Velocity Micro plans to launch a line of Google Android powered tablets with prices ranging from $149 to $299. The first to hit the streets will be the $199 Cruz Reader and the $149 Cruz StoryPad. Both are 7 inch tablets with 800 x 600 pixel touchscreen displays, and both are due out in August. […]
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LaCie XtremKey USB flash drive is tougher than you
USB flash drives are generally pretty sturdy, since flash storage doesn’t rely on any moving parts. But the plastic or metal casing surrounding many cheap drives can break, bend, or melt — and that can damage the storage media or the USB connector. But LaCie’s new XtremKey USB flash drive is one that you probably […]
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Laptop concept with curved design – Video
Arc Computer has put together a concept design for a notebook computer that has a curved body. At first glance, it looks silly. At second glance, I could see how it could be useful. At third glance… it just looks silly again. You can check out a few videos after the break, but here’s the […]
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Pandigital Novel eReader hacking continues: Meet the $179 Android tablet
At $179, the Pandigital Novel might not be the cheapest eBook reader around. But it’s definitely one of the cheapest general purpose Android tablets available in the US… even if that isn’t how the company is marketing the device. Thing is, it has a 7 inch, color touchscreen display and runs Google Android. All you […]
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Microsoft invites iPad users to participate in a study
Sure, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer seems pretty confident that we’ll start to see Windows 7 Slates from big name PC makers before the end of the year. But that doesn’t mean Microsoft doesn’t have anything to learn from the Apple iPad. In fact, the company is inviting iPad users to come to Microsoft’s Redmond campus […]
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Rumor: BlackBerry tablet powered by a 1GHz Marvell CPU?
Research In Motion is expected to launch a BlackBerry tablet later this year or early next year. That much is pretty certain at this point. But we’ve been hearing rumors about what kind of specs the tablet will have for months, and until RIM actually gets around to announcing the device, I’m going to keep […]
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Microsoft gives customers more time to downgrade to Windows XP
Windows XP really is turning into the operating system that won’t die. The decade-old OS should have gone the way of the dodo a few times already. But while you can’t walk into most computer shops and walk out with a new-in-box Windows XP installation disk today, there are still a few ways to get […]
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Gateway announces NS notebook series
Gateway is expected to launch 4 new notebooks with Intel Core i-series processors later this month. The Gateway NS series notebooks will have screens ranging in size from 11.6 inches to 15.6 inches, and will come with Core i3, Core i5, and Core i7 mobile processors. The smallest model is the Gateway NS10, which will […]
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Barnes & Noble introduces NOOKstudy eBook software for textbooks, notes
The market for digital book readers is heating up, as is the demand (and supply) of digital books including all sorts of works of fiction and non-fiction. But one eBook market that’s still stuck in the “great potential” stage is the education market. Textbooks cost a lot of money, partially due to their limited printing […]
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Microsoft: Windows 7 slates coming this year
Tablet computers running Windows have been around for about a decade. But 2010 hasn’t been a good year for Windows tablets. Sure, Windows 7 Home Premium, Professional, and Ultimate editions all have built-in support for touchscreen displays and multitouch gestures. But the Windows tablets of yesteryear were expensive (often running $1500 or more), bulky (often […]