HP TouchPads to be dumped in landfill?

HP TouchPads to be dumped in landfill? What happens to all the unsold HP TouchPad tablets? Now that HP has scrapped plans to sell or further develop the once tipped iPad-killer webOS tablet there are an awful lot of pretty boxes sitting on retail shelves and in warehouses with nowhere to go. US retail giant Best Buy reportedly asked HP to take back 245,000 TouchPads as the retailer had sold just 25,000 in a month....

August 19, 2011 · 3 min · 588 words · Christopher Crawford

The UK, France and Germany has 153 million gamers in total

The UK, France and Germany has 153 million gamers in total More than half of adults in the UK, France and Germany admit to playing computer games, saysPopCap. Research conducted by Newzoo on behalf of the games firm revealed there’s more than 153 million gamers across the three countries, and the encompass game consoles, casual game sites, social networks, mobile devices, downloadable games and boxed games. Furthermore, 68 percent of UK men that were surveyed and 59 percent of women play games, which is the highest percentage across the three countries....

August 10, 2011 · 2 min · 274 words · Andrea Ibarra

Kodak ESP 5250 review

Kodak ESP 5250 review Expert’s Rating Our Verdict The Kodak ESP 5250 does a good job of proving the Consistency of Kodak’s product look and feel. This is a slick update of older technology. However, despite the odd improvement – the hinged LCD screen, for instance – there’s little here that the Kodak C310 doesn’t do a little better. The 5250 is marginally faster, but the C310’s print quality is better....

July 7, 2011 · 5 min · 918 words · David Herrera

EnterpriseDB adds HP-UX support

EnterpriseDB adds HP-UX support Version 9.0 of EnterpriseDB’s Oracle-compatible database is now available, with new support for Hewlett-Packard’s HP-UX operating system, the company announced Thursday. Oracle recently said it would stop developing new versions of its database and other software for Intel’s Itanium chips, which HP uses in server systems along with HP-UX. The decision sparked a controversy that ultimately led HP tofile a lawsuitagainst Oracle, saying the move was in violation of agreements between the companies and was meant to force customers onto Oracle’s hardware....

June 30, 2011 · 3 min · 538 words · Helen Valdez

How to purchase and read eBooks on an Android tablet

How to purchase and read eBooks on an Android tablet Tabletsmake the perfect home for digital ebooks and purchasing then reading books can be done in mere minutes. Here’s how to purchase and read e-books on a tablet. If you’re into reading then a device such as the Samsung Galaxy Tab has the potential to turn into one of the best gadgets you’ve ever owned. Thanks to an increasingly huge collection of traditional print publications appearing online, with everything from books to magazines and also newspapers now being produced in digital editions, a tablet device makes the ideal environment for enjoying them....

June 23, 2011 · 4 min · 771 words · Monica Collins
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