Updates to Amazon’s Kindle have been fast and furious lately. Today Amazon introduced a new Kindle DX with a lower price and higher contrast display. The 9.7-inch DX now comes in a graphite colorway with an updated e-ink display that’s 50 percent higher in contrast to the previous model for cleaner text and sharper images. …
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Cisco Promises Wi-Fi-enabled Flip
File this under “It’s about damn time”.
Speaking to Computerworld at Cisco’s annual Cisco Live! Conference, Marthin De Beer, senior VP of emerging technologies, detailed a couple consumer focused points about what’s in the pipeline.
• a Wi-Fi-enabled Flip camera is on the way and will likely be available in time for …
Microsoft Kin Is No More
Less than two months after the launch of KIN, Microsoft has decided to kill the entire initiative and integrate the team into the Windows Phone 7 group. Who knows how many millions of dollars went into the development of KIN aka Project Pink, marketing, concerts, etc. but we won’t be seeing any other KIN devices in the future. …
How to Quickly Tune Up Your PC
There are thousands upon thousands of step-by-step guides that’ll show you how to de-gunk your PC in the event of system slowdowns, crashes, and viruses. This one’s built for speed and can be done on a semi-regular basis if you just want to tidy things up a bit.
You’ll need to download, install, and run these three programs in this …
HP EliteBook 2540p Review: Elite Features Offset the Elite Price
While $1,629 seems like a lot to spend on a notebook nowadays, it’s oddly comforting to know that you can get a decked-out computer with very few compromises for well shy of two grand.
Such is the case of HP’s EliteBook 2540p, a 12-inch rugged-but-portable notebook with a low-voltage Intel Core i7 processor, six-cell battery, Windows …
PSA: Sony Recalls 233,000 VAIO Laptops Due to Burn Hazard
There’s been a recall issued for Sony VAIO laptops in the VPCF11 series (shown above) and the VPCCW2 series (shown below).
These particular models would have been sold at Best Buy, Costco, Frys, Amazon, and directly from Sony between January and April of this year for prices between $800 and $1,500.
According to the recall, …
Leaked Apple Docs Explain How to Handle iPhone 4 Reception Complaints
If you’ve been experiencing less than optimal signal strength with your new iPhone 4, your options thus far are to hold it differently, find some tape, or call AppleCare for a solution.
Calling AppleCare doesn’t look like it’s going to be all that productive, though, as documents apparently leaked to The Boy Genius Report explain …
Bloomberg’s Sources Say Verizon iPhone In January
According to Bloomberg and its two sources, Verizon will begin offering the iPhone in January when AT&T’s exclusivity contract ends on the Apple device. Does this rumor hold water? It’s anyone’s guess at this point, but recent reports suggest that AT&T’s reign of terror could end in January.
The best part of Bloomberg’s …
Ducati Multistrada Takes Pikes Peak, Whole Thing Documented With iPhone 4s
Ducati’s recently revamped dual-sport Multistrada is a site to behold. Having seen one in person, I can honestly say that it’s a gorgeous machine. I’m partial to Ducati’s, sure, but the Multistrada is a technological marvel, giving owners four-bikes-in-one. With a Multistrada, you can switch between Sport, Touring, Urban or …
Hulu Plus: Every Episode from Every Season for $10 Per Month
Here’s the deal with Hulu Plus. You pay Hulu $10 per month and they’ll let you watch every episode from every season of every show they offer from the likes of ABC, NBC, and FOX. Oh, and you can watch on your computer, your iPhone, your iPad, or your TV (provided you have an internet-connected TV or Blu-ray player made by Samsung). Hulu …
Seagate Breaks Records With 3TB Drive
A hard drive, really? I know hard drives aren’t the sexiest things in the world to read about, but I swear that this one is. When a press release for 3.5-inch 3TB external drive that costs $250 pops up in your e-mail, you take notice.
Seagate’s FreeAgent GoFlex Desk (WTF is up with that name?) drive is the world’s first 3TB …
What Would it Take for Google to Lure You Away from Facebook?
There’s some pitter-patter on the worldwide web concerning a rumored project simply known as Google Me. It all started with a Twitter update from Digg founder Kevin Rose saying that he’d heard a rumor from a “very credible source” that Google would be launching a “Facebook competitor very soon” called Google Me. That tweet has since been …