Word on the street (and by that, I mean The Street.com) is that Motorola is planning to throw its hat in the Android tablet ring later this year. the site is reporting that Motorola will launch a 10 inch tablet in November running the upcoming version of Google Android code-named “Gingerbread.” This shouldn’t come as […]
Jailbreaking, rooting phones and ripping DVDs now legal in the US
The Digital Millenium Copyright Act (DMCA) is the US copyright law that was designed ostensibly to protect the rights of content owners in the digital age. But it’s come under a lot of criticism since its establishment from those who fear that it takes away long-held “fair use” rights that let people who purchase things […]
Dell Inspiron M101z 11.6 inch notebook shows up in the UK
Dell UK has posted a product page for a new 11.6 inch laptop called the Dell Inspiron M101z. Unlike previous thin and light notebooks from Dell, this model packs an AMD processor and ATI graphics chip. In fact, the graphics and CPU components are quite similar to those of the Acer Aspire 521 which I […]
LG launches X140 netbook… in some parts of the globe
The LG X140 is a 10 inch netbook that packs a ltitle mroe punch than most other devices in its class — with an emphasis on little. The mini-laptop has a 10.1 inch, 1366 x 768 pixel display and a 1.83GHz Intel Atom N475 processor. It also comes with a 320GB hard drive. That’s compared […]
Logitech mini-keyboard turns the Dell Streak into a mini-netbook
The Dell Streak is a 5 inch Android tablet without a physical keyboard. But if you really want a keyboard for it, the folks at StreakSmart have a good idea. Logitech has been selling a 5 inch wireless keyboard called the DiNovo Mini for the past few years. It’s designed as a Bluetooth keyboard for […]
8.9 inch “Sony Style” mini laptop available for $299
We’ve seen a lot of cheap Sony Vaio P clones over the last 18 months or so. But one thing most have in common is that they tend to only be available in Asia. You know, unless someone goes through the trouble of shipping them internationally — which is exactly what Shenit.com is doing with […]
First look at the Lenovo IdeaCentre Q150 – Video
The Lenovo IdeaCentre Q150 is a ridiculously small desktop computer that also happens to pack a bit of a punch — at least in some configurations. While the base model ships with a single core Intel Atom D410 processor and Intel GMA 3150 graphics, you can spend a little more money to get the nettop […]
Chinese 8.9 inch Windows tablet hits the FCC
The FCC has just published a series of documents regarding the Sheznhen Sinchun Electronic Co’s UMPC891 tablet computer. It’s an 8.9 inch touchscreen tablet with a 1024 x 600 pixel display, a 1.6GHz Intel Atom N270 CPU, and Windows operating system. The images look awfully familiar, because they are. The picture in the user manual […]
Asus Eee PC 1018P, 1015PE reviewed
Asus recently added a few higher end netbooks to its Eee PC lineup. The Eee PC 1015PE and 1018P have all the usual netbook specs including Atom N450 processors, GMA 3150 graphics, 1GB of RAM, and Windows 7 Starter Edition. But they have sleek aluminum cases and just look nicer than most earlier Asus netbooks. […]
Meet the new HP Mini 110
Last year HP introduced a netbook called the HP Mini 110. Eventually the company phased it out and replaced it with the HP Mini 210, a smaller, thinner model with an updated processor. And then last month HP brought the HP Mini 110 back to its web store — sort of. What really happened is […]