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Retractable Mobile Solar Unit can be used to provide electricity in emergencies
03/09/2011, If there’s one thing inconvenient about solar panels it’s that they’re huge and impractical to bring around with you. Well the folks in OS, Japan, have come up with something called the Mobile Solar Unit GSR-110B – a portable power [...]
All HP PCs to run webOS in 2012
03/09/2011, According to reports online, HP’s CEO, Leo Apotheker announced that in 2012 – every HP PC will be able to run webOS as an integrated experience. What this really means is quite uncertain – either all HP PCs will ship [...]
Leaked RIM software roadmap reveals BlackBerry OS 7.0
03/08/2011, The 2011 roadmap for RIM’s software has recently found its way online, and provides an insight to what RIM has in store for us this year. If this proves to be the real deal, it looks like BlackBerry users might [...]
Jolicloud runs on Dell Inspiron Duo
03/07/2011, A Dell Inspiron Duo was recently caught running the Jolicloud operating system, as this Linux-based OS that was originally meant for netbooks has been proven to run on a convertible tablet model as well. Of course, it goes without saying [...]
Asus has a Secret Weapon against the iPad
02/04/2011, In a recent interview with IDG, Jonny Shih -the chairman of ASUS- has mentioned that his company is working on a “Secret Weapon” that no one has seen yet, but that the world will soon see as we get closer [...]
Chrome OS beta updated
01/28/2011, Google has just announced a new update to Chrome OS beta. This update brings Chrome OS up to version 0.9.130.14 and updates the Chrome browser to 8.0.522.344. The update is focused on mainly fixing network issues such as WiFi and [...]
Nokia might look to Windows Phone 7-powered devices
12/20/2010, Once in a while, the unthinkable happens. Remember the first time when you heard news of Windows running on an Apple machine? How about seeing an Intel processor inside an Apple machine, as well? Another one of those moments are [...]
Dragonfly MacBook Pro Clone Gets OS X Upgrade
11/23/2010, We’ve previously seen a pretty good looking MacBook Pro clone from Dragonfly and now the company has tweaked the device to resemble the real deal even closer. While the original clone (this sounds so contradictory) features a Dragonfly logo on [...]
iPhone users spend most with their credit cards among other smartphone owners
11/09/2010, If you happen to own a smartphone, chances are pretty high that you will fall under one of the four categories – iOS, Android, BlackBerry OS or Windows Phone 7. Just what kind of inference can you get from this [...]
Ubuntu 11.04 sees off GNOME interface with Unity
10/26/2010, Ubuntu 11.04 will replace its GNOME interface with Unity, which is a totally new interface that sees action in Ubuntu 10.10 Netbook Edition. GNOME might come with panels at the top and bottom of the display, but Unity will instead [...]
Microsoft to charge royalty fees in netbooks
10/25/2010, Microsoft most probably sees Android as a pretty large threat when it comes to mobile operating systems, and has plans to impose royalty fees on Taiwan-based vendors of Android handsets such as Acer and Asustek for using its patents in [...]
Ubuntu delivers new touch support
10/25/2010, For those who are curious to know how multitouch fares in Maverick Meerkat’s Unity UI but do not have the luxury of owning a convertible tablet PC, fret not. Ubuntu Developers managed to cobble together a pretty handy video of [...]
Microsoft Netherlands says Windows 8 will be out by 2012
10/24/2010, Hmmm, don’t you think that it is a little bit early for Microsoft to introduce the Windows 8 operating system by the time 2012 rolls around since Windows 7 hasn’t been hanging around as long as Windows XP? Perhaps it [...]
