Computers
Android 2.2 unveiled at Google I/O 2010
Folks who have been using Android-powered devices will be pleased to know that Android 2.2 is finally out, having been announced at Google I/O 2010 yesterday in San Francisco. This is the seventh platform update since Android 1.0 rolled out earlier in September 2008, and you can bet your bottom dollar that a whole slew [...]
HP EliteBook 8440w
HP EliteBook 8440W: Rugged, Powerful Business Laptop Lacks Multimedia Polish HP EliteBook 8440w laptopThe HP EliteBook 8440w won’t win awards for ultrathin design elements or elegant looks, but underneath the almost military-style exterior is a dual-core (with Hyperthreading) Intel CPU coupled with an nVidia Quadro FX 380M professional-grade graphics processor. When you first unpack the [...]
Sony VAIO EB12FX/T
Sony VAIO EB12FX/T: High Style Without the High Price The Sony VAIO EB12FX/T is an affordable all-purpose notebook that impresses with its style, features, and affordable price–but it is also marred by mediocre performance. It looks great and has most of the features you’d expect in a notebook costing around $750. The earthy brown finish, [...]
Dell’s latest Series of Desktops and Laptops Introduced
Dell, along with the launch, also unveiled its new consumer marketing campaign assuring its users to deliver personalized devices offering a great digital experience, almost anywhere around the globe. The latest PCs introduced are: • Inspiron 530, 530s and 531, 531s desktops • Inspiron 1720, 1721 (17-inch), Inspiron 1520 and 1521 (15.4-inch), Inspiron 1420 (14.1 [...]
AMD unveils ‘world’s fastest’ graphics card
Advanced Micro Devices is laying claim to the world’s fastest graphics card at it continues an assault on Nvidia at the high-end of the graphics chip market. ATI Radeon HD 5970 packs two fast graphics chips HD 5970 packs two fast graphics chips (Credit: Advanced Micro Devices) As teased last week by AMD senior vice [...]
AMD upgraded as ‘Fusion,’ 16-core chip future looms
Advanced Micro Devices stock was upgraded Thursday by Broadpoint AmTech analyst Doug Freedman, citing a solid product road map and debt restructuring efforts. AMD was trading above $7 midday on Thursday, high above the $3.50 (approximate) lows seen back in July of this year. Freedman said in a research note Thursday that he is upgrading [...]
Will the ‘smartbook’ be a better Netbook?
The “smartbook” aspires to put the smartphone into the laptop. Will it be able to elevate an Apple iPhone or Motorola Droid-like experience to a larger device, or is it just more marketing mumbo-jumbo? Two companies are hoping that the smartbook will turn out to be more than just another quickly-forgotten device sales pitch. Qualcomm [...]
Windows, Netbook. Android, smartbook? Hmm
As a German company defends the “Smartbook” trademark, its actions underscore what happens when companies gratuitously heap new category monikers on top of existing–and perfectly adequate–naming schemes. Smartbook’s Heaven Puro is, in fact, a Netbook. Smartbook’s Heaven Puro is, in fact, a Netbook. (Credit: Smartbook) Question: what do Netbooks and smartbooks have in common? Besides [...]
Intel sees rush to Netbook app store
As Intel and PC makers prepare to launch an app store for Netbooks in 2010, the emphasis is on speed. “We have a lot of developers right now jumping all over this and writing apps and getting them ready,” Scott Apeland, director of Intel’s Developer Network, told CNET Wednesday. “Today, you can actually submit applications [...]
Investor forecasts show Psystar is crazy
Psystar’s recent legal woes keep proving the company’s insanity. New documents show that these guys planned to sell at least 1.45 million Mac clones by 2011. How many did they actually sell in the past year? 768. The best part is those are conservative estimates. According to Psystar’s aggressive predictions (divulged in legal documents as [...]