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ASUS’ Express Gate 2.0 instant-on OS demoed on video

ASUS' original ExpressGate instant-on OS may be getting a little long in the tooth, but it looks like it's finally due for a serious replacement. While it didn't cause much fanfare at the time, ASUS was apparently showing off version 2.0 of the SlashTop-based OS at CeBIT earlier this month, and Notebook Italia has just now provided a quick hands-on video that gives us some idea of what's in store. As you can see, the biggest change is the interface, which now looks more than a little like webOS ' cards system, and represents a significant step up form the barebones original. Head on past the break to check it out for yourself. [Thanks, Sal] Continue reading ASUS' Express Gate 2.0 instant-on OS demoed on video ASUS' Express Gate 2.0 instant-on OS demoed on video originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 19 Mar 2010 20:37:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
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One on One: Christopher Poole, Founder of 4chan

An interview with Christopher "Moot" Poole, founder of 4Chan, the racy message board.
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Cabestan Sol Invictus Watch Has Two Solar Panels [Watch]

Imagine having this on your wrist. The questions people would ask. The minutes you'd spend staring at it, trying to work out the time. Wondering why you spent $560,000 on it, instead of buying a house. More
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Entelligence: Will Surface ever surface?

Entelligence is a column by technology strategist and author Michael Gartenberg, a man whose desire for a delicious cup of coffee and a quality New York bagel is dwarfed only by his passion for tech. In these articles, he'll explore where our industry is and where it's going -- on both micro and macro levels -- with the unique wit and insight only he can provide. "Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic." I'd paraphrase Arthur C. Clarke's famous quote for the CE market by saying that any sufficiently advanced new product needs to look like it just came off the Starship Enterprise. I'd say Microsoft Surface was a product that met my definition as well as Clarke's when it launched a few years back -- and it should have changed computing quite a bit. Sadly, I haven't spoken to the Surface team in a long time and it looks like it may never go anywhere in the end. The Surface concept was great. It was a Windows PC inside a table with a 30" touchscreen on top, and cameras that could sense what's happening on screen. The result is you could use a Surface device just by touching the screen with your finger -- but unlike other large touch screens at the time, Surface was multitouch, so you could use all your fingers at the same time. More importantly, multiple users could engage with each other. It was a PC but didn't look or run like a PC, which was genius -- you'd never know it was running Windows, but there was no development learning curve. It was totally optimized for that big honking touch surface area, and applications that worked with it -- I'm sure it could run Office, but that's not something it's was ever likely to do. Surface was PC evolution happening in real time. It's really something you needed to see up close and in thirty seconds before the light bulb went on. Sadly, most people have never seen or worked with a Surface unit. Beyond a small retail rollout at AT&T stores in NY that seems to have ended, the last time I saw one was the Edelman PR offices, where it sat like a large coffee table and did pretty much nothing. Continue reading Entelligence: Will Surface ever surface? Entelligence: Will Surface ever surface? originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 18 Mar 2010 19:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
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Google’s Nexus One Selling Slower Than iPhone (BusinessWeek)

Google Inc.’s Nexus One phone is selling at a slower pace than the first iPhone, reaching about 135,000 units in the time it took Apple Inc. to sell 1 million, according to Flurry Inc.
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Webmaster without modern Web

In rural Oklahoma, Kelli Fields struggles with a dial-up Internet connection so slow she does chores to pass the time while Web sites load. Today, the FCC unveils a plan to get 9 out of 10 Americans on broadband by 2020.
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Google Phone Selling at Slower Pace Than First IPhone (Update2) (Bloomberg)

March 16 (Bloomberg) -- Google Inc. ’s Nexus One phone is selling at a slower pace than the first iPhone, reaching about 135,000 units in the time it took Apple Inc.
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Lenovo ThinkCentre A70z review

The hallowed Think branding finally spread out to the land of AIOs earlier this year and we just had to wrap our paws around some of that signature matte black plastic to see what's what. The ThinkCentre A70z represents Lenovo's most direct assault on the eco-conscious office manager's checkbook, coming as it does with minimal packaging, built out of recycled and recyclable materials, and significant energy savings relative to orthodox desktops. In our time with it, we found the A70z to be a well built and capable little rig, but the question you most probably want answered is whether the premium branding we associate with the tank-like ThinkPads can be trusted to deliver a similar superiority in hardware and construction in the all-in-one arena. Click past the break for the answer. Gallery: ThinkCentre A70z review Continue reading Lenovo ThinkCentre A70z review Lenovo ThinkCentre A70z review originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 16 Mar 2010 11:02:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
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Google’s Nexus One Selling at Slower Pace Than First IPhone (Bloomberg)

March 16 (Bloomberg) -- Google Inc. ’s Nexus One phone is selling at a slower pace than the first iPhone, reaching about 135,000 units in the time it took Apple Inc.
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