Small Windows 8 slates will have a tough time competing on price with other cheap tablets. To compensate, Microsoft will include a free copy of Office Home and Student 2013 with “small screen” Windows 8 tablets.
This Is the World’s Quietest Place
The room, in Minneapolis, Minnesota’s Orfield Labs, is so quiet that clapping your hands sounds weird, because you hear almost zero reflected sound.
The Children Are the Future (of Online Streaming Video)
There may be another way that streaming-video services turn themselves into a mainstream alternative to regular TV: by going after your children.
Unexpected: A Sonar-Based Wireless Network that Lives in Your Body
Imagine your body colonized by devices that communicate using sonar.
Acer Aspire R7 Review: The Star Trek Laptop Needs a Next Generation
While the Acer Aspire R7 has promotional ties to Star Trek, I’m hoping it appears in a sequel long before the crew of the Enterprise does.
Zeus: Bank Account Stealing Trojan Virus Spreading on Facebook
A gang of international cybercrooks has resurrected a six-year-old Trojan virus named Zeus, using it to harvest personal information and drain unsuspecting victims’ bank accounts.
The Best Affordable Outdoor Speakers
There are lots of options for speakers that will let you take big sound into the great outdoors—and some of them are even portable so they can accompany you to the park or on a picnic, too.
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Sony’s Second-Generation Duo Is a Windows 8 Slider That Makes Sense
This second-generation tablet-laptop hybrid offers a bigger screen, a slicker hinge and longer battery life.
Three Features Apple’s Rumored Streaming Music Service Probably Wouldn’t Support
Apple may unveil a streaming music service at WWDC next week.
How Much Is Your Facebook Data Worth? A Can of Pepsi, Right?
The concept is simple: Like Pepsi on Facebook and get a free can of Pepsi from a space-age vending machine that doesn’t accept money — it only accepts Facebook Likes. It’s a great marketing stunt, no?
Intel: Don’t Worry, Many More Hybrids Are Coming
Intel says there will be plenty of opportunities for the right Windows 8 hybrid to come along later this year.
Finally Answered: Take the Screens of All the iPhones Sold and This Is How Big the Super Screen Would Be
Here it is: the answer to the question that’s been running my life since 2007.