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2 6 Reasons to Love the Asus Eee Pad Transformer Prime
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3 Giles Deacon Creates His and Her Laptop Covers
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4 EEE PC: The Other, Other MacBook Air Alternative
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5 It's a MacBook Air, No It's an Eee PC 1008HA
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6 Daily Tech: AT&T Network Flaw Gave Strangers Access to FB
The holidays are coming, which means there will be lots of new products hitting the scene before prime shopping time. And speaking of prime, Asus officially announced its entry into the tablet and ultrabook category — the Eee Pad Transformer Prime — this morning. Priced at $499 for a 32GB model and $599 for a 64GB version, the Eee Pad Transformer Prime has a number of features that will get Read more
Multiple press conferences are kicking off today, so it should be a news-filled Wednesday, indeed! We've already relayed a ton of announcements over the course of the week, and this is what's been dropping so far this morning: LG goes lean — LG revealed its new Optimus Black, the "world's thinnest" smartphone. LG smart TV — LG also announced a sweet-looking app platform for TVs. Polaroid in Read more
An AT&T network flaw recently gave users access to strangers' accounts — Switched Don't get impatient and tweet about fake bomb threats while on a plane; take it from this guy — Gizmodo Getting the deets on the ASUS color ereader — Engadget France and Germany both warn citizens against using Internet Explorer — BBC News The Nintendo DSi XL is not just for old people — Read more
Excuse my Freudian slip, but I couldn't help but think that the new ultra-thin Eee PC netbook by Asus has a striking resemblance to the MacBook Air. Just launched yesterday, this tiny device weighs 2.4 pounds, offers a 10-inch screen and is 1-inch thick, which is smaller than the Air on all accounts. No word on a release date just yet, and rumors are swirling that it could cost around $650 . . . Read more
So I gather that most of you weren't that impressed with yesterday's suggestion of the Everex Cloudbook as a MacBook Air alternative. A lot of you commented that the Cloudbook was shall we say, unattractive. Meet Asus' EEE PC if you haven't already: This mini PC is also teensy and Linux-based, and definitely beats the Cloudbook in appearance (though the Cloudbook is supposed to come out in Read more
London fashion designer Giles Deacon has been working with Intel to spice up select Asus notebook covers with exotic designs. Boy did she ever deliver. Featured on Styledash via Fashionweek Daily, the new tribal printed laptops will come in blue and pink and will be available exclusively at Selfridges in July. The new notebooks are not only designer but très exclusive- only 150 of each design Read more
HP announced its entry into the ultrabook space, the HP Folio 13, this morning, and it's quite fetching with its cool brushed metal casing. Coming in at only 18mm thin, weighing 3.3 pounds, and stocked with a 13.3-inch HD Briteview display and 128GB hard drive, the Folio 13 also boasts rapid start and boot times and a whopping nine hours of battery life. There are plenty of ports on the Folio Read more
Sad news: the ISS could be abandoned this Winter — Dvice Asus set to release a line of ultrabooks to compete with MacBook Air — TechCrunch It's a WoW Adele cover — The Mary Sue Pics from Read a Comic in Public Day — PopCandy More rumors that Apple will be getting into the TV business — SlashGear One boy's theory on spiderwebs — Urlesque Read more
Geeky bars you wish you could visit on St. Patty's Day — The Mary Sue Star Trek guy busts a move on Kinect — Urlesque Teen uses Facebook to save mom from abuse — Switched A rundown on Apple's marketing tactics — Unplggd Asus building a $200 Chrome netbook? — Dvice Read more
Good news gaming fans: major tech players Sony and Microsoft are tempting you to buy their products this Fall by throwing gaming units in with the purchase of qualifying computers. Students who are also Xbox 360 fans can select from a nicely priced ($700 or more) Windows 7 Acer, Asus, Dell, HP, or Toshiba laptop or desktop to qualify for a free Xbox 360 console. Better yet, you don't even have Read more
