MightyText reveals its true goal: Everything on your phone should be everywhere all the time

April 24, 2013 8:22 AM John Koetsier
John Koetsier

Editor's Pick "Everything on your phone should be everywhere all the time," MightyText cofounder Maneesh Arora says. "No-one raves about iCloud, and we feel there's an opportunity. There will soon be billions of Android devices, and no-one's making it easy."

Lithium-ion batteries may be banned from some airplanes’ cargo after Boeing 787 fires (updated)

January 19, 2013 11:23 PM John Koetsier
John Koetsier

Starting Monday, lithium-ion batteries -- the same kind used in your laptop -- won't be allowed in the cargo holds of some international flights.

Google prepping touch-compatible Nexus Chromebooks — and massively ramping production

November 26, 2012 8:39 AM John Koetsier
John Koetsier

Google's Android mobile OS is touch from the bottom up. So wouldn't you expect Google's ChromeOS to be touchable as well?

Phorce: This awesome smart bag charges your laptop & phones, looks good, and warns you when you forget it

November 16, 2012 7:42 AM John Koetsier
John Koetsier

Phorce is a pricey bag, no doubt. But it's also a very cool, smart-looking, and smart-acting gadget bag.

Europe and Asia adopting Windows 8 at double U.S. rate (plus more juicy Windows 8 data)

November 7, 2012 10:17 PM John Koetsier
John Koetsier

Windows 8 crashes 55 percent less and is 84 percent less frustrating than Windows 7, according to a new report.

Mac desktops are now a very lonely 3% of Apple sales

October 25, 2012 4:32 PM John Koetsier
John Koetsier

Remember when the fruity Cupertino, Calif. company used to be called Apple Computer? That seems a long time ago. A long, long time ago.

Teardown: new 13″ retina MacBook Pro is twice as repairable as the 15″ (which isn’t saying much)

October 25, 2012 9:42 AM John Koetsier
John Koetsier

The original retina MacBook Pro, the 15" model, earned a miserly 1/10 in iFixit's repairability score. Now the teardown specialists have ruthlessly ripped apart Apple's innocent new 13" retina MacBook Pro, and the results are in.

Dell’s Windows 8 three-way product intro: 10-inch business Ultrabook, all-in-one desktop, and a new tablet

September 19, 2012 4:00 AM Dean Takahashi
Dean Takahashi

Dell is unveiling its fall line-up of business-class computers, including a 10-inch Ultrabook laptop, a 23-inch all-in-one desktop, and a 10-inch Intel-based tablet computer.

The new computers are the Round Rock, Texas-based computer maker’s bid to grab its share of …

Dell launches two new Ultrabook laptops for performance geeks

June 26, 2012 12:01 AM Dean Takahashi
Dean Takahashi

Dell is launching a couple of new no-compromise XPS laptops today based on Intel’s Ultrabook specifications.

The new XPS 14 Ultrabook and XPS 15 Ultrabook models offer good battery life, high performance, built-in security, and thin enclosures.

The XPS 14 …

Hands-on with Microsoft Surface, a tablet targeting the iPad…and Ultrabooks

June 18, 2012 7:56 PM James Pikover
James Pikover

Earlier today we caught our first glimpse at the Microsoft Surface, Microsoft’s new Windows 8 tablet, at a press event in Los Angeles (check out our full live coverage). After the event I got some hands-on time with both Surface …

Acer Aspire S3 Ultrabook fights MacBook Air with its $899 price tag

October 10, 2011 5:09 PM Sean Ludwig
Sean Ludwig

Acer’s first major MacBook Air competitor, the Aspire S3-951 laptop, will go on sale this week, the company announced today.

The MacBook Air has run virtually uncontested in the ultra-thin laptop category with its blazing fast speeds, SSD hard drive …

Aiming for Apple, Sony rolls out more entertainment laptops

June 15, 2011 8:15 AM Dean Takahashi
Dean Takahashi

Sony Electronics is launching two lines of entertainment laptops today as it unveils more of its summer line-up aimed at taking market share away from Apple.

The machines are targeted at multimedia fans who want colorful machines that make them …

Can you design a sports car with a laptop?

April 12, 2011 1:05 PM Dean Takahashi

Hewlett-Packard is known for its workstations that can design everything from Tesla sports cars to scenes in animated films. For the most part, the engineers and programmers designing those things have been tied to their desktop workstations. But today, HP …