The One Laptop Per Child group had hoped to show off the first version of its new tablet at CES in January, but according to founder Nicholas Negroponte, it looks like the tablet will be about 45 days late. Instead it will make its first appearance in February. PC World interviewed Negroponte about the project, […]
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Macallan UI for Windows 7 tablets is toast
Windows 7 has taken a lot of flak for being tough to run properly on low power tablet computers with low resolution displays. While Windows 7 includes support for multitouch gestures and has nice large icons and a few other features designed to make the OS more touch-friendly than previous versions of Windows, the on-screen […]
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Asus Eee PC 1000HD turned into a Windows tablet – Video
Sure, the consumer electronics industry seems to be in the midst of a tablet frenzy, with dozens of Windows, Android, and WebOS tablets in the works. But there’s a select group of people who have never been satisfied waiting for the market to meet their needs. Instead they’ve been creating cheap Windows tablets by adding […]
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Ripple introduces new Atom powered nettops
Ripple is a Korean PC company that has a track record of pumping out lust-worthy mini-desktop computers. The company’s two latest models are tiny boxes that kind of look like they should be projectors rather than computers. Either way, it could make a decent addition to your home theater setup — although there’s no word […]
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Indian government promises to deliver 1 million $35 tablets next year
Still skeptical that India is going to be able to follow through on plans to deliver a $35 tablet? So am I. But that didn’t stop Indian Human Resources Development Minister Kapil Sibal from going on the Gadget Guru show to discuss the project. And he promises that in 2011, the Indian government will put […]
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JooJoo Tablet hack: Drop Linux and install Windows 7
The JooJoo tablet started as an ambitious project called the CrunchPad. The idea was to provide a tablet that was basically nothing but an interface for a web browser, allowing you to sit on the couch and surf, getting online in a matter of seconds. The finished product is pretty much just that — but […]
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Zoho web-based office adds universal document search
I like web-based office apps such as Google Docs and Zoho Office for a few reasons. For one thing, I tend to use several different computers on a regular basis and if all of your docs are stored online, you don’t have to waste time sending yourself copies or synchronizing your documents across different machines. […]
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Goodbye Skylight OS: Lenovo Skylight and U1 Hybrid to use Google Android
First the good news: Lenovo realized that nobody wants to use a custom Linux-based user interface with virtually no third party apps on the company’s upcoming Skylight smartbook and Lenovo IdeaPad U1 Hybrid tablet/laptop device. So Lenovo is killing the Skylight OS project and will instead use Google Android on those two devices. Now the […]
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MeeGo Linux 1.0 released for netbooks – Video
MeeGo is a custom operating system designed for netbooks, phones and other internet-connected devices. Today the MeeGo team released MeeGo v1.0 for netbooks. The operating system is primarily aimed at developers right now, since there aren’t a ton of third party applications designed to run on MeeGo yet. But the operating system is fairly stable […]
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Freescale shows concept tablets for every occasion
The folks at Freescale Semiconductor introduced a tablet reference design earlier this year that manufacturers could use to put out web tablets that should cost as little as $200. But over the past few weeks Freescale has been sharing some research on their blog indicating that tablets aren’t a one-size-fits-all category. Some people will want […]