Computer News

1 GHz BeagleBone Black Linux Computer Costs $45 (2013-04-24): BeagleBoard has launched 1 Ghz BeagleBone Black Linux computer that it is selling for $45. The computer has 2GB of storage and a USB cable.

Person Uses Remote Access to Catch Laptop Thief (2008-10-06): The owner of a stolen laptop was able to track down the person who stole his laptop by logging into a remote desktop application he had installed on the laptop.

MacBook Touch or Apple Tablet Next From Apple? (2008-07-30): MacDailyNews recently posted a rumor about a MacBook Touch as an Apple secret product.

Celebs Go Crazy For the Macbook Air (2008-03-24): TechCrunch reports that Charlie Rose recently took a bad fall and unwisely decided to fall on his face instead of risking damage to the MacBook Air he was carrying.

iView: A Curved iMac Design (2008-03-04): A curved iView is Designer Nuno Teixeira's vision of what a wrap-around style iMac might look like.

Laptop Design USA Cuts Deal With Ray Bishop (2007-09-19): Laptop Design USA announced in a statement that they have cut a deal with Ray Bishop, a nationally known air-brush artist.

Savant Announces Apple-based Coffee Table Surface Product (2007-09-10): It wasn't too long ago that we first heard of Microsoft's surface computing technology.

3-D Mouse Ring Invented (2007-05-22): Gizmag reports that a new 3D mouse that can be worn as a ring may be the path towards a Minority Report style of web navigation system.

Windows Vista Arrives in Stores (2007-01-30): Windows Vista has officially launched for consumers.

$100 Laptops Could Sell to the Public (2007-01-11): The One Laptop Per Child program was created to help disadvantaged children get access to computers and the Internet.

Seagate to Offer 300 TB Drive by 2010 (2007-01-04): ITWire is reporting that Seagate will offer a 300 TB 3.

Barneys New York to Carry Luxury Ego Tulip Laptops (2006-12-01): Barneys New York is going to start carrying the $5,000 Tulip Ego European-designed laptop.

Internet Jargon Still Baffling Brits (2006-10-04): A BBC news story cites a new research report that found many online Britons are still unfamiliar with many Internet terms including RSS, podcasting, wikis, VODs, PVR and IM.

Wrist Pads Provide Computing Comfort (2006-08-18): Wristease is a wrist pad support that looks like a sweatband.

Apple II Tops PC World's List of Greatest PCs (2006-08-17): PC World has a feature about the top 25 PCs of all time.

Freescale Develops Working Mram Chip (2006-07-25): The BBC reports on a Freescale announcement that is has developed a working half-megabyte magnetoresistive random-access memory or Mram chip.

The Desk is the PC (2006-07-21): Michiel van der Kley has a concept design for a desk called the I-Con I that is the personal computer.

Hank's Hard Drive Nightmare (2006-06-12): A man named Hank Gerbus received a disturbing hardware-related phone call.

PC World Ranks the Worst Tech Products (2006-06-01): PC World has a list of the Top 25 worst tech products of all time.

Microsoft's Pay-as-you-go Plan Called FlexGo (2006-05-22): Microsoft is launching a new service called FlexGo that allows people to own a computer and then pay per hour of use.

Gartner Forecasts Windows Vista Delay (2006-05-04): Windows Vista is probably going to arrive even later than industry insiders expect.

Add a Second Screen and Boost Productivity (2006-04-20): Ivan Berger at the New York Times decided to try dual screens and found that it quickly made a big improvement in productivity.