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Sprint Nextel will provide wireless connectivity for a range of dedicated ereaders next year as part of a new digital publishing service from Hearst. The service, called Skiff, will transmit content from newspapers, magazines and other sources to various...
Tags: Hearst Corp., New York City, Amazon Kindle, Technology Internet, Business Finance, Sprint Nextel, Printing, BlackBerry, E-book, Publishing, Advertising, Newspaper, Wireless networking, Nextel Communications, Wireless, Marketing, Amazon.com, Skiff, Netbook, Journalism
There's a nice new version of Windows out, and computer manufacturers are adding interesting new technologies. Here's a guide to what's fresh in PCs, ranging from "netbooks" to super-sized "all-in-one" desktop computers. ___ Netbooks: These small, cheap...
Tags: inch screen, graphics chips, desktop computers, Toshiba, Minneapolis, Appropriate technology, Desktop computer, Classes of computers, VAIO, Personal computers, Technology Internet, Laptops, Netbook, Subnotebooks
After Google’s Chrome OS Open Source announcement two weeks ago, it’s looking like Google is out to change the world again — this time by dominating operating systems. With Google and its device partners gearing up to drop the first Chrome OS netbooks...
Tags: os netbook, Microsoft, San Francisco, Laptop, Android, Google Chrome OS, Cloud clients, Cloud, Google Chrome, Technology Internet, Google, Netbook
Matt Richtel Reporter, San Francisco Consumer electronics, video game business, Silicon Valley, Internet gambling, Internet pornography Brad Stone Reporter, San Francisco Internet, technology and society, policy and law, security, social networks, electronic...
Tags: San Francisco Enterprise, San Francisco Internet, San Francisco Consumer, Japan, Tōkyō, Business Finance, Technology Internet, Internet, IPAQ, Year of birth missing, MOG, Human Interest, Hewlett-Packard, Appropriate technology, Packard, Matt Richtel, Silicon Valley, Venture capital, Ashlee Vance, Mobile computers, Smartphone, Embedded Linux, Netbook
Google lifted the lid on its new operating system, Chrome OS, for an all-new range of small computers the other day. But if you want one, you'll have to be patient, as Chrome OS won't be available until the end of next year. Still, most things Google...
Tags: chrome os, Google Earth, Google Docs, hard drive, Google Scholar, Australia, Sydney, Web 2.0, Appropriate technology, Google Chrome OS, Cloud clients, Cloud, Keyhole Markup Language, Technology Internet, Google, Netbook
Online estimates and data-gathering methods vary, but e-commerce analysts and Web retailers agree: This year can’t possibly be as bad as last year, when the shock of the financial meltdown was still fresh for consumers. ComScore charted a 3 percent drop...
Tags: cyber monday, online, sale, christmas, shopping, Amazon.com Inc, Online Deals Amazon, web retailers, San Francisco, Amazon.com, Business Finance, Technology Internet, Black Friday, Electronic commerce, Retailing, Publicly traded companies, Online shopping, Neologisms, EBay, Portable media players, Nintendo DSi, Nintendo DS, Christmas and holiday season, Netbook
China's Lenovo recently said it would buy back its mobile division for $200 million from private investors. Last year, the company sold its mobile unit for $100 million, trade e-zine Rethink Wireless reports...But are Dell, Lenovo, and others taking the...
Tags: Lenovo, Alexandria, Appropriate technology, Android, Cloud clients, Texas Pacific Group, Business Finance, Technology Internet, Smartphone, Dell, Netbook
David Gardner's top pick took an epic run of 1,334%! To be perfectly honest, I've had trouble joining the netbook craze . Though their popularity is undeniable -- millions of consumers have picked one up to act as an ultra-portable, inexpensive complement...
Tags: Intel, conventional notebooks, Alexandria, Appropriate technology, Classes of computers, Cloud clients, Intel Atom, Business Finance, Advanced Micro Devices, Semiconductor companies, Technology Internet, Intel Corporation, Netbook
As the season begins, some winners have emerged, from electronic book readers and hot pink netbooks to shimmery tops and the snood, a hood-scarf hybrid that resembles a babushka. Overall spending, however, is still tepid, as shoppers are choosy and...
Tags: Michael Londrigan, netbook computers, popular gift, book readers, hot pink, electronic book, New York City, Appropriate technology, Mattel, Shoppers Drug Mart, Snood, Business Finance, Hasbro, Barbie, Netbook, Nerf
On Cyber Monday, online stores join in the cost cutting. Where to find the best deals this season? Cyberspace is the place to shop these days, with deals and discounts drawing shoppers in record numbers. Stores posted Web pages a week or more early,...
Tags: Los Angeles, Technology Internet, Cyber Monday, Electronic commerce, Kmart, Laptop, Web 2.0, Thanksgiving, Sears Holdings Corporation, Online shopping, Real-time web, Newegg, Online retailers, Neologisms, Wal-Mart, Hoffman Estates Illinois, Black Friday, Acer Inc., Netbook, Retailing, Twitter