Hardware

Amazon's New Kindle -- An iPad Competitor -- To Be Rolled Out Wednesday

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Amazon.com is expected Wednesday to announce its own tablet, a souped-up color version of its Kindle e-reader that will undercut the iPad in price and aim to steal away a couple of million in unit sales by Christmas.

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Retracting My Favorable Reviews Of Sony Z Series Laptops

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I’ve written before about why I love Sony’s Vaio Z Series laptops, but I feel obliged to retract those very positive reviews. The solid state drives (SSDs) fail or the processors overheat.

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A New And Improved Moore's Law: Computing Requires Half As Much Energy Every 18 Months

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"The idea is that at a fixed computing load, the amount of battery you need will fall by a factor of two every year and a half," says Jonathan Koomey, consulting professor of civil and environmental engineering at Stanford University and lead author of the study.   Koomey says more mobile computing and sensing applications are becoming possible as energy efficiency continues its steady improvement.   This story from Technology Review won't help you win new business, unless you have the good fortune of impressing a potential client with your knowledge of the tech industr

Amazon Full-Color 7-Inch Tablet Expected In November, But Likely To Come Up Short InCompeting With iPad

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Amazon in November is launching a 7-inch full-color Android tablet, a sharp departure from its e-ink Kindles. TechCrunch got their hands on it and offers some details, including that it will not have a camera, has only 6GB of storage space, and that a 10-inch version will be forthcoming.   To me, any tablet without dual cameras for video chats is not competitive with iPad. Disappointing.     

First Model Of A New Generation Ultra-Portable Laptops Debuts

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PC laptop makers are starting to roll out notebooks that compete the MacBook Air. The first were pricey, but Toshiba just announced a sub-$1000 unit.  

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