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…
iOS 6: Top Features We Expect to See at WWDC 2012
iOS 6: Top Features We Expect to See at WWDC 2012(Photo: Apple | Mobile & Apps) Apple iPhone 5 may not debut at Apple’s Worldwide Developer Conference (WWDC) being held in San Francisco in June. But the next installment of Apple’s mobile platform dubbed iOS 6 possibly will. Launched at WWDC 2011, iOS 5 The first…
Instagram used Twitter to make Facebook pay more (rumor)
…. deal, because this would mean that Instagram people are incompetent imbecile, idiots, demented, that they should be banned from doing business and possibly put in hospital for mental care. Every normal company always uses ways to negotiate better offers. So what is the point of this “news”? Emil, you are…
Does the iPad cannibalize Apple’s laptops?
Computerworld – Is Apple cutting the MacBook’s throat with the iPad? The question — whether the company’s tablet cannibalizes sales of its own portable computing line — is ultimately impossible to answer, or at least quantify: One can’t look into a counter-factual crystal ball to view an alternate universe without…
Asus Eee PC X101CH review
With high-powered skinny ultrabooks flying at us from all directions, the time of the netbook seems to be almost over. Asus, at least, thinks there’s life in the old dog yet and has brought out a couple of new models — the Eee PC 1025C and this chap here, the…
Windows 8 Update: Windows 8 preview popularity kicking Windows 7’s butt
Microsoft says that so far the Windows 8 Consumer Preview is twice as popular at this point than its predecessor Windows 7 was based on the number of downloads. The company didn’t say how many downloads that is, but claimed it is used by millions of people per day. Meanwhile, the next…
Gigabit WiFi? 802.11ac router makes it possible, starting in May
Netgear is poised to be the first networking company with a next-generation router on the marketone that has been shown to reach speeds of up to 1.3Gbps in the 5GHz band. The company’s new router is based on the as-yet-unratified 802.11ac standard, which is theoretically three times faster than the…
