consumer electronics

NEW YORK - Hewlett-Packard Co.'s new tablet might look a little bit like Apple Inc.'s latest blockbuster gadget but it's no iPad killer. HP, the world's largest computer maker, unveiled the Slate 500 on Thursday. It costs $79. Like the iPad,it has a gesture-sensitive touchscreen and no keyboard...

Lenovo may not believe in Windows 7 tablets , but Onkyo certainly do, and you can now buy the hitherto Japan-only slates in the US courtesy of importer Dynamism. Three models are on offer – the Onkyo TW117A4, the Onkyo TW217A5, and the Onkyo TW317A5 – but you’ll need deep pockets given the range...

The Windows 7 tablets continue to trickle out, and after the mediocre showing of CTL’s 2goPAD , can TegaTech’s Tega v2 do any better? The 10.1-inch multitouch slate runs an Intel Atom N455 1.66GHz processor, with 2GB of DDR3 RAM and GMA 3150 graphics, and the first units are already filtering...

My first hard drive, entombed in a 1988 XT clone, stored 20 megabytes and clicked and chugged almost as much as my dad’s Buick. Back then, I worried about preserving 30KB text files. Now, I have to preserve, well, everything. Perhaps like you, I’ve lost count of how many terabytes of capacity I...

According to Gartner beancounters, PC prices will jump in 2010 due to tight supply of key components. Recession woes and cautious planning on the part of manufacturers have resulted in a lower production volumes, causing component prices to go up. Memory prices have already spiked. DDR3 prices...

Microsoft CEO Steve Link Removed, but he did whip through a lot of stats during his Consumer Electronics Show (CES) keynote on January 6. One of those stats only caught my attention this morning, when I saw a couple of folks tweet it. Ballmer said during his keynote last night that there are...

3D TV gets closer Comment Sky to show the football By Link Removed - Invalid URL Friday, 27 November 2009, 16:50 SKY TELEVISION will blast 3D football into your living room by 2010, according to reports. Yes, if the thought of having Wayne Rooney and gang looming out at you in full 3D...

Apple grabs half of US desktop market Link Removed due to 404 Error Link Removed due to 404 Error Written by Link Removed due to 404 Error Friday, 27 November 2009 11:07 A dark day for humanity According to NPD beancounters, Apple's desktop retail share in the US market has jumped to...

I live in Northern California and went into a Best Buy, they had the boxes of the 3 pack on the shelf, no pricing. Then I got frustrate and left because I couldn't find anyone to help me... then I went to Fry's and they had NO 3-pack boxes on the shelf at all. I asked where they were, he said...

The chief executive officer and founder of Dell, the world’s third largest supplier of personal computers, said that although netbooks appear to be pretty popular among end-users, many people eventually get disappointed with small screens, inconvenient keyboards and other peculiarities of...

By Link Removed due to 404 Error, Betanews In a flashback to the more prosperous years before the current "deep recession," hordes of truly enthused journalists crowded dozens of vendors' booths at a revitalized Pepcom pre-holiday event in New York City last week, waiting for their turns to get...

So at the moment amazon UK is sold out of Home Premium Win 7 E. I have been refreshing for a hour with no new ones avalible. Any ideas when more will be avalible? Since they have got to have loads sinces its only day 1.

Hello there, I am a new member seeking some assistance. I have Vista Ultimate on one desktop ( Dual Core 2.8) Vista Ultimate on one Toshiba Laptop (Core 2 Duo 2 1.5) Windows 7 Ultimate one HP 1610B laptop, (Core 2 duo 2.0) Windows RC Build 7100 on one gaming Desktop, (Core 2 Duo 2.13) and...

http://www.windows7.cc/windows7-news/windows-7-will-have-touch-feature/ Sounds good to me, another reason to dump my 3 year old 17" lcd and get a touch screen :P (j/k).

Hi everyone, I'm hope some one can help, I'm trying to import video from my Panasonic NV-GS1 Dv video camcorder. I have it connected to the pc which is running Vista home premium, via IEEE1394 fire wire cable. I have tried to import this video using the "Auto play, import video using windows...