Michelle Maisto

AVADirect, a custom computer manufacturer, has begun offering the Clevo D900F, the first laptop with Intel’s Core i7 processor, intended for gaming machines and PC enthusiasts. In a May 26 statement about the 17-inch gaming laptop, AVADirect explained that the D900F utilizes “a desktop processor and desktop components,” and that while notebook hardware usually lags […]

The MP3 player on the much-anticipated Palm Pre will seamlessly sync with Apple’s iTunes software, save for copyright-protected files, Palm confirmed on May 28. The Palm Pre, scheduled to debut on June 6, holds the hopes of the struggling Palm, which has been working to position the Pre as the first serious competitor to the […]

Hewlett-Packard will expand its Mini netbook lineup with three new models this summer, the Mini 110 XP Edition, the Mini 110 Mobile Internet (Mi) Edition and the Mini 1101.The Minis are light and lean – each has a 10.1-inch diagonal screen, a starting weight of 2.3 pounds and a choice of Intel Atom processors: the […]

HP Mini Netbook Lineup Grows by Three by Michelle Maisto No Title The Mini 110 XP Edition supports up to 1GB of memory and comes with the choice of a 32GB solid-state drive or a 160GB hard drive. Pricing begins at $329.99. No Title The Mini 110 XP Edition, ideal for Web surfing and airport […]

Research In Motion came out on top in a security assessment of enterprise mobility solutions.In a new report on the importance of robust security within mobile deployments from Lopez Research, President Maribel Lopez, a former Forrester Research analyst, offers an assessment of the security offerings from Apple, RIM and Windows Mobile.Lopez rates each company’s offering […]

Did you know that the top five smartphones accessing Wi-Fi networks are the iPhone, the iPod Touch, the Sony PSP, the HTC Dream and the HTC Dash? Or that 24 percent of U.S. ad requests on smartphones are made over a Wi-Fi network?These numbers come courtesy of AdMob and its April Mobile Metrics Report. While […]

Asus has added a new netbook to its collection, the Eee PC 1008HA, otherwise known as the Seashell.While sandy beaches and PC computing are a somewhat disconcerting association, the name hints to the mollusk-like way the curved, thin lines of the attractive 1008HA come together. Asus would also refer you to the Seashell’s “opalescent and […]

Nokia has flung back the shutters and officially opened its Ovi Store for business, offering free and for-sale mobile applications, games, productivity tools, videos and podcasts for more than 50 Nokia phone models.Shoppers can access the Ovi Store through their mobile browser, or, in some countries, download the store’s icon to their devices. The mobile […]

The Cool-ER e-book reader from Interead.com is scheduled to the join the growing e-reader market on June 1. The Cool-ER has a 6-inch screen with an E Ink display-the same power-efficient technology that gives Amazon.com’s Kindle its “reads like paper” quality.It measures 0.4 inches deep by 7.2 inches high and 4.6 inches wide, weighs 6.27 […]

Lenovo plans to announce four new computing devices May 26 with a focus on thin, light and affordable. None veers far from previous Lenovo offerings, but they are better-suited to consumer demands in the current economy.Perhaps following the cue of the Adamo by Dell, which offered the novel idea that Mac users shouldn’t be the […]