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Run Windows software on your Mac with CrossOver 17: 52% off!
Continue ReadingRun Windows software on your Mac with CrossOver 17: 52% off!
Continue ReadingI love Kangaroo’s concept–small mini computer that you slide into a housing. They recently released a Notebook edition. Does fantasy match reality?
Continue ReadingSame great phone, new Windows flavor. Is it as awesome as the Android version? Let’s check it out.
Continue ReadingAlcatel’s Idol 4S is one of the best ways to do VR on Android. T-Mobile and Microsoft have now joined the party, bringing that same VR love to Windows 10.
Continue Reading‘Cover’: a comics reading app for Windows that allows you to focus on the art.
Continue ReadingThe tablet market is pretty crowded these days, with Apple and Samsung on top and then everyone else. So hardware makers need to have products that stand out. Toshiba’s Encore Write 2 has some features that grab attention…but do they keep it?
Continue ReadingMy dear grandfather, the man who instilled within me a love of technology (and specifically consumer electronics), is fond of telling me that you just can’t skimp on hardware. Frank Zappa, on the other hand, famously declared “If we can’t be free, at least we can be cheap.”
Continue ReadingUsing Windows 8.1 on a tablet isn’t all that different from using it on a desktop machine. Not anymore. It’s a dreamy experience.
Continue ReadingMicrosoft didn’t exactly enjoy the warmest reception for its Surface RT tablet. Released just in time for the 2012 holiday season, the consumer-level Windows 8 tablet that ran the ARM-based Windows RT 8 confused buyers (what do you mean it runs only apps and not my Windows software?) and ended up costing Microsoft a $900 million write down. I though the original was innovative — especially its touch type covers — but really had no interest in picking one up, even when they were steeply discounted. I’m an iPad guy (I do have a few Android tablets but I still find that OS a little “meh”) so I’m kind of a tough sell that way. When Microsoft sent me a Surface 2 — the followup to the ill fated Surface RT — frankly, I wasn’t expecting to get a whole lot out of the experience. However, I came to appreciate the Surface 2 as a tablet I can actually get real work done on and that’s something I can’t say about the iPad.
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