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Archive for February, 2010
If you’ve been itching for the precision of a Wacom Intuos pen tablet but can’t be bogged down by wires, you’re in luck. Wacom’s new Intuos4 Wireless sends inky goodness to your PC via Bluetooth, offering freedom of movement in positioning it on your desk, kicking back in an easy chair to doodle, or turning [...]
I’m normally not a fan of interface overlays to make Windows work on a mobile PC. Inevitably, there’s a need to dig beneath the overlay, sticking you with a desktop-based interface. However, I think the ExoPC Slate with 8.9″ multi-touch screen may have remedied that problem by taking the overlay concept a necessary step further. [...]
At CES, we got a chance to sit down with folks from DisplayLink, as well as some other great bloggers, and find out what DisplayLink USB video adapters can do for us. For me, it offers something I haven’t been able to properly experience in years: an extended monitor on my Tablet PC. Let me [...]
For those folks who travel frequently, you know the value of solid Internet connectivity wherever you go, especially when you are stuck at the airport. If you were lucky to be at one of the Google sponsored airports this holiday season, you had all the WiFi access you want for free. But, the holidays are [...]
Toshiba Direct is offering the Toshiba Satellite U500-ST6344 13.3-in 2.13GHz Core i3 Dual-core Notebook for $699, a savings of $155, including free shipping. The Toshiba Satellite U500 includes 3GB RAM, a 250 GB hard drive and a LED backlit keyboard. Visit LogicBuy for more information
Amazon reversed course on its spat with Macmillan Publishing and in a message has said that it will offer Macmillan’s books at the higher price. Amazon wants to charge $9.99. Macmillan wants a higher price of $14.99. Amazon had pulled all of Macmillan’s books last week as a counter move, but I guess that strategy [...]
This will prove interesting for those who follow Dan Lyons’ alter ego, Fake Steve Jobs. Om Malik caught up with him after the iPad event and Lyons doesn’t seem all that impressed with the iPad. Of course in his real life Lyons is a tech journalist for Newsweek. But as Fake Steve he pens some [...]
Talk about product placement. Stephen Colbert pulled an iPad out of some pocket or the other to read the nominees for best song of the year at the Grammys Sunday night. I’m sure that cost a pretty penny. Via TUAW