Eurocom Unveils Netbook-sized Ivybridge Workstation
Laptop specialist Eurocom has unveiled a laptop that looks like a netbook but packs enough punch to make it competitive with much bigger desktop replacement workstations. The Monster 1.0 weighs only 1.8Kg but comes with an Intel i7-3820QM processor, an Intel Mobile HM76 Express chipset, up to 16GB DDR3-1866 memory,…
Apple Drops Android Support From Chomp App Discovery Tool
After buying the mobile application discovery engine Chomp earlier this year, Apple has dropped its support for Google’s Android mobile operating system. Until now, Chomp offered app suggestions for Apple’s iOS and Google’s Android. AppleInsider is reporting, however, that its readers discovered that Chomp no longer works on Android phones….
Sol Computer netbook is one tough cookie
Netbooks are not in vogue, and have not been so for quite the longest time already, but apparently, this has not stopped Sol Computer from releasing their latest netbook that is based on the Intel Classmate PC design. Basically, that translates to the new Sol Computer netbook living up to…
The 2012 VEX Robotics World Championships
Last weekend, and the week preceding it, my daughter and I attended the 2012 VEX Robotics World Championships at the Anaheim Convention Center. This is my fourth and her second year working at the event and it was the most rewarding yet. I was very happy with the venue this This…
Foursquare v3.9 Adds NFC, Inbox Notifications, & More
Quite a few readers let us know that Foursquare has released a nice update to their BlackBerry app this weekend. The new update does improve the BlackBerry app experience with some nice tweaks along with improvements to make the app faster and improve GPS logic. My favorite is that they…
Will the next NOOK Tablet run Windows 8?
An offshoot of the investment by Microsoft into the new NOOK subsidiary of Barnes & Noble may be having Windows 8 instead of Android powering the next NOOK Tablet. That would boost Windows 8 and Windows Phone, and help Barnes & Noble with sorely needed development assets. Microsoft will be investing $300 Part…
HP Slate 8 Tablet Thinner than iPad, Runs Windows 8
With the upcoming release of Microsoft’s Windows 8 operating system, it’s small wonder that images and information about notebooks, PCs and tablets are starting to leak onto the Web. The latest “leak” concerns Hewlett-Packard’s (HP) Slate 8 tablet, an image and info of which were posted on the tech site Based on…
Google and Oracle ‘Experts’ Clash Over Android’s Java Mimic
Google and Oracle are in court to decide whether the search giant infringed on Java-related copyrights and patents with its Android operating system. Photo: s_falkow/Flickr The code used to run Java applications on Google’s Android operating system is “completely different” from the code that underpins Oracle’s Java platform,…
HDTV and Home Theater Podcast Podcast #528: Mohu Leaf Plus Amplified Indoor …
We reviewed the Mohu Leaf Indoor HDTV Antenna back in July (Podcast #489) and thought it was the best indoor HDTV antenna we have ever tested. We’re here to tell you that is no longer the case. Enter the Mohu Leaf Plus Amplified Indoor Antenna (Buy Now $73.99) The Mohu Plus antenna…
Apple in talks to Stream EPIX to devices including HDTV
Apple Inc began talks earlier this year to stream films owned by EPIX, which is backed by three major movie studios, on devices including a long-anticipated TV, according to two people with knowledge of the negotiations. Apple opened discussions with three-year-old EPIX, created by Lions Gate Entertainment Corp, MGM and…