Everyone’s talking about the Apple Tablet, nick-named the Apple iSlate. So, here’s a quick prediction for all those tech pundits and bloggers expecting ‘game-changing’ hardware from Apple, in their big announcement this week.
Here’s why I think you “might” be disappointed…
So, the tech news blog has been on holiday for the past couple of weeks. In that time, quite a bit has happened. Clearly, the BIGGEST story in tech news during that time, was that I got to name the title of last week’s Windows Weekly podcast with Leo Laporte; “bing is my back end”. Yeah, I’m a fan of the show (thanks Leo.)
Here’s the news I missed…
Western Digital has released the world’s first 1TB laptop hard drive. Until now, the largest laptop hard drive available was 750GB.
However, before you rush out to buy one, it’s NOT going to fit into your existing laptop! Here’s why.
Samsung Electronics has announced a $4billion (£2.4billion) investment, as part of their effort to reduce harmful emissions from their plants. The South Korean electronics giant has also pledged to focus more, on the development of energy efficient products.
According to Gartner research, PC sales have dropped by around half as much as analysts expected; with shipments down by just 5% as opposed to 9.8%. It seems shipments of netbook computers, which are up 20% on last year, are largely to thank for these better than expected figures.
Google has just announced a list of hardware manufacturers, that it’s working with on the new Chrome OS. Here they are…
Google has just announced that it is developing a brand new operating system, called Google Chrome OS. This is a separate project from Google Android. Here’s what you can expect – read on…
After frequently claiming that netbooks were a waste of time, Sony has entered what it once called, “the race to the bottom” and announced the release of a Sony netbook – the Sony Vaio W. Here’s the specs, price and release date…
Last week, Hewlett Packard sent me their HP OfficeJet Pro 8500 to review. Here’s what I have found, after a week of putting it through it’s paces. Read on for full review…
The Kindle DX is two and a half times the size of the previous Kindle and significantly more expensive than the other, already over-priced models at $489. Although it can display 16 different versions of grey, the device cannot display other colours and it is still unable to play video. Here’s why I won’t be buying one….
