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DotGizmo Apple Guilty Of Copyright Infringement In China Home add your blog Archives Search Your Gadget Reviewed Forum Contact RSS FEED This site is an rss xml news reader containing our favorite feeds . All articles are the copyrighted material of the blogs that wrote them . Microsoft Alerts Internet Explorer Users Of Zero Day Security Hole post from Ubergizmo on 31 December 2012 05:29:36 PM . Ubergizmo There are a number of web browser options out there available for your computer , but if you’re a PC user who doesn’t know much about the big , scary world of web browsers , then you’re probably an Internet Explorer user . And if you’re an Internet Explorer user , then Microsoft is urging you to update your browser immediately as they have found a new security hole over the weekend you’re
: , , Home Products Top News Reviews Deals Mini PCs Contact About Liliputing in 2012 : Top stories , search terms , trends Tweet Email It’s been a strange year in the little computer space . When Liliputing launched in 2008, the big stories in mobile computing were all about netbooks . Over the past few years we’ve seen smartbooks , tablets , ultrabooks , and other portable devices enter the . space In 2012 pretty much every major netbook maker stopped producing new models , spurred by low profit margins , Intel’s shift its focus to tablets and smartphones , and the launch of Windows 8, which requires higher-resolution displays than those found on most netbooks for many . functions Meanwhile , the prices of Android tablets have fallen significantly , thanks largely to the Amazon Kindle
, Home Products Top News Reviews Deals Mini PCs Contact About India’s Aakash 3 tablet could run Android , Linux Tweet Email It’s been less than two months since the student-friendly Aakash 2 tablet launched in India but educators are already looking ahead to the Aakash 3. India’s low-cost tablet program makes Aakash tablets available to students across the country in an effort to help students get online and run educational apps . While the devices aren’t exactly top tier devices , the recently launched Aakash 2 is a big step up from the first 35 tablet , and it looks like the next model could be even more . interesting Aakash 2 According to the Times of India the Aakash 3 could be designed to run either Google Android or another Linux-based operating . system The new tablet could also
Home Products Top News Reviews Deals Mini PCs Contact About Velocity Micro introduces NoteMagix 14-inch ultrabook for 800 and up Tweet Email Velocity Micro is getting into the ultrabook market with the launch of the new NoteMagix U series ultrabook It features a 14 inch display , a 6 hour battery , and sells for 800 and . up There are actually three different Velocity Micro NoteMagix models . All three feature 1366 x 768 pixel displays , 4GB of RAM , WiFi , Bluetooth , and integrated DVD . drives They also all weigh about 4 pounds , feature Intel Ivy Bridge processors , and are available with a choice of Windows 7 or Windows 8. Here’s what sets the different models : apart NoteMagix U430 : Core i3 CPU , 500GB HDD and 24GB SSD for 800 NoteMagix U450 : Core i5, 120GB SSD for 900 NoteMagix
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Home Products Top News Reviews Deals Mini PCs Contact About Deals of the Day 12-31-2012 Tweet Email The Lenovo ThinkPad X220T is a notebook with a 12.5 inch display , an Intel Core i7 Sandy Bridge processor , and Windows 7 Professional . It’s last year’s model Lenovo offers the X230T with a faster processor instead . now But the X230T sells for 1150 and up , while you can pick up an X220T for just 750 from Woot . today Here are some of the day’s best deals on mobile devices and . accessories Lenovo ThinkPad X220T 12.5 convertible tablet w Core i7 Sandy Bridge for 750 Woot Refurb Samsung NP300 11.6 notebook w Core i3 Sandy Bridge for 280 efxdigital via eBay Refurb B N NOOK Tablet 16GB for 130 GeekDeal via eBay Refurb Samsung Galaxy Player 5.0 for 160 Buy.com G.Skill 8GB laptop memory 2 x
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: , , , , , Home Products Top News Reviews Deals Mini PCs Contact About Smartphones in 2013 : Tizen , Firefox OS , Sailfish to compete with Android , iOS , BlackBerry , Windows Phone Tweet Email Android and iOS pretty much dominate the smartphone space these days , although there are still an awful lot of BlackBerry handsets in the wild , and Microsoft is pushing its Windows Phone 8 platform pretty . hard But in 2013 we’ll see a few new players enter the market . It’s not clear whether they’ll make much of a dent in the market , but they’ll present some interesting alternatives to the software that makes phones smart . today Tizen A group of companies including Samsung and Intel have been backing an open source project called Tizen which is designed to run on phones , tablets , netbooks ,
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DotGizmo The ViVAX Laptop Case Is As Rugged As It Gets Home add your blog Archives Search Your Gadget Reviewed Forum Contact RSS FEED This site is an rss xml news reader containing our favorite feeds . All articles are the copyrighted material of the blogs that wrote them . 1 Million Samsung Galaxy Note 2 Units Sold In South Korea post from Ubergizmo on 31 December 2012 07:16:34 AM . Ubergizmo Last month it was reported that Samsung had managed to sell over 5 million units of the Galaxy Note 2 globally , and it seems that almost a fifth of those sales came from their home of South Korea . According to a report by MK News they claim that Samsung has managed to sell 1 million Galaxy Note 2 units in South Korea , a milestone which they have managed to reach in about 90 days since its launch
DotGizmo Apple Wont Pursue Samsung Galaxy S3 Mini In Court Home add your blog Archives Search Your Gadget Reviewed Forum Contact RSS FEED This site is an rss xml news reader containing our favorite feeds . All articles are the copyrighted material of the blogs that wrote them . Survey Shows That iPad Still Accounts For 87 Of Tablet Web Traffic post from Ubergizmo on 31 December 2012 06:57:23 AM . Ubergizmo With the introduction of more affordable and powerful Google Nexus tablets , and tablets like Amazon s Kindle Fire HD , you would think that Apple s iPad presence on the web could be taking a hit and could see its numbers replaced by its competitors . Interestingly though according to analytics company , Chitika , it seems that the iPad is still dominating web traffic as far as tablet
DotGizmo Nokia Lumia 610 To Get Angry Birds Home add your blog Archives Search Your Gadget Reviewed Forum Contact RSS FEED This site is an rss xml news reader containing our favorite feeds . All articles are the copyrighted material of the blogs that wrote them . Westinghouse To Unveil UHD Television Sets At CES 2013 post from Ubergizmo on 31 December 2012 06:55:55 AM . Ubergizmo If you re planning on picking up a brand new TV but you d rather not blow a hole in your wallet doing so , then you might be interested to learn that budget HDTV manufacturer , Westinghouse , has plans to unveil a series of UHD television sets at CES 2013. This includes a whopping 110 model , along with smaller models sized at 50 55 and 65 respectively . All models will feature a UHD resolution of 3840×2160,
DotGizmo Nokia Lumia 610 To Get Angry Birds Home add your blog Archives Search Your Gadget Reviewed Forum Contact RSS FEED This site is an rss xml news reader containing our favorite feeds . All articles are the copyrighted material of the blogs that wrote them . Samsung Teases New TV Design For CES 2013 In Photo post from Ubergizmo on 31 December 2012 06:39:29 AM . Ubergizmo The other day we reported that Samsung had released a teaser video for an upcoming TV set they would be debuting at CES 2013. Well if you decided that the teaser video wasn’t enough , Samsung has since uploaded a picture on their blog which we can only presume is the shape of their upcoming TV . According to Samsung , this new TV they will be unveiling features an unprecedented new TV shape and timeless gallery
DotGizmo First Tizen Device Gets MWC 2013 Debut Home add your blog Archives Search Your Gadget Reviewed Forum Contact RSS FEED This site is an rss xml news reader containing our favorite feeds . All articles are the copyrighted material of the blogs that wrote them . Intel Rumored To Debut Set-Top Box And TV Subscription Service At CES 2013 post from Ubergizmo on 31 December 2012 05:45:43 AM . Ubergizmo We re sure that both fans and critics of Apple are eagerly waiting to see what sort of iTV the company could launch , especially after Steve Jobs famously claimed in his biography to have cracked the TV market . While we wait and see if rumors of such a device actually plays out , it looks like the TV market could have another player and this time in the form of Intel , a move which we re
DotGizmo Baldurs Gate : Enhanced Edition Considered For PS3 Release Home add your blog Archives Search Your Gadget Reviewed Forum Contact RSS FEED This site is an rss xml news reader containing our favorite feeds . All articles are the copyrighted material of the blogs that wrote them . BLU Products Unveil Vivo 4.65 Android Smartphone post from Ubergizmo on 31 December 2012 05:44:48 AM . Ubergizmo Is BLU Products a company that you ve heard of If you haven t we can t say we blame you , but if you re in the market for an affordable Android smartphone unlocked and free from carriers , then you might be interested in the company s Vivo 4.65 smartphone which will be priced at 300 and should be available for purchase come January 2013. So what can you expect for 300 Surprisingly its specs aren
DotGizmo Get Office Depot coupon to get Storage Products at officedepot.com discount Home add your blog Archives Search Your Gadget Reviewed Forum Contact RSS FEED This site is an rss xml news reader containing our favorite feeds . All articles are the copyrighted material of the blogs that wrote them . iOS Pirated App Store Installous Shuts Down post from Ubergizmo on 31 December 2012 05:26:26 AM . Ubergizmo If the main reason you jailbreak your iOS device is because you want to downloaded pirated apps as opposed to tweaking the operating system to your liking , then you might be interested to learn that Hackulous has announced that they will be shutting down . What this means is that jailbreakers who jailbreak their iOS device for Installous will need to source alternative places for
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DotGizmo Apple Guilty Of Copyright Infringement In China Home add your blog Archives Search Your Gadget Reviewed Forum Contact RSS FEED This site is an rss xml news reader containing our favorite feeds . All articles are the copyrighted material of the blogs that wrote them . US ITC Judge Recommends Import And Sales Ban Of Samsung Products post from Ubergizmo on 31 December 2012 04:17:16 AM . Ubergizmo A few months ago Apple scored a pretty big win over Samsung when a jury in California ruled in Apple s favor , ruling that Samsung should pay Apple over a billion dollars in damages . Now it looks like Samsung will be dealt another blow as an US ITC judge has recommended that Samsung s products should be banned from being sold and imported into the US , claiming that these products have
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DotGizmo Baldurs Gate : Enhanced Edition Considered For PS3 Release Home add your blog Archives Search Your Gadget Reviewed Forum Contact RSS FEED This site is an rss xml news reader containing our favorite feeds . All articles are the copyrighted material of the blogs that wrote them . Samsung Galaxy S3 Mini Gets Android 4.1.2 Jelly Bean Update post from Ubergizmo on 31 December 2012 03:30:08 AM . Ubergizmo Folks in Asia , Indonesia and Vietnam to be exact , are apparently going to sign off 2012 on a high note . This is because the Samsung Galaxy S3 mini which will not be sold in the US , by the way , in order to be dropped from the lawsuit that was filed and will go on trial in 2014 by Apple has reportedly shipped with Android 4.1.2 Jelly Bean right out of the . box In fact , it was as
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: Home Products Top News Reviews Deals Mini PCs Contact About Precise Puppy : Light-weight Linux based on Ubuntu Tweet Email Puppy Linux is a light-weight Linux-based operating system designed to run well even on older computers with slow processors , little memory , or small hard drives . In fact , the operating system is designed to run from a USB flash drive , so you can carry your desktop in your pocket and fire it up just by plugging it into a PC and booting . up While Puppy has been around for years , a new version hit the streets in 2012 called Precise Puppy It’s based on Ubuntu 12.04 which means that pretty much any app that can run on Ubuntu can run on Puppy . All you have to do is download and install the deb . package That means it should be much easier to find software that
Home Products Top News Reviews Deals Mini PCs Contact About LG introduces Tab-Book Windows 8 sliders Tweet Email Korean electronics maker LG’s latest tablet has an 11.6 inch display , Windows 8 software , and a slide-out keyboard that lets you use the computer like a . notebook It’s called the LG Tab-Book H160 and while LG plans to show it off at CES in January , you can already have one shipped from South Korea to the US if you’ve got 1395 burning a hole in your pocket The Tab-Book H160 measures 0.6 inches thick , weighs about 2.3 pounds , and offers up to 12.5 hours of battery . life It features WiFi , Bluetooth , a USB port , HDMI port , and a microSD card . slot The Tab-Book H160 has an Intel Atom Z2760 Clover Trail processor , 2GB of RAM , and a 64GB solid state disk which suggest
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Home Products Top News Reviews Deals Mini PCs Contact About Algiz XRW rugged netbook with Intel Atom N2600 on the way Tweet Email The Algiz XRW from Handheld is a rugged netbook with a 10 inch display , an Intel Atom processor , and the ability to withstand a number of very rough environments . It can operate in temperatures as low as 4 degrees Fahrenheit , or as hot as 131 degrees . You can use it at high altitudes . And it’s designed withstand . drops Handheld currently offers a model with an Intel Atom Z550 processor but a new model with a higher-performance Intel Atom N2600 chip showed up at the FCC website this . week The new Algiz XRW has a 1366 x 768 pixel display with a resistive touchscreen . While resistive panels aren’t all that popular in consumer tablets and laptops , they
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