Steve Jobs and the Cotton Gin
Editorial by Andrew McAffee: Steve Jobs and Eli Whitney are not often seen as similar figures in history. Perhaps this is because there is too much historical distance between us and Mr. Whitney, and...
View ArticleBarnes and Noble: Not out of the Tablet Game
After the (frankly) strong showing from Amazon with its new Fire lineup, it left many of us wondering if we would see return-fire from the good ship B&N. The Shots have been fired, and at...
View ArticleStudy Shows 1/2 of Adults in US own a Tablet or Smartphone
The Pew Research Center’s Project for Excellence in Journalism completed a survey of over 9,500 adults from late June to early August, with some surprising results. Half of those polled own either a...
View ArticleAndroid Catching up to iOS in Tablet Ownership
The Pew Internet & American Life Project surveyed 9,513 U.S. adults between June-August 2012, and found that 25% of all U.S. adults have a tablet computer. The surprising news is in the increase of...
View ArticleSony Xperia Tablets Not So Splashproof After All
Just about the only feature that really differentiated Sony’s Xperia Tablet S from the rest of the android devices out there, was it’s supposed splashproof design. Now it turns out, splashproof-not so...
View ArticleOnda V801 Dual-Core Tablet
Just received this tablet recently, ordered from ipadalternative.com. First off, the shipping package is awesome-lots of cushioning around the box itself, very secure. Was shipped 9.24, arrived 10.4,...
View ArticlePC Sales Drop, Tablets and Smartphones the Reason?
Recent figures from two industry analysts, Gartner and IDC, show a very poor market for PC sales. The number of PCs shipped has dropped by the largest percentage in 11 years. Two factors are the main...
View ArticleMicrosoft Surface RT Tablets-Too Expensive?
Microsoft recently opened up it’s Surface RT tablets for preorders, to be delivered by October 26. The RT has basically the lite version of Windows 8, with no ability to run desktop programs. Powered...
View ArticleApple Forced to Apologize to Samsung
Following a ruling in a British court, it was determined that Samsung did not copy Apple’s tablet and smartphone designs. The humorous part of this is the UK judge saying that the Samsung tablet...
View ArticleSamsung 8-core CPU Will Arrive in 2013
Samsung is reportedly preparing to release an 8-core processor next year, sometime in February. The chip will be displayed at the International Solid State Circuits conference in San Francisco, which...
View ArticleWindows 8 Off To A Slow Start
After a month of being available to consumers, Windows 8 has only managed to penetrate to 1.2% of all Windows pcs. It also has not had the hoped-for effect of boosting pc sales-they are down 21%...
View ArticleSmartphones: ‘A Current Snapshot’ and ‘Of Things To Come’
We can all thank Steve Jobs for, lacking a better phrase, revolutionizing the smartphone industry. Before Apple’s inaugural iPhone, we had the likes of barely email and internet capable smartphones...
View ArticlePloyer Momo12 10.1″ Tablet Review
Received this tablet 12.10.2012, haven’t had a lot of time to test it, but here is the first thoughts. Specs- Brand name Ployer Model Ployer momo12 CPU Rockchip RK3066, ARM Cortex A9, Dual Core 1.6GHz...
View ArticleAndroid, iOS, and-Tizen?
The odds are good you haven’t heard of Tizen, as most people aren’t aware of it. What it is, is an open-source operating system based on Linux. Samsung recently announced it will be releasing...
View ArticleNvidia’s Project Shield Portable Game Console
One of the first surprises from CES 2013 comes from Nvidia. The company announced it is developing a hand-held gaming console, putting it in competition with Nintendo and Sony. The new device will be...
View ArticleCES 2013 Video Coverage
Well, the 2013 International Consumer Electronics Show has come and gone, but relive all of the fun with us:
View ArticleShadowgun:Deadzone
Most good 3D games for your android device are going to cost you money, with a few up in the $6-$7 dollar range. For a change, you can try the game Shadowgun:Deadzone, made by Madfinger games....
View ArticleQuad-core Tablet Choices Grow
For over a year, if you wanted a quad-core cpu in a tablet, Nvidia’s Tegra3 was your only real choice. Now, there are enough different companies making quad-core solutions that you can easily get dizzy...
View ArticleMicrosoft Surface Pro Sell Out
Although the Surface RT, which runs on an ARM processor and can’t run “real” Windows programs, wasn’t a very big seller, the opposite seems to be true for the Surface Pro. Released for sale over this...
View ArticleGalaxy Note III Smartphone May Be the Most Powerful Tablet
There are lots of rumors swirling around Samsung’s next flagship smartphone, The Galaxy Note III. The Mobile World Congress begins on February 24th in Spain, and hopefully it will be unveiled then....
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