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Slate PCs and eBook Readers shine at CES

By Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla

Slate PCs, which are slimline 5`inch to 11`inch screen tablet computers turned a lot of heads perhaps because of the buzz surrounding the rumoured Apple ìSlate tablet.

New Wireless Streaming Solution from Canada’s Eleven

by Lee Rickwood

Eleven Engineering is showing off its new personal wireless standard, called TRiK, at CES. It will compete with other proprietary concepts on the market, and with established standards like Bluetooth.

Google Launches Nexus One Smartphone

By Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla

What makes the Nexus One different is that it provides the most “perfect” implementation of what a Google Android Smartphone should be. Google controls the software and updates it directly without limitations from mobile carriers.

Consumer Devices Head for the Clouds

by Lee Rickwood

As always, the future is uncertain…cloudy, in fact.

But two predictions are safe to make about the increased importance of cloud computing and mobile TV.

Google Chrome for Mac

By Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla

Google knows that in order for its OS to gain mass acceptance, it has to sell the merits of its standalone browser. Pushing Chrome into the mainstream, even if Mac and Linux have a small share of the market.

The Chrome browser has been a personal favourite on Windows- its speed, stability and simplicity has made Apple’s Safari and even the venerable Mozilla Firefox feel bloated and slow.