The iPhone and iPad app store has been a huge success for Apple. Can Steve Jobs make lightning strike a third time -- on the Mac? Here's why it may be a little more difficult.READ»
Apple introduced the latest version of the MacBook Air today, and it's a feat of miniaturization. Steve Jobs described it as "what would happen if a MacBook and an iPad hooked up." Perhaps most intriguingly, the new MacBook Air ...READ»
This week we're expecting big things from Apple. One of them is a MacBook Air refresh, and some tempting details surfaced over the weekend. The leaked data inspires one interesting thought: Are we about to say bye-bye to the optical drive?READ»
If you look at things in a particular way, Apple's just been confirmed as the top PC vendor in the U.S. What's the trick? You have to include iPad sales in the figures. READ»
After announcing its sub-$100 Moby tablet in March, Marvell is prodding developers who create apps for devices like the iPod, iPhone, and Android phones to dream up software for its gadget. Starting Sunday, for a month, the chipmaker is accepting submissions for the Mobylize 100K Challenge.READ»
Mobile Messenger and Poll Everywhere are rolling out a new initiative to reach students where they spend a large chunk of their time anyway--on cell phones.READ»
A new survey says the Apple machine is an "incremental" purchase for most consumers -- meaning they're not replacing old laptops. But once they cuddle up with an iPad at bedtime, all bets are off.READ»
Will laptops become irrelevant in the brave new world of tablets? Best Buy CEO Brian Dunn doesn't think so -- and corrects the record on a supposed slump in notebook PC sales. Or does he?READ»
Pixel Qi's display tech is impressive, but until now it's not been available as a mainstream product--only as a DIY replacement for 7-inch netbooks. Now there's the Dscreen-Qi10. It's a USB/wireless USB extra screen for laptops, and it's impressive.READ»
A cluster of future CPUs from Intel have just been announced, and among them are mobile chips that may (or may not) power the rumored, smaller MacBook Air upgrade. Thing is, there are two candidates.READ»
Ever since Apple discontinued its 12-inch PowerBook notebook PC in favor of larger widescreen units, many a computer fan has pleaded for its return. Now rumors are again popping up about a smaller MacBook Air revision ... it may be the machine everyone wants.READ»
We've been hearing about Pixel Qi's half-E-ink, half-LCD tech for ages, but with new info on its development it looks like it's about to burst onto the mainstream. Seven-inch tablet PCs may earn Pixel Qi some deserved limelight.READ»
August was an awful month for notebook PC makers. Sales growth, slowing since the iPad arrived, has slipped into negative numbers. But has Apple cursed the industry, or is the story murkier than that?READ»
ARM only just revealed its Coretex A9 chips, it seems--dual-core madness that'll make next-year's smartphones and tablet PCs serious competitors to laptops. And now here's the A15. With four cores. And speeds up to 2.5GHz.READ»
Gone are the days when a decent education alone lured college applicants. Now it's all about who's got the best gadget giveaways. Below, five college campuses with the goods to get the geeks.The University of Notre DameAs part of a ...READ»
Official word is out that Intel is about to fork over $1.4 billion for the wireless products division of Infineon--partly to screw Apple, partly to cosy-up to its old mate Microsoft.
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Need any evidence that the dedicated e-reader is destined to become a mere niche-appeal device? Here you go: Tech giant Samsung is ditching its clever, and long-heritage e-paper business. READ»
The rumors were right: Alongside new Macs, Apple's revealed its newest gizmo--a Bluetooth trackpad. It's designed to bring the same sort of multitouch goodness that MacBook users have experienced for months to iMac or even PC ...READ»
According to Jeff Bezos, Amazon's chief, $1 billion of his company's sales came via mobile accounts over the last year, and tablets could "over time" become a "meaningful additional driver" he thinks. Is he kidding? They already are. ...READ»
The MacBook Air could soon get a radical makeover with new tech thinking that'll spread throughout the Mac lineup. It's happened before, and the latest set of rumors are plausible. The latest comes from Digitimes, a site that ...READ»
Intel posted a whopping 34% jump in sales in the second quarter of this year, which makes it the chip giant's most profitable quarter ever. Isn't this supposed to be a recession?READ»
