And the CES teasers begin to pour in. ViewSonic announced today that it will debut new ViewPad tablets, the EXODesk touch tabletop, and a new universal display designed for all manner of mobile devices. Specifically, expect new 10-inch tablets (including the ViewPad 10pro) that can dual-boot with Windows 7 Professional Android. The EXODesk…
Earlier this week, Google was granted a patent for a method of controlling a “mixed-mode autonomous vehicle”. But from here on out let’s call this “mixed-mode autonomous vehicle” what it is: a freaking robot car. Google has been developing this technology for some time. Back in the fall of 2010, the company was…
Microsoft’s Xbox 360 console is six years old. The Nintendo Wii is five years old, and so is the Sony PlayStation 3. All three are due for an overhaul (can you imagine gaming on a PC that’s half a decade old, or more?), and while they’re still popular gaming platforms, consoles are really starting to [...]
Dell was hoping to slip quietly out the door of the netbook business, much the way former Boston Red Sox General Manager Theo Epstein tried to duck out of Fenway Park in 2005 donning a gorilla suit. Epstein would stick around six more years and provide Red Sox Nation with another World Series. Dell, on [...]
In this latest episode of HotHardware’s Two and Half Geeks, Dave, Marco and Iyaz discuss Samsung’s Galaxy Tab 7.0 Plus tablet, HotHardware’s PC Component Holiday Gift Guide, Dell’s slick XPS 14z Notebook, we discuss Tablet Gaming Today and a Look At the Future, and give some details regarding our MSI/NVIDIA Gear-Up and Tablets of the [...]
Good morning folks! It’s time to close out yet another work week. But not before we serve up a fresh health serving of HOT deals, courtesy of our friends at LogicBuy. On the menu this fine Friday morning we have a deal on a pair of Dell UltraSharp 21.2” IPS displays, a Core i5-based Dell [...]
You know a computer case means business when it warrants naming an entire PC line after it, and that’s what you have with Maingear’s SHIFT chassis. Designed in conjunction with Silverstone, the SHIFT computer case is the centerpiece of not one, but two full blown system configurations featured at Maingear, including the “The SHIFT” (for [...]
When you work at Google, you can do amazing things. And those amazing things don’t stop at work. They clearly bleed over to home. One particular Google engineer has showcased photos his LAN-party optimized home, and as he calls it, it’s “specifically designed to be ideal for PC gaming parties. It’s also designed for living, [...]
Ever dreamed of owning a PC in an amp case? Ever dreamed of just owning an Orange guitar amplifier? In a weird way, you can solve both of those dreams. Orange Personal Computers have upgraded the Orange OP, which is basically a guitar + computer hybrid device. There’s now a Core i7 option, up to [...]
Looking for a new handset? Guess what — you’ve got a new option! Verizon Wireless is introducing their own version of the Galaxy Nexus, an LTE-enabled build of Samsung’s mega-smartphone. Users in the US can buy one today, for $299 on a 2-year contract. It’s the first Android 4.0 phone, with a 4.65” Contour Display [...]