Computers & Computing Category - Page 11

Google has launched a new service for Google Maps, Google Public Alerts, which basically tells users what’s wrong with the world, at least from the weather point of views, although other major disasters such as flood warnings, eartquakes, fires or snowstorms will also be displayed.

Nokia, once the undisputed champion on the mobile ecosystem, has a tough time keeping up with iOS and Android in the smartphone business, although you probably won’t hear that from any Nokia executives. But the fact is that at a time when Apple is talking big numbers when it comes [...]

Xbox Live is a big part of the Xbox 360 ecosystem and we’re not surprised to see Microsoft interested in making it available to as many devices as possible. Among those we naturally have the Windows Phone handsets that come with native Xbox Live integration, but considering that the platform [...]

We’ve all seen attempts to turn the iPod Touch or iPhone or even the iPad into a universal remote for your various home theater hardware. Well, today, we’ve discovered a new patent from the folks at Apple geared toward taking the universal remote concept one step farther. Not only would [...]

Okay, if you missed out on the HP TouchPad debacle, and aren’t too convinced that the Kindle Fire is the route you want to go in terms of tablet, then the folks out at ZTE have a solution for you. It’s cheap, it’s reasonably fast, and it’s got a Sprint [...]

We have seen quite a bit in terms of the Lenovo ThinkPad X130e notebooks over the past few months. Unfortunately though, we have yet to see them begin shipping just yet. But that being said, it looks like that statement may be changing soon enough.

Logitech just put out some reports for its third quarter of fiscal year 2012, and the news is actually looking pretty good both for them and for us, the regular home theater user. The news is especially good if you liked Logitech’s Harmony remote line for your home theater usage, [...]

It seems fair to say that more people are probably waiting for RIM to release PlayBook OS 2.0 than people waiting for a follow-up PlayBook tablet. Of course, that is just one persons opinion. Either way though, judging from these leaked presentation slides — it looks like RIM has another [...]

While portable scanners are not a new item, we do have a new model that has recently been announced. The model is the Doxie Go + Wi-Fi and as the name implies — it comes complete with built-in Wi-Fi. The scanner is available as of now and will not only [...]

AT&T has officially posted their Q4 2011 quarterly earnings report and it comes filled with terms including best-ever, largest increase and looks to be all about growth. Not to mention, the 2012 outlook is noted as being for “solid revenue, margins and earnings growth with strong free cash flow.”