus, LG, and Samsung have all developed tablets using […]
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Intel Atom N2800 chips may support up to 4GB of RAM
Most Intel Atom chips on the market today support up to 2GB of memory — but most netbooks ship with 1GB of RAM, because that’s the only way to qualify for a low cost Windows 7 Starter license at the moment. But Fudzilla is reporting that there could be a shakeup in the Atom-based notebook […]
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Asus Eee PC 1215P 12 inch notebook gets a slight spec bump
Asus has quietly updated the Eee PC 1215P giving the Intel Atom-based notebook a slightly more powerful processor. The Eee PC 1215P was launched late last year with a 12.1 inch, 1366 x 768 pixel display and a 1.5 GHz Intel Atom N550 dual core processor. Now it’s available with a 1.66 GHz Intel Atom […]
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HP unveils DataPass pay-as-you-go, contract-free mobile broadband
HP is launching a new contract-free mobile broadband service called DataPass. At first it will be available on a handful of HP business laptops including the new HP ProBook 5330m and EliteBook 2560p and 2760p models launching today. Eventually you’ll be able to use DataPass on any HP consumer or business notebook configured with a 3G modem. […]