How to install CyanogenMod 7 alpha on a NOOK Tablet
The Barnes & Noble NOOK Tablet ships with a custom version of Google Android 2.3 Gingerbread. But it ...Read More
Nightly builds of CyanogenMod 9 for the HP TouchPad now available
Want to make sure you have the latest features and bug fixes for Android 4.0 for the HP ...Read More
Asus Zenbook UX31 ultrabook review
The Asus Zenbook UX31 was one of the first ultrabooks to hit the market in late 2011. Four ...Read More
Install Android Market on BlackBerry PlayBook
Ok, you've installed the PlayBook OS 2 beta. You've rooted your PlayBook. Now it's time to get the ...Read More
Toshiba Thrive 7 inch Android tablet review
Android tablets with 7 inch displays seem to be a dime-a-dozen these days... or at least available for ...Read More
How to install Android 4.0 on the Kindle Fire
An early build of Google Android 4.0 is now available for the Amazon Kindle Fire tablet. If you ...Read More
How to install CyanogenMod 7 alpha on a NOOK Tablet
The Barnes & Noble NOOK Tablet ships with a custom version of Google Android 2.3 Gingerbread. But it doesn’t include the Android Market and it has an unusual app launcher and home screen and only allows you to use 1GB of the available 12GB of disk space for files not downloaded from the B&N Shop. Adventurous NOOK Tablet hackers have…
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February 20th, 2012, 4:46 pm by Brad Linder | 1 Comment
Deals of the Day (2-20-2012)
You may never be able to find a $99 HP TouchPad tablet again, but that doesn’t mean you can’t still get a pretty good deal on HP’s discontinued tablet. Buy.com is selling refurbished models through its eBay store for $219 today. The TouchPad ships with webOS 3.0 software, but you can also install a number of different versions of Android…
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February 20th, 2012, 2:00 pm by Brad Linder | No Comments »
EdenTab 7 inch tablet with MIUI Android hits Japan
MIUI is a custom version of Google Android with its own home screen design, custom notification system, and a number of unique apps. It looks like the sort of customization that you’d expect from a big phone maker such as Samsung or HTC, but up until recently MIUI was best known by hackers looking for custom ROMs for their smartphones….
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February 20th, 2012, 1:35 pm by Brad Linder | No Comments »
Asus adds “instant on” to its latest netbooks
One of the most impressive features of ultrabooks such as the Asus Zenbook UX31 is their ability to resume from sleep nearly instantly. Now it looks like Asus is bringing a similar feature to its Intel Atom-powered netbooks. One of the new apps available for the upcoming Eee PC 1025C and 1025CE netbooks is “Instant On,” which adds a new sleep mode…
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February 20th, 2012, 12:20 pm by Brad Linder | 3 Comments
Intel to demo solar powered processors, chips with built-in WiFi
Intel is bringing a couple of interesting prototypes to the International Solid State Circuits Conference this week, including new processors with integrated WiFi capabilities and a low-power chip that can be powered by a solar cell. Solar powered (or just really low power) processors Both chips are just experimental prototypes at the moment, but they could provide a glimpse at…
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February 20th, 2012, 11:10 am by Brad Linder | No Comments »
Gigabyte launches D1080 media dock for its Windows slates
Gigabyte has introduced a new multimedia docking station designed to work with the company’s S1080 and S1081 Slate PCs. The dock includes built-in speakers, a DVD drive, and a range of ports to extend the capabilities of Gigabyte’s 10 inch Windows slates. The Gigabyte S1080 slate features a 10.1 inch, 1024 x 600 pixel display and a 1.66 GHz Intel…
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February 20th, 2012, 9:42 am by Brad Linder | No Comments »
B&N could launch cheaper 8GB NOOK Tablet this week
On paper the $249 Barnes & Noble NOOK Tablet looks a lot like the $199 Amazon Kindle Fire. They both have 7 inch, 1024 x 600 pixel IPS displays and 1 GHz TI OMAP 4 dual core processors. But the NOOK Tablet has twice the storage of the Kindle Fire and costs $50 more. Now it looks like B&N may…
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February 20th, 2012, 8:38 am by Brad Linder | 1 Comment
Run 3 Android apps side-by-side on an HP TouchPad with Cornerstone
Cornerstone is a new framework for Google Android that allows you to run three Android apps at the same time — on the same screen. Now you can try it out on an HP TouchPad, thanks to an unofficial build of CyanogenMod 9 from xda-developers forum member antiphon. There’s also an alternate version of CM9 with a skinned version of…
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February 19th, 2012, 8:50 am by Brad Linder | 8 Comments
Acer launches Revo 70 nettop with AMD E-450
Acer has released a new mini-desktop called the Revo 70. Like the company’s earlier nettops, the Revo 70 isn’t much larger than a DVD drive… although it doesn’t actually have one. Instead this little computer has the guts of a reasonably decent ultraportable notebook packed into a slim case. The R70 measures 8.26″ x 8.26″ x 2.13″ and weighs just…
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February 18th, 2012, 8:05 am by Brad Linder | 7 Comments
Archos unveils Arnova 8b G2 tablet
Archos has added yet another tablet to its line of low-cost Arnova tablets. The latest is the Arnova 8b G2, a slight variation on the Arnova 8 G2 which has been available for a few months. The new tablet has a slightly different case design, and doesn’t feature physical home, back, menu, or search buttons. While the Arnova 8b G2…
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February 17th, 2012, 5:00 pm by Brad Linder | 4 Comments
Lenovo discontinues the ThinkPad X120e notebook
Now that the Lenovo ThinkPad X130e 11.6 inch laptop is available, Lenovo is phasing out its predecessor, the ThinkPad X120e. The ThinkPad X120e was introduced last year, and it was the third ultraportable ThinkPad laptop from the company, and the first to be available with an AMD E-240 or E-350 fusion processor. As of today, the Lenovo ThinkPad X120 is…
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February 17th, 2012, 4:00 pm by Brad Linder | 6 Comments
MeeGo 1.2 for Cedar Trail netbooks now available
MeeGo may be a dead Linux distribution walking, but its successor Tizen isn’t ready for prime time yet. So the folks behind the open source MeeGo Linux operating system have released one more software update — to add support for Intel’s new Cedar Trail processors. MeeGo 1.2.0.6 is now available for download. There update fixes a few bugs, but the…
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February 17th, 2012, 3:15 pm by Brad Linder | 1 Comment