Acer Aspire S7 Ultrabooks with touchscreens and Windows 8 revealed
The wave of touchscreen-loving Windows 8 notebooks has begun at Computex with Acer‘s own Aspire S7 Ultrabook series. Here we’ve got both a 13.3-inch model and an 11.6-inch model with full 180-degree fold-back screens for your touch-loving pleasure! These models both take the Acer Aspire S3
ViewSonic VCD22 22-inch Android Smart Display hands-on (video)
Call it what you will: a 22-inch Android tablet or an ARM-based desktop. Whatever nomenclature you prefer, this much is true: the Viewsonic VCD22 is an odd bird. Though it looks like just another all-in-one desktop, it packs a TI OMAP processor and runs Android 4.0, making it one of the largest mother-loving
OLPC to bring Little Pim language teaching videos to XO laptop, underpriviledged children
One Laptop Per Child is tag-teaming it up with foreign language learning company Little Pim to teach English to underprivileged children. The initiative could help to blur the line between work and fun and lead to future opportunities for kids in an ever-increasingly global economy where English is the
A closer look at the Gigabyte X11, the world’s ‘lightest’ Ultrabook
Technically, Computex doesn’t open its show floor until tomorrow, but if you ask Gigabyte, the show has been in full swing since last week. After a little tease, the company announced the X11, an 11-inch laptop that claims to be the world’s lightest Ultrabook, at 975 grams, or 2.15 pounds. At the time,
HP Z220 and EliteBook Mobile Workstations priced for release
We had our eyes and hands on several of the models we’re getting official information on today last month, now it’s time to see what HP will be pressenting to the world in final form. First we’ve got the HP Z220 Workstations, then the HP EliteBook Mobile Workstations as well, both of
Lenovo announces IdeaPad U310 and U410 Ultrabooks with Ivy Bridge
The avalanche of news for Intel’s newest Core series of processors has truly begun, and Ultrabooks are up next. Lenovo has announced updates for their consumer IdeaPad line with the 13-inch U310 and 14-inch U410, both scheduled to go on sale today in worldwide markets and later this month in the
Galaxy S III announced for five USA carriers at once
Samsung has announced today that their next hero device, the Samsung Galaxy S III, will be coming to five major mobile carriers here in the United States starting all at once. In addition to the top four carriers starting at $199 on-contract, Verizon, T-Mobile, and AT&T will be joined by U.S. Wireless
What Lies Beyond The Check-In: Foursquare To Launch Big New Redesign Next Week
If you’re following Foursquare on Twitter, you’ve probably noticed that the check-in champions have been teasing the release of the "all new Foursquare" app for the last few days, dropping hints that it was coming soon to app stores near you.
Continuing to use the hashtag #allnew4sq, Foursquare last
Samsung Galaxy S III coming to AT&T, Sprint, T-Mobile, Verizon Wireless and US Cellular this month
Official is as official does… right? In a bid to one-up the Galaxy S II’s launch here in the States, Samsung has just announced that five carriers will soon have their own customized versions of the Galaxy S III. And by "soon," we mean "beginning in June." AT&T, Sprint, T-Mobile, Verizon Wireless and
Woofound’s Social Events App Matches People To Places Based On Personality
Woofound, a Maryland-based startup aiming to match your personality to things you want to do, is today launching its iOS application nationwide. The app turns rating activities, places and restaurants into a simple, visual game in order to serve up highly personalized recommendations. You rate things