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Computers Are Scary, But Steve Allen Is Here To Help
1:00PM Adam Frucci
Back in the early ’80s, computers were new and terrifying. Luckily, Steve Allen was available to chuckle you through all of that crazy jargon. [Everything Is Terrible]
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First Dell Adamo XPS Prototypes Had Multitouch TouchPads
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4:00AM Matt Buchanan | The Adamo XPS is a daring slice of design and engineering. Quite frankly, it’s batshit insane. More »
Dell Adamo XPS Hands-On: Insanely Thin, Plain Insane
4:00AM Matt Buchanan | The Adamo XPS is a daring slice of design and engineering. Quite frankly, it’s batshit insane. More »
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Is The Crunchpad Dead?
5:38AM Sean Fallon | The Silicon Alley Insider has heard that Mike Arrington’s vision of an affordable Crunchpad web tablet is dying due to higher than expected costs. More »
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Microsoft Courier’s Swipes And Snips: The Leaked Interface
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Steve Jobs’ Original Name For The iMac Was Horrifyingly Bad
2:59AM Matt Buchanan | The iMac revived Apple after a decade of sickly malaise. The name is so obviously iconic. So it’s shocking that Steve Jobs hated it and wanted to call it something so awful it would “curdle your blood”. More »
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12:34AM Mark Wilson | How did Asus, Acer and all the other netbook manufacturers miss such an obvious ploy? The word “Litl Webbook” must be the most cutely named gadget since the “Chumby”. And it’s also an interesting product in its own right. More »
Litl Webbook Banks On Cute, Overlooks Practical
12:34AM Mark Wilson | How did Asus, Acer and all the other netbook manufacturers miss such an obvious ploy? The word “Litl Webbook” must be the most cutely named gadget since the “Chumby”. And it’s also an interesting product in its own right. More »
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Disposable Laptop Works As A Metaphor, Not As An Actual Product
9:35AM John Herrman | There’s no doubt about it: Today, the concept of a disposable laptop is totally ridiculous. But you know what else was ridiculous? Disposable cameras, 60 years ago. And this thing just looks fantastic, so I’ll let it slide. Also: symbolism! More »
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Rest In Peace, Ridiculous Dual-Screen OLPC XO-2
7:18AM John Herrman | It has always been an unspoken fear — or assumption, even — that the dual touchscreen followup to the original OLPC, the XO-2, would never come to pass. But we let the dream live! Until today. The XO-2 is officially scrapped. More »
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