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PlayStation 3 Slim photos - Aug 19, 2009

Features The PlayStation 3 slim is noticeably smaller than the original PS3, has a 120GB hard drive, and is headed for Asia some time in September and October.  Read story »

Nokia may enter Netbook market - Aug 21, 2009

Crave Nokia has been marketing its N97 smartphone as a mobile computer. Nokia, the world's largest maker of cell phones, could be preparing to enter the crowded Netbook market. According to ... Read story »

Homebrew virtual keyboard hits the Pre - Aug 31, 2009

Crave Now you can type in landscape mode. The first version of Android that shipped with the HTC Dream did not come with a virtual keyboard. This meant that you needed ... Read story »

Hitachi launches high-performance 500GB 2.5-inch drive - Sep 2, 2009

Crave Less than a month ago, Hitachi announced its 2TB hard drive for desktops. The company brought the same speed to its newest Travelstar hard drive for laptops. The new hard drive ... Read story »

Energy-efficient Snow Leopard will save you US$0.95 - Sep 4, 2009

Crave These days, every little bit counts. Apple's OSX Snow Leopard update offers several noteworthy enhancements, and plenty of behind-the-scenes tweaks--but has anything in the operating system changed in regard to ... Read story »

HTC Tattoo: Entry-level Android smartphone - Sep 8, 2009

Crave Update: The Tattoo's specs include a 528MHz processor, 256MB RAM, 7.2Mbps HSDPA, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth and GPS. Interestingly, its 2.8-inch screen has 240 x 320 pixels. This probably helps keep the price ... Read story »

Mac OS X Snow Leopard, iPod touch firmware get update to 10.6.1 and 3.1.1, respectively - Sep 14, 2009

Crave Just a couple of weeks after its release, Apple's Mac OS X Snow Leopard operating system has received a major update, from 10.6 to 10.6.1. Apple recommends all users running ... Read story »

Kohjinsha Netbook goes really tiny - Sep 11, 2009

Crave While the Netbook industry is heading for larger screen sizes, Kohjinsha seems to be interested in a different trend. Known for making low-cost convertible tablets with 7- to 9-inch screen ... Read story »

Industry's first Wireless-N/Bluetooth mini-PCI card - Sep 16, 2009

Crave The new 802.11n/Bluetooth combo add-in card for Netbooks and laptops. Generally, wireless functions--such as Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, cellular data, and so on--are added to your portable computer via add-in cards. These cards ... Read story »

Sony Ericsson Xperia X3 runs Android, slated for January 2010 - Sep 18, 2009

Crave Mobile phone manufacturers typically work on upcoming phones up to a few years ahead. So when a product gets released in the market, it would have already been in production for ... Read story »

Are better graphics really what you are looking for in a Netbook? - Sep 22, 2009

Crave We're weeks away from the Windows 7 launch, which is bringing along with it a collection of souped-up laptops and Netbooks that have been waiting for Microsoft's new operating system as ... Read story »

IDF 2009: Of MID phones and Moblin 2.1 - Sep 23, 2009

Crave Moblin 2.1 unwrapped. SAN FRANCISCO--In what was a cool demonstration during Intel CEO Paul Otellini's keynote today at the Intel Developer Forum (IDF), a prototype MID (mobile Internet device) was ... Read story »

Will Netbooks get smaller? - Sep 25, 2009

Crave The Yukyung Viliv lineup ultraportable of mini-computers is, in a way, a bit of a throwback to the days when UMPCs and MIDs ruled the pocket-gadget landscape and laptops were bulky ... Read story »

Get a Windows 7 PC before October 22 - Sep 28, 2009

Crave Dying for a new desktop or laptop with a fresh, factory-installed copy of Windows 7 on it? We all know the official start date for the Win 7 era is October ... Read story »

Report: Apple rehires Newton developer - Sep 30, 2009

Crave Michael Tchao Those expecting Apple to introduce a new tablet computer soon may have another clue to the device's imminent arrival. Apple has rehired Michael Tchao, one of the original ... Read story »

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