e-Paper display for Raspberry Pi [crowdfunding]

The Raspberry Pi is a small, cheap single-board computer designed with tinkering in mind: there are connectors that let you add a range of existing accessories, or which you can use to design your own. Right now on Kickstarter, you can invest in the manufacturing of an e-paper display that is designed specifically to fit […]

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China's LeTV launches 3 smartphones with USB Type-C

You know those fancy new USB Type-C connectors Apple and Google are using in their new laptops? They’re not just for laptops. China’s LeTV has just unveiled a series of smartphones that also have USB Type-C. The LeTV One, One Pro, and Max all feature the new connectors… as well as some other pretty nifty […]

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Elementary OS 0.3 Freya released

Elementary OS 0.3 Freyas is now available for download. The latest version of the GNU/Linux-based operating system has an updated user interface, a new multitasking view, and other improvements. The team behind Elementary OS took some flak earlier this year for a perhaps poorly worded blog post suggesting that folks who use free and open […]

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Kobo Glo HD eReader with high-res display coming in May for $130

Kobo is launching a new eBook reader that has a Kindle Voyage-style display for about $70 less than the price of an Amazon Kindle Voyage. In fact, it costs just a little more than Amazon’s cheaper Kindle Paperwhite. The Kobo Glo HD is a $130 eReader that launches May 1st. We first spotted the Kobo […]

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Dell XPS 13 Developer Edition with Broadwell, Ubuntu now available

As promised, Dell is now offering XPS 13 laptops with Ubuntu Linux. The Dell XPS 13 Developer Edition is available for $949 and up. That actually makes the Ubuntu model a little more expensive than an entry-level Dell XPS 13 with Windows. But the cheapest Windows model has 4GB of RAM and an Intel Core […]

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Windows 10 gets unified store for apps, music, movies

Not sure why Microsoft needs separate stores for Windows apps, music, and videos? Neither is Microsoft… so the company is bringing them all together into a single Store. If you’re running a recent preview of Windows 10 just fire up the Windows Store app and it’ll download an update, relaunch, and show you a new […]

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BQ's Ubuntu phone is now available for anyone to buy (in the European Union)

Spanish device maker BQ started selling the smartphone running Ubuntu software earlier this year. But at the time it was only available in limited numbers through brief “flash sales.” Now anyone can buy a BQ Aquaris E4.5 Ubuntu Edition smartphone. Well, anyone in the European Union. The phone is available from BQ for € 169.90, or about […]

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PC shipments dropped last quarter, but there were winners and losers

Researchers at Gartner and IDC have released separate reports that reach the same basic conclusion: PC sales in the first quarter of 2015 were lower than during the same period a year earlier. But the reports aren’t all bad news for computer makers: A few companies also shipped more computers this year, and the launch […]

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Latest Windows 10 preview for phones adds Spartan browser, new mail, calendar, and phone apps

Microsoft has released an updated version of Windows 10 Technical Preview (build 10051) for smartphones. It’s available for most recent Lumia devices. Eventually Microsoft plans to open up the previews for non-Lumia phones as well. So what’s new in the latest build? The web browser, the mail and calendar apps, and a whole lot more. […]

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Lilbits (4-10-2015): Windows 10's dark side (err... I mean theme)

The new build of Windows 10 for phones (with the Spartan web browser and a crop of new apps) may be grabbing the spotlight today. But Microsoft is also working on an upcoming update of the Windows 10 preview for desktop computers… and, if leaked images are accurate, one of the most notable new features […]

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