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Magic W3 is the first pocketable Windows 7 micro PC with telephony

, Feb 24th 2011 Discuss [4]

AdvanceTC has unveiled a slick looking little computer called the Magix W3 that is hailed as the world's first pocketable Windows 7 microcomputer with integrated telephony. What that means is the little device is like a fat smartphone, but packs in the full Windows 7 Home OS along with hardware that sounds like something you would find inside a netbook. Read The Full Story

Survey Says: Consumers want easier, not cooler gadgets

, Feb 13th 2011 Discuss [3]

According to a new survey, more than half of American and British consumers would rather have an easy to use gadget that works consistently, than a "cool," but complicated gadget.  The survey also says that while consumers will embrace innovation and pay extra for smarter devices that can automatically handle their daily needs, but they're becoming extremely frustrated with gadgets that freeze or crash on a regular basis.  Does this mean that new technologies are moving faster than the public can embrace them?  The survey seems to suggest so. Read The Full Story

SlashGear Week in Review- Week 7 2011

, Feb 13th 2011 Discuss [0]

Welcome to another edition of the SlashGear Week in Review! Before we get into the meat today, I want to note that SlashGear will be at MWC 2011 next week and you can get your MWC fix by following the "MWC 2011" tag. Monday Canon outted a pair of new DSLR cameras for the entry-level user called the T3i and the T3. The cameras have nice features, the T3i will sell for $899.99 in kit form, and the T3 will be $599.99 in kit form. Read The Full Story

Scythe Gouriki 3 PSU breaks cover

, Feb 10th 2011 Discuss [0]

Scythe has a lot of cooling gear for CPUs and the company makes more than just cooling products. The latest new product to hit market from Scythe is a new series of PSUs for computers called Gouriki 3. The PSU comes in three different versions with different power ratings. Read The Full Story

IBM Presents Centennial Short Film, 100 Years of Achievements That’ve Changed the World

, Jan 28th 2011 Discuss [2]

IBM has released a short film that almost went directly under our radar. It was released relatively quietly a few days ago, and tells an engaging story about their history and how through the 100 years they've been active, they've achieved many things that have changed the world. This film tells the history of IBM with one hundred ladies and gentlemen who were born along IBM's timeline, each of them 1 year younger than the last. Behold 13 minutes of tale telling. Read The Full Story

AIS unveils new 15-inch touch panel PCs for industry

, Jan 24th 2011 Discuss [0]

AIS has pulled the wraps off a new series of touchscreen computers designed for industrial use as touch panel PC controllers for various needs. The machines all have Intel Atom processors inside running at 1.6GHz and they have a 2.5W TDP. The cool running nature of the machines means that they are all passively cooled and have no fans inside. Read The Full Story

New Study Shows Kids Are Losing Touch with Reality, Focusing on a Virtual Existence

, Jan 20th 2011 Discuss [1]

Yesterday, we reported that 7,000 students in Florida were currently enrolled in an e-learning classroom, where a teacher wasn't required, if not needed at all, and learned core lessons from a computer. We've seen how education departments trying to save money have turned to robots to help in any way they can. And, further back, we've seen how the iPad was being made part of lesson plans in some schools. The "negatives" of these changes are obvious, but new research may show us, bluntly, why this future may not be the best for our kids. Read The Full Story

7,000 Students in Florida Public School District Enrolled in Virtual Classrooms

, Jan 19th 2011 Discuss [2]

Trying to save costs is part of a business. No matter the business, saving money, so that money can be spent in other key areas, is the way the world turns. For teachers, unfortunately, it usually means that something gets cut. We've already seen other countries try to use telepresence robots to cut back costs, and now here in the United States it seems that children are being enrolled in virtual classrooms at a pretty staggering rate. Read The Full Story

Geek cools computer with cold winter air

, Jan 12th 2011 Discuss [7]

A geek has decided to take cooling his PC to a new extreme and use the cold winter air outside to keep his rig chilly. The way he went about it is easy enough, even if there are some apparent issues with the system. Read The Full Story

Telekin PC alternative unveiled at CES 2011

, Jan 4th 2011 Discuss [2]

I would bet that there are lots of people out there that don’t want a normal computer, but want to get online. There may be a lot of people out there with parents that want a computer, but lack the tech skills to operate one without driving their kids crazy with questions about a PC. A company called Telekin has announced a new PC alternative that might be perfect for the tech challenged out there. Read The Full Story

World’s Earliest Computer Made of Lego

, Dec 10th 2010 Discuss [2]

Oh you Greeks, you're constantly surprising the world with everything you knew before everyone else re-discovered it hundreds of years later. Case in point: 100BCE, Greeks built a mechanical constructed a machine now said to be the world's earliest computer, one sophisticated enough to predict lunar eclipses. This device known as "Antikythera’s Mechanism" was originally discovered in a shipwreck in 1901CE, in 2006CE high res x-ray tomography revealed that the device was made for predicting celestial events with amazing accuracy, now in 2010CE, it's been reconstructed fully by Apple OS X software engineer Andrew Carol. Read The Full Story

PC shipment growth downgraded over iPad popularity says Gartner

, Nov 29th 2010 Discuss [0]

Gartner has downgraded its predictions for worldwide PC shipments in 2010, after deciding that strong tablet sales will eat into the traditional PC segment. Having tipped 17.9-percent growth for the year back in September, Gartner has reduced that down to 14.3-percent; still, at 352.4m units, an increase over 2009's figures, but also recognizing that there is "growing user interest in media tablets such as the iPad." Read The Full Story
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