Archivio di Febbraio, 2009

Amazon sorta capitulates, will let publishers decide text-to-speech availability

While affirming its stance on the legality of Kindle 2’s text-to-speech feature — and in fact stating it’ll actually get more customers interested in buying audiobooks — Amazon’s announced that it’ll now let the books’ rights holders decide on a title-by-title basis whether or not they’ll let TTS be enabled. No word on when the [...]

Psion responds to "netbook" challengers, says it does so still sell the NetBook Pro

Well, it looks like the dust up between Psion and those using the “netbook″ name to describe, um, netbooks, isn’t showing any signs of going away anytime soon, with Psion now responding to Intel and Dell’s latest charges by saying that, contrary to their claims, it does indeed still sell its NetBook Pro. According to [...]

Toradex’s Robin stuffs Atom-based computer on credit card-sized module

You may scoff at netbooks for their perceived lack of horsepower, but what if that not-quite phenomenal cosmic power was itty-bitty enough to fit in your (necessarily oversized) wallet? Toradex has unveiled the credit card-sized Robin Z510 and Z530 computer modules, which manages to fit quite a bit in fairly small space. The two mainboards [...]

Ask Engadget: Best first-wave pico projector?

While many pico projectors are still in the oven, quite a few of the early ones have made their way out. We know, 720p versions just have to be around the bend, but since when did you start ditching the first-gen and just waiting around? Check Mark’s question:
“What is the best currently available [...]

Governo: decreto-legge sicurezza pubblica e contrasto alla violenza sessuale