ViewSonic gTablet hack: Adding GPS

In the early days of the netbook era, I was surprised to see just how much hardware hacking was going on. Back in 2007 and 2008 it seemed like every day someone took apart an Asus Eee PC or Acer Aspire One and slapped some extra hardware inside the tiny case. It turns out it [...]

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i-Buddie MeeGo tablet breaks cover

A number of manufacturers have announced plans to offer tablets and notebooks with Intel Atom Oak Trail chips… and while most of them will run Windows 7, the chipset can also handle a number of other operating systems including Google Android and MeeGo Linux. Now the folks at Engadget have spotted one of the first [...]

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Taiwanese rumors: Acer building Oak Trail Android tablet, Toshiba kills Chromebook plans

The folks at DigiTimes have a habit of digging up unofficial news about upcoming gadgets by talking to parts suppliers in Taiwan. Today the web site has two major scoops, one about Acer and the other about Toshiba — although neither story has been confirmed. Acer is reportedly planning to offer a tablet with an [...]

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enTourage eDGe content store closes, hardware could be discontinued next

The enTourage eDGe and Pocket eDGe are two of the most bizarre mobile devices to hit the market in the last few years. They're dual-screen devices running Google Android. One screen is an E Ink display while the other is a color LCD. You can run Android apps on the LCD screen or read eBooks [...]

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Asus posts teaser for a new tablet

Asus is set to introduce several new products at the Computex trade show in Taiwan beginning next week. In advance of that, Asus has begun posting teaser images and details on Facebook and at TechinStyle.tv. First up is an Asus tablet which Asus says has never been seen before. The company isn't sharing many details. [...]

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AMD introduces new low power G-Series fusion chips for fanless computers

AMD has been shedding its reputation as a company that makes powerful, but power-hungry chips. The 9 Watt AMD C-50 dual core processor can go head-to-head with Intel's latest Atom chips for netbooks in terms of performance and power consumption, while the AMD E-350 chip uses just 18W, or less than half the power of [...]

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MeeGo 1.2 coming soon to Linux distributions you probably don't use

Intel has announced that four companies have committed to using the recently released MeeGo 1.2 code in upcoming versions of their Linux-based operating systems. MeeGo offers a user interface optimized for mobile devices including phones, tablets, and netbooks, as well as performance optimizations for Intel Atom processors. Linpus, the company that developed the Linux distribution [...]

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32GB HP TouchPad to run $599?

HP hasn't announced the pricing for its upcoming TouchPad tablet line, but the folks at PreCentral got their hands on an inventory screenshot from Walmart which seems to suggest that the tablet will be priced about the same as Apple's iPad. The image shows a 32GB HP TouchPad with WiFi for $599. That's the same [...]

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Is Google's CR-48 Gasping Its Last Breath?

CR-48, Google's prototype Chrome laptop future seems to be bleak. This is mostly because of the recent announcement of the Samsung and Acer Chrome netbooks.

However, don't count it out yet. Some eager testers have finally managed to receive their own units of the sought after prototype. That may mean a new lease on life for the plucky little prototype, though don't hold your breath. Google may just be trying to get rid of its entire stock of the laptop.

Source: Engadget

 

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Older Windows apps won't run on Windows 8 for ARM

Microsoft is working on a new version of its flagship Windows operating system which will run on computers with ARM-based processors as well as x86 chips. We've known that since January. What we didn't know for certain was what it would mean for legacy apps. But now Intel is confirming that the version of Windows [...]

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