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  • Archos bringing Windows 7 tablet to US, actually dates Android device

    It won’t be very surprising when we start seeing announcements of netbooks carrying Windows 7 as the release of the OS draws closer.  Although, it seemed more likely to see a netbook announced with the OS before a tablet, despite the multi-touch features in Windows 7.  However, Archos decided to announce its tablet is coming to the US before anyone could get their netbooks announcements out of the way. We’ve actually seen the Archos 9…

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Acer puts out cheap Blu-ray enabled notebook

by Shawn Ingram on Jun 22, 2009 at 11:11 AM

Last week, Sony announced a line of cheaper notebooks that featured Blu-ray drives.  While nobody would ever accuse Sony of being the cheapest anything, the Vaio NW starting point at $880 was one of the cheapest entry level Blu-ray notebooks.  Not to be outdone by anyone in price, Acer is… Continue Reading »

Acer introduces some new, green monitors

by Natesh Sood on Jun 18, 2009 at 07:22 PM

Monitors that don’t consume a whole lot of energy are starting to become more and more popular as the public becomes more energy conscientious.  Today, the Japanese Acer released some information on two new monitors they started shipping today.  The two new monitors include the Acer V193WBbmd and Acer V223WBbmd,… Continue Reading »

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Cideko introduces wireless keyboard plus mouse

by Natesh Sood on Jun 17, 2009 at 07:18 PM

I’ve seen wireless keyboards, wireless mice, and wireless mouse devices that work in mid-air.  However, I have never seen a wireless keyboard that acts like a mouse before.  At Computex 2009, Cideko had on display a new gaming keyboard that would act like a 3D mouse when moved around in… Continue Reading »

HP Artist Edition 2: This isn’t your father’s notebook

by Jodie Andrefski on Jun 9, 2009 at 03:21 PM

Every product hitting the market tries for an angle to reach a target demographic.  Someone to sell their stuff to.  And HP really throws age distinction into the ring with their latest offering, the Artist Edition 2 Notebook PC. The big angle on this one?  Youth.  It’s like they are… Continue Reading »

Acer looking to release a 3D enabled notebook

by Shawn Ingram on Jun 8, 2009 at 11:10 AM

Digital 3D is becoming quite popular in movie theaters as of late.  Even the latest Pixar film, “Up,” is using the technology.  The only problem with Digital 3D is it tends to get lost in translation over to Blu-ray or DVD releases.  Without a display that is made for the… Continue Reading »

Lenovo introduces first Ion based netbook

by Shawn Ingram on May 25, 2009 at 11:27 AM

Lat week we saw Asus’s Italy-only ATI GPU-equipped netbook.  It looked to be promising, making it possible to do more graphically intense tasks than standard netbooks.  Now it might seem a bit outdated, however, as Lenovo is finally bringing a new chip base to netbooks. The Lenovo IdeaPad S12 is… Continue Reading »

Pogoplug puts in some new features in their tiny product

by Iyaz Akhtar on May 20, 2009 at 12:00 PM

The Pogoplug, the tiny device connects any USB drive to the internet, is rolling out some new features this week.  These features streamline things allowing you to send out links to more than one person at a time.  You’ll be able to find files faster via the web or the… Continue Reading »

Solid state drives in servers?  It’s coming.

by Iyaz Akhtar on May 19, 2009 at 03:14 PM

Fusion-io, who has an awesome front page image (as seen above), is working with Samsung to put in solid state drives into servers.  The first thought I had was, “Why?”  After all, solid state drives make a lot more sense for portable electronics like laptops since they can increase battery… Continue Reading »

Intel likely to be fined by EU

by Shawn Ingram on May 11, 2009 at 12:08 PM

For the most part recently it seems that Intel can do no wrong by many people.  It keeps churning out new processors like the i7 that greatly improve on everything else on the market.  There’s also all its other random side projects that could improve any number of technologies.  None… Continue Reading »

Some chips will not run Windows 7 XP Mode

by Shawn Ingram on May 6, 2009 at 02:04 PM

Last week, Microsoft’s Windows 7 team announced the XP Mode feature for the upcoming operating system.  XP Mode is intended to allow users to use their old XP applications inside Windows 7 using virtualization.  The idea was actually intended to be for businesses, which is now becoming more obvious.  Some… Continue Reading »

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