PCs, Notebooks, Netbooks & Tablets Category - Page 78
Mac OS X 10.8 Currently Being Tested, Say Reports [Newest Version Of Apple's Hotly Popular OS Is Currently Undergoing Testing At Apple's Main Facility, Current Name Not Yet Known]
Seems like only yesterday we were talking about Mac OS X Lion (turns out it was only just July), or 10.7 if you’d rather have the decimal equivalent. And while Lion was an impressive download that kept a lot of people interested, not to mention overtaxed a lot of download [...]
Apple Store iOS App to Let Users Self-Checkout at Apple Retail Stores [Want to Buy Computers & Accessories From an Apple Store But Don't Want to Line Up to Pay? There's An App For That!]
There’s an app for everything, apparently. For buying accessories for your iDevice at the local Apple retail store, you can use Apple’s own Apple Store App to checkout even without falling in line.
Smartphones, Tablets, E-Readers Become Physically Heavier With More Data [The More Apps, Ebooks, Information You Add to Your Kindle, Android or iOS Device, the Heavier it Gets]
The gadget genius in most of us will argue that data in our smartphones, tablets and e-readers will not take up weight. But, boy were we wrong.
webOS Not Yet Dead Says HP, But No Definite Plans At This Point [TouchPad Tablet Might Still Run webOS But HP Says They're Looking Into Options for the Future of webOS]
webOS is not yet dead, according to Hewlett-Packard. This is a follow-up to earlier reports that HP was pulling the plug on its webOS division.
Xbox Companion Shown off at Nokia World [Microsoft's Xbox Companion App for Windows Phone 7 Controls Video Playback on Xbox, Displays Metadata & Offers Search Functionality]
Microsoft and Nokia are serious in their partnership, which is evident in the recently-concluded Nokia World 2011, where developers and users got a glimpse of upcoming Microsoft and Windows Phone 7 technologies.
Ubuntu Linux to Run Smartphones, Tablets & Smart TVs [Canonical's Ubuntu Linux Plans to Challenge Android, iOS, Windows 8 in the Smartphone, Tablet & Embedded Device Market]
Ubuntu Linux may be one of the more popular consumer- and server-oriented Linux distributions around. But Ubuntu’s creator, Canonical, wants to make a play for smartphones, tablets and embedded devices, as well.
Skype Bans Reverse-Engineering of Skype Protocol ["Epycs" Open-Source Code & Application With Support for Skype Messaging & Features Being Blocked]
Skype is going after application developers who have reverse-engineered Skype’s protocol in an attempt to improve how third-party applications can communicate with Skype users.
Steve Jobs’ Last Moments Described in Sister’s Eulogy [The New York Times Published Mona Simpson’s Eulogy Delivered at the Memorial Service at the Memorial Church of Stanford University]
I’m not nearly half way through “Steve Jobs” and I must say I believe Walter Isaacson really managed to capture the intensity of Steve Jobs in the official biography. Jobs was not a saint and he was not a villain. But he was a visionary, a person very passionate about [...]
Apple Might Be Developing 3D Maps [Apple's Activities Hints At 3D Map Development To Compete against Google Maps]
Apple’s devices have been depending on Google for maps forever. But for quite a while now, Apple has apparently been looking to coming up with its own map for the iDevices, and has been acquiring smaller companies for years. Now with the acquisition of 3D mapping company C3 Technologies, Apple’s [...]
32GB HP TouchPad Available from Best Buy on November 1, With a Catch [Last Batch of TouchPad Firesale Units Will Sell Bundled With HP Computers]
Earlier this week, HP announced it has completely run out of TouchPad units, but if you still haven’t purchased your ultra cheap tablet there’s still hope. Like we already told you, Best Buy is the place to go for your very-late TouchPad purchase, but there’s a twist involved, which some [...]

