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November 6th, 2009

Peek releases $99 gadget just for Twitter

Posted by Rachel King @ 3:23 am

Categories: Twitter

Tags: Twitter Inc., Gadget, Social Networking, Smart Phones, Handhelds, Cellular Phones, Online Communications, Marketing, Advertising & Promotion, Consumer Electronics

Dedicated Twitterers (Tweeters?) have a new option for posting their 140-character thoughts to the web: the TwitterPeek. Read the rest of this entry »

November 5th, 2009

Brinell's Purestorage external hard drives are elegant, but pricey

Posted by Rachel King @ 9:35 am

Categories: Hard Drives and Storage, Portable Media

Tags: External Hard Drive, Hard Drive, Brinell, Rachel King

Brinell has tried its best to combine elegance and performance with their suave-looking new line of Purestorage portable hard drives.

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November 4th, 2009

Revisiting the Motorola Droid on Verizon: evaluating the details

Posted by Andrew Nusca @ 8:28 pm

Categories: Mobile, Cell Phones and Smartphones, Motorola, Verizon Wireless

Tags: Apple iPhone, Phone, Device, Smart Phone, Verizon Communications Inc., Handset, Camera, App, Motorola Inc., Motorola Droid

Exactly one week ago, I wrote that the Motorola’s new Droid smartphone on Verizon — billed to be the iPhone killer to end all iPhone killers, as far as cliches are concerned — was “the yardstick by which all Android phones are to be measured.”

In that review, I took a high-level approach and focused on the significance of the device for Motorola, Verizon and the Android ecosystem at large. But many of you rightly wanted to know more about the quirks and details of the handset, and on the eve of the Droid’s nationwide availability, I’ve decided to write this post to address as many of those as I can.

I also snapped new pictures in daylight that illustrate key features, which you can view here.

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November 4th, 2009

LaCie Network Space 2 NAS adds torrent support, wake-on LAN; $160

Posted by Andrew Nusca @ 2:31 pm

Categories: Uncategorized

Tags: NAS, LAN, Network, LaCie, Network-Attached Storage (NAS), Storage, Networking, Hardware, Andrew Nusca

LaCie on Wednesday updated its Network Space 2 network-attached storage device with integrated torrent support, wake-on LAN power management and an estimated $160 price tag.

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November 4th, 2009

Walmart unveils 15.6" HP Pavilion G60 laptop for $298

Posted by Andrew Nusca @ 2:11 pm

Categories: Computers, Consumerism, HP, Laptops

Tags: Hewlett-Packard Co., Wal-Mart Stores Inc., HP Pavilion, Laptop Computer, Notebooks, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Andrew Nusca

To heck with netbooks. Walmart’s got plenty of retail weight to swing around, and that’s manifesting itself in the form of a $298 HP Pavilion G60 laptop.

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November 4th, 2009

Hands-on photos of Spring Design's Alex Android-based e-reader appear

Posted by Andrew Nusca @ 2:00 pm

Categories: E-book Readers

Tags: E-reader, E-paper, Battery, Photograph, Alex, Engineering, 3G, Cellular Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology

Spring Design announced its Alex e-book reader just a day before Barnes & Noble introduced its Nook device, but until now, the Google Android-based device hasn’t been seen in public.

That’s no longer the case.

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November 4th, 2009

Microsoft Courier interface functionality leaked

Posted by Andrew Nusca @ 1:44 pm

Categories: Computers, Laptops, Microsoft

Tags: Microsoft Corp., Functionality, Tablets, Notebooks, Web Browsers, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Internet, Andrew Nusca

We’ve already seen a prototype of Microsoft’s Courier, the company’s hush-hush multitouch tablet PC. Now more information has leaked about how its touch interface functions.

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November 4th, 2009

Verizon to offer Sony Vaio P series ultraportable for $300 with contract

Posted by Andrew Nusca @ 1:35 pm

Categories: Computers, Laptops, Sony

Tags: Sony Corp., Sony Vaio, Verizon Communications Inc., Price Tag, Desktops, Hardware, Andrew Nusca

Sony’s chic Vaio P is a tiny notebook with a massive price tag, but the wide, ultraportable system may come to Verizon carrying a $300 price tag and a big string attached — in the form of a two-year contract.

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November 4th, 2009

HP prepping Envy 14 premium thin-and-light laptop

Posted by Andrew Nusca @ 12:56 pm

Categories: Computers, HP, Laptops

Tags: Hewlett-Packard Co., Laptop Computer, Notebooks, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Andrew Nusca

HP may soon add a third notebook to its MacBook-targeting Envy premium thin-and-light laptop family, which currently includes 13-inch and 15-inch models.

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November 4th, 2009

IronKey reveals new, ultra-secure D200 USB flash drives

Posted by Rachel King @ 1:40 am

Categories: Uncategorized

Tags: USB Flash Drive, IronKey, Flash Memory, Rachel King

IronKey, the self-proclaimed “maker of the world’s most secure flash drive,” unveiled their new D200 USB flash drives this morning. Read the rest of this entry »

Rachel KingRachel started playing with her mother's old Brownie camera when she was just a toddler, working her way up from a Hello Kitty point-and-shoot to training on both film and digital SLRs. See her full profile and disclosure of her industry affiliations.

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