HP in an expansion of its mouse and keyboard line on Thursday claimed a first by shipping the first practical Wi-Fi mouse (pictured on the left). The simply titled Wi-Fi Mobile Mouse can pair up without needing either a USB adapter or Bluetooth. Its implementation is currently Windows-only, but it gives a much longer runtime […]
Panasonic confirmed rumors Thursday by launching its first third-generation Lumix, the G3. The camera is considered the smallest swappable-lens model to still pack a viewfinder and does so by moving some of its button and dial controls to its three-inch, swiveling touchscreen. Autofocusing is also much more powerful: it now can not only get finer-grained […]
Twitter in a post undertook its first major remake of its mobile website in over a year. The new version takes direct cues from the iOS and Android mobile apps with the same basic navigation bar and touch-friendly buttons. The page can scale up to tablet size and uses HTML5 to achieve many of the […]
Google during its I/O day two keynote confirmed the launch details of the very first Chrome OS notebooks. Acer and Samsung will both have models on sale June 15 through Amazon and Best Buy and are promising roughly the same level of performance. Since they both boot to a browser from SSDs, they have eight-second […]
Gartner predicts that prices for SSD (Solid State Drive) storage drives will drop below $1 per gigabyte in the second half of 2012. That’s about 1/2 of current prices. SSDs, which use NAND flash technology are smaller, more power efficient and faster than conventional hard drives, but their high price and smaller capacities have limited […]
A Google I/O post-keynote presentation and a post Wednesday revealed that Google is again revamping Android Market. The store will now be much more visual with banners and other elements highlighting apps instead of the carousel of today. Users will also get app recommendations based on their history as well as similar categories, such as […]
Google during its I/O day two presentation revealed the very first non-notebook Chrome OS device. A Samsung made mini desktop was unveiled that resembles a cross between a Mac mini and an iPhone 4. Very few details emerged, but the system was designed primarily for the workplace where users might want to drive larger displays, […]
Otterbox will officially launch its Defender series case for the iPad 2 on Friday, offering the same impact-absorbing protection found in the original Defender case with 20 percent less weight to match the iPad 2’s lighter, thinner specifications. The Defender features a clip-on touch screen cover that offers a fold-out stand for either typing or […]
Twitter has published an updated version of its official Mac client, v2.1. The upgrade makes a host of enhancements, most notably support for multiple windows. The interfaces for windows, user profiles and message conversations have been redesigned, and usernames and hashtags can now autocomplete. For more technically savvy users the software has gained a developer […]
Apple today released a minor update to iPhoto, now at version 9.1.3, to correct an issue where merged events would spontaneously be split back into separate events when synched with an iOS device. The update is 106.29MB in size and is recommended for all iPhoto and iLife ’11 users. It is now available either directly […]
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