Personal Computers

Asus on Friday announced the first shipments of its Eee Pad Transformer, which are directed to Taiwan. The Eee Pad Transformer is so named because it uses an optional docking station that provides a full QWERTY keyboard with unique Android function keys. This tablet runs on an Nvidia Tegra 2 dual-co...

Sony is readying a hybrid Vaio notebook with a docking system that augments its hardware, as well as another Vaio sporting Chrome OS, according to a report in SonyInsider. The so-called hybrid notebook will feature the communications technology Apple introduced as "Thunderbolt" recently in its MacB...

Mobile is getting grounded, HP CEO Leo Apotheker has announced. In 2012, HP will include the mobile operating system it purchased with Palm in 2009, webOS, on every PC it ships, along with the latest version of stationary computing standard Microsoft Windows. HP seeks to expand the webOS platform's ...

The biggest event last week was Apple's launch of the iPad with Steve Jobs presenting it. While many seem to see the new iPad as an iterative release and not as exciting as the first one, I think it will quickly eclipse its predecessor. It is vastly more capable and moves even closer to being a ful...

OPINION

Making Steve Jobs Immortal

Last week, I tried to come up with some epic things I would like to think I'd do were I given six weeks to live -- a rumor that's been floating around about Steve Jobs -- and was as insanely wealthy as he is. The purpose was to focus on something other than the end we will all eventually share. On...

Science fiction enthusiasts could probably connect over plans Microsoft announced Monday for Kinect, the company's interactive gaming add-on for the Xbox 360. A software developers kit is on the way, Microsoft representatives told journalists at a sneak-peek event that featured a Kinect digital ren...

AT&T has announced that the Motorola Atrix 4G smartphone will be available for preorder Feb. 13. The carrier also disclosed new information about pricing. For example, an Atrix 4G will cost $199.99 with a two-year service agreement. AT&T will also offer bundled pricing for the Atrix 4G and o...

LIVE FROM CES

Verizon Trots Out Its LTE Litter

Verizon aims to populate its nascent 4G LTE wireless network with nearly a dozen new devices over the next six months, the company revealed Thursday at its press event at the Consumer Electronics show. It showed off four smartphones, two tablets, two small notebook computers and two mobile hotspots....

Another year is about over, and many of us are now given time to spend with our friends and families thinking back on the year that was and ahead to the year that will be. We have been and are defined by the choices we make, and often we can learn from the mistakes of others as well as their suc...

Does the Netbook Have a Life?

Trends have always come and gone, but when it comes to all-things-tech, the speed of change is faster than an Internet minute. It isn't that tech users are all that fickle; it's that the environment around them is constantly changing. Take the "smartphones vs. laptops war" for example. It isn't that...

Google's testing program for its open source Chrome operating system is no ordinary beta. The company is inviting applications to be one of the reportedly 60,000 users who will be part of the beta test and receive a Cr-48 netbook loaded with Chrome OS. Google reportedly is signing up beta testers by...

VGA Given 5 Years to Live

The VGA port, the connection that's bridged computers to their monitors almost from the birth of the PC industry, is on its way out. Chip manufacturers Intel and AMD, with backing from various computer vendors, have announced their support for the venerable technology will be phased out by 2015. The...

Intel announced its latest processor, code-named "Sandy Bridge," at the Intel Developer Forum, being held in San Francisco through Wednesday. This has several new features, with a focus on providing a "rich visual experience," Intel said. The processor is scheduled to be in production this year, and...

Intel on Monday announced that 12 new netbooks based on its dual-core mobile Intel Atom processors, code-named "Pine Trail," are now available. These are available from eight vendors, including Acer, Asus, Lenovo and Toshiba. Other vendors will announce their new netbooks running the N550 soon, Inte...

India's Ministry of Human Resource Development has unveiled a prototype of a touchscreen computer that will initially cost $35. Eventually, Minister Shri Kapil Sibal said, the price will drop to $20 and then $10. In photos, the device looks much like the sleek tablet-style PCs coming on the market a...

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