Sunday, January 4, 2015

Panasonic's 1.6 pound laptop with Core M now available in the US (for a steep price)

The Panasonic Let’s Note RZ4 may be the lightest-weight notebook with an Intel Core M processor. First introduced in Japan in October, the Let’s Note RZ4 has a 10.1 inch full HD display, an Intel Broadwell processor and up to 14 hours of battery life. It also weighs just 1.64 pounds. At launch this little computer was […]

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Wearables: Withings, Omate, Polar launch new smartwatches, fitness trackers

Just in case you weren’t sure wearable would be ubiquitous at CES this year, three companies unveiled new smartwatches and fitness trackers just hours ahead of the official start of the show. Polar has a new fitness tracking watch, Withings has a cheaper alternative to the stylish Activité watch/activity tracker, and Omate is adding two new watches […]

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Deals of the Day (1-02-2014)

The Lenovo Yoga Tablet 2 8 is an Android tablet with an Intel Atom Bay Trail processor, 2GB of RAM, a 1920 x 1200 pixel display, long battery life, and a built-in kickstand. Normally Lenovo charges $250 for this tablet, but right now it’s on sale for $20 off… or $50 off if you use […]

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Zotac to expand its ZBOX line of tiny desktop PCs

Zotac has announced plans to expand the ZBOX family of small form-factor desktop computers this year. The company will be showing off several new models in Las Vegas during the week of CES, including new Pico, E-Series, and C-Series models. The Zotac ZBOX C-series desktops are interesting because they’re passively cooled. That means these little […]

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Montblanc e-Strap makes your luxury watch smart(er)

Kairos isn’t the only company that figures there are folks in the market for a smartwatch who don’t want to give up on luxury time pieces… so the solution could be a smart wrist-strap. Luxury watch company Montblanc has just introduced it’s own smart accessory, which it calls an e-Strap. It’s a leather wrist-strap with […]

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Thursday, January 1, 2015

Samsung's 2015 Smart TV lineup is powered by Tizen

Samsung already sells smartwatches and cameras running software based on the Tizen Linux operating system. The company plans to launch Tizen phones soon, and last summer Samsung introduced tools to let developers create apps for smart televisions running Tizen. Now the company has announced that its first Tizen-based TVs will launch in 2015. In fact, all of […]

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Is this Xiaomi's first laptop? Update: Nope

Chinese device maker Xiaomi has branched out beyond smartphones recently, offering fitness trackers, televisions, gaming accessories, and even a blood pressure monitor. Now there are reports that the first Xiaomi laptop may be on the way. Update: While there are rumors that a Xiaomi notebook is under development, the company denies that the photo making the […]

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Mr.NUC V6 is a $299 mini PC kit with Intel Core i3 Haswell

There’s no shortage of tiny desktop computers these days. Some models have ARM-based chips, while others have low-power Intel Bay Trail processors. And then there’s Intel’s NUC line of mini-desktops, which have Intel Core series chips. A Chinese device maker has apparently decided to capitalize on the NUC name by launching its own small form-factor […]

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Crouton for Chromebooks: Run Ubuntu in a browser tab

Crouton is a script that lets you run Ubuntu or Debian on a Chromebook without uninstalling Chrome OS. Developed by David Schneider, the tool has been around for a few years, offering an easy way to run native desktop Linux apps such as GIMP, LibreOffice, and even Firefox on Chrome OS laptops and desktops. But […]

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Kodak smartphones and tablets coming in 2015 (for what it's worth)

A line of Android phones and tablets bearing the Kodak name will launch in 2015, with the first Kodak smartphone launching at the Consumer Electronics Show in January. But while Kodak used to be a big name in camera and film technology, the company has fallen on hard times in recent years… and these new Android […]

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