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HP’s Phoenix Desktop: Hot Stuff?

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2:00PM September 14, 2011 | Alex Kidman

HP’s launched a new range of consumer-centric laptops and desktops, including the glow-in-the-dark phoenix, touch screen all-in-ones and ultraportable models. More »


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HP TouchSmart Has One Great Feature (And It’s Not Being A Computer)

6:20AM February 8, 2011 | Sam Biddle

Crafting a new computer is tough. Everyone loves touch – fingers are winning interfaces. But pawing an upright monitor is physically tiring. So? HP’s design team cleverly brought the monitor down to you. And we’ve got their concept sketches. More »


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The HP TouchSmart Computer Designed After A Scorpion’s Tail

6:20AM February 8, 2011 | Sam Biddle

Crafting a new computer is tough. Everyone loves touch – fingers are winning interfaces. But pawing an upright monitor is physically tiring. So? HP’s design team cleverly brought the monitor down to you. And we’ve got their concept sketches. More »


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HP TouchSmart 600 Goes All Core i7 On Us

12:40AM February 4, 2010 | Mark Wilson

You think you’re better than me, TouschSmart 600? You think because you’re now configurable with Core i7 720QM (1.6GHz) or i7 820QM (1.73GHz) processors – starting at $US1700 – that you’ve defeated the long-standing caste system separating man and machine? More »


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HP Slate: Coming 2010, Less Than $US1500, Plain Old Windows 7

5:30PM January 26, 2010 | Wilson Rothman

HP just popped a video of CTO Phil McKinney demonstrating the “slate” we showed you first at CES 2010. McKinney affirms that this is not just some will-o-the-wisp, but in doing so, might’ve taken away some of its allure. More »


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HP TouchSmart Lineup Redefines “Safe” Tablet PC Purchases

12:22AM January 19, 2010 | Kat Hannaford

Time to get back to the tablet range of yesteryear: HP’s TouchSmart line-up. They’ve added three new models to the family – the 12-inch tm2, 15.6-inch dv6t and 17.3-inch dv7t. More »


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HP TouchSmart 600 Review: Multitouch Multimedia Mogul

3:01PM October 13, 2009 | Mark Wilson

The HP Touchsmart 600 is sort of like a girl I “dated” in fourth grade. I can’t say I loved her, but I can say that I really, really liked her a lot. But the Touchsmart never wore braces. More »


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Windows 7 Touch Pack: Surface Interface Without The Big-Ass Table

5:30AM July 11, 2009 | Wilson Rothman

I scored one of the only copies of Windows 7 Touch Pack out in the wild, and it really blew my mind, bringing the full power of Microsoft Surface to touch-enabled Win 7 PCs. Have a look: More »


Hands-On: HP PhotoSmart Premium With TouchSmart Web

4:19AM June 23, 2009 | Adrian Covert

After playing around with HP’s new web-enabled printer, it’s clear they didn’t take any shortcuts with the hardware, equipping it with a responsive, capacitive touch panel. But besides the same types who buy digital photo frames, will anyone use this? More »


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Windows 7 Touch and Multitouch Video Walkthrough

2:00AM February 3, 2009 | Wilson Rothman

I installed Windows 7 Beta on an HP TouchSmart PC over the weekend, getting cozy with the new touch and multitouch features, then loaded up a sweet two-handed Air Hockey demo. Have a look: