Amazon offers its Kindle eReaders for as little as . But in order to get a Kindle at that rock bottom price you have to put up with advertisements as your screen saver. An ad-free version costs more. Up until now the only Kindle with Special Offers models have been the E Ink Kindle and [...]
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Linux Mint 13 Release Candidate now available
May 17th, 2012 
admin Linux Mint is a popular Linux-based operating system that used to be little more than a version of Ubuntu Linux with some custom tools and a custom user interface. But over the past few years Mint has come into its own as a powerful, customizable, and easy to set up operating system. The latest versions [...]
Acer Iconia Tab A700 visits the FCC, inches toward release
May 17th, 2012 admin The Acer Iconia Tab A700 is a 10 inch Android tablet with a high resolution 1920 x 1200 pixel display and an NVIDIA Tegra 3 quad-core processor. Acer started showing off an early build of the tablet at CES in January, but we haven’t seen much of it since then. Now the Iconia Tab A700 [...]
Deals of the Day (5-17-2012)
May 17th, 2012 admin Apparently it’s refurbished tablet day, because almost everywhere I look I seem to find deep discounts on refurbished tablets today — with prices ranging from 5 for a BlackBerry PlayBook to 0 for an HTC Jetstream tablet that works with AT&T’s 4G LTE network. Here are some of the day’s best deals on mobile devices [...]
10 inch netbook with Allwinner A10 CPU, Android 4.0 hits China
May 17th, 2012 admin We’ve seen plenty of Android tablets with an Allwinner A10 ARM Cortex-A8 processor. But the folks at Shanzhaiben just spotted one of the first Android netbooks powered by an A10 chip. The computer features a 10.1 inch, 1024 x 600 pixel display, a 1.1 GHz processor, 512MB of RAM, and 4GB of storage. It runs Google [...]
Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon Ultrabook
May 17th, 2012 admin The Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon ultrabook is claimed to be the the world’s thinnest and lightest ultrabook. Measuring 18.8mm thick and weighing at just 1.8Kg, the ultrabook features the latest Intel Core “Ivy Bridge” processor, a 14-inch display and a carbon fibre chassis that makes it more durable. The Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon ultrabook also [...]
VIA unveils AMOS-3002 fanless rugged PC
May 17th, 2012 admin VIA Technologies has introduced a new mini-desktop PC based around a Pico-ITX sysem board. The VIA AMOS-3002 measures just 7.8″ x 4.1″ x 1.9″ and it features a rugged case that can handle temperatures between about -4 degrees and 140 degrees depending on the configuration. It’s also vibration and shock tolerance. The little computer has [...]
Chameleon: Android home screen reimagined, coming in September
May 17th, 2012 admin The home screen on Android tablets works sort of like a desktop on a computer. You can arrange shortcuts for launching apps or place widgets to show the time, weather, headlines, or other information. But the folks behind Chameleon think there’s another way to use the Android home screen and they’ve developed an app for [...]
$74 PC on a stick features Allwinner A10 CPU, Android 4.0
May 17th, 2012 admin The FXI Cotton Candy is getting a lot of attention as a PC on a stick that will be available soon for just 0. But a Chinese manufacturer has beat the Cotton Candy to market with a USB thumb-drive sized computer. The Model MK802 is available from AliExpress for , or even less if you [...]
Lenovo ThinkPad Edge E530 15.6-Inch Notebook
May 17th, 2012 admin Lenovo has dropped another 15.6-inch notebook into the market called the ThinkPad Edge E530. Specs-wise, the system is equipped with a 15.6-inch 1366 x 768 LCD display, a 2.30GHz Intel Core i3-2370M processor, an Intel HM77 Express Chipset, an NVIDIA GeForce GT 630M graphics, a 2GB DDR3 RAM, a 320GB hard drive, an HD webcam, [...]
