Hewlett Packard has beaten Apple to the punch in coming up with a beautiful tablet-like computer. The company’s just-announced DreamScreen products represent a new category of wireless connected screens. These screens are hybrids of slate computers and digital photo displays. They’re not multitouch screen-enabled. (You can easily imagine future models like that, once the costs come down). But [...]

When it comes to computers, four brains are better than one. And now, even mainstream consumers can afford these multiheaded beasts. Advanced Micro Devices is launching  new quad-core microprocessors for desktops priced at only $99, breaking a threshold that should lead to powerful computers at bargain prices during the holidays… Tweet This Post

After Apple’s fun-but-not-earthshattering debut of a video-shooting iPod Nano earlier this week, Steve Jobs gave New York Times reporter David Pogue an interview. Asked if Apple was ready to debut an e-reader like Amazon’s Kindle — but much, much prettier, of course — Jobs said he didn’t think e-readers made sense:… Tweet This Post

Google, not content to only use clean technology on its campuses, has decided to get involved in the solar thermal energy business. The company will work to improve the mirrors used in solar thermal systems, making them more affordable for widespread commercial and utility use… Tweet This Post

Facebook today rolled out a very spare version of itself in the United States called Facebook Lite. The original goal of Facebook Lite was to help the social network expand in developing countries where users unfamiliar with Facebook might want a simpler interface, or one that would load faster on a slower Internet connection… Tweet [...]