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Woot Offers Refurb HP TouchPad for $219.99

If you are the sort of geek that doesn’t care for Android or iOS, but wants a tablet, there aren’t too many options for you today. One of the options, that didn’t do well on the market, is the HP TouchPad – packing webOS. If you wanted one of those…

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January 27th, 2012 by: Shane McGlaun

HP Closes Palm webOS Stores

HP has admitted defeat and officially closed down their Palm webOS retail stores in the US. This comes just after the company announced that they would stop selling their webOS based devices, and dropped the price of the HP TouchPad to a mere $100 (USD).…

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October 17th, 2011 by: Conner Flynn

HP TouchPads Allegedly Shipped to Buyers with Android Already Installed

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HP failed miserably with its TouchPad tablet making zero splash on the tablet market. The TouchPad quickly failed and the only thing that was good about the entire thing was that the fire sale that sold off the remaining TouchPad inventory saw people getting the tablets for under $100 –…

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October 7th, 2011 by: Shane McGlaun

HP HD 5210 Webcam Lets You Skype in Hi-Def: Is That a Good Thing or a Bad Thing?

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I’m always annoyed at the low resolution I have on my integrated webcam, so it makes sense to get something with a more pixels. HP’s HD 5210 will allow you to Skype in HD, which can be good or bad, depending on how you’re looking that day. Actually, it’s probably…

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September 15th, 2011 by: Range

Woot Offers HP TouchPad Tablet for a Steal

I can’t even see the Woot website without thinking about that song you couldn’t get away from on the radio months back that talked about a Wootie. You know, a white girl with a bootie. Yeah. The deal on Woot today has nothing to do with a nice butt; it…

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August 5th, 2011 by: Shane McGlaun

Computer Parts Robot Has Intel and AMD in Its Bloodstream

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I always wonder what to do with all the bits and pieces of obsolete technology I have lying around. Sure, I donate what I can to schools, but I’ve even been turned down there when the tech is too old or unwieldy. Maybe I should do what Mike over at…

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March 28th, 2011 by: Technabob

Hp Slate Protoype Spy Shots Uncovered: Finger-Clicking Good?

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It looks like HP’s foray into the tablet world has been finally shown up in an actual, functional device. The HP Slate looks interesting enough. The only concern is, how will it be priced? Because we can tell you that the Samsung Galaxy is priced higher …than an iPad.

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September 23rd, 2010 by: Range

Hp Zr30w Screen Displays Over 1 Billion Colors, and No, You Can’T See Them All

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With ever-increasing pixel resolution, contrast ratios and refresh rates all reaching the point of diminishing returns in terms of improving image quality on video monitors, it was only a matter of time until someone decided to go after the number of colors stat so they could sound just that much…

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June 1st, 2010 by: Technabob

Hp Designjet 3d Printer is Here, but We Still Can’T Afford It

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When Hewlett-Packard promised to make 3D printers more affordable for the masses, I’m pretty sure they didn’t mean bums like you and me who just want to print 3D models of bacon, Patlabor and Olivia Munn (not necessarily in that order) will be able to get one. But yeah, HP’s…

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April 21st, 2010 by: Lambert Varias

Hp Unveils Devices Built Using Memristors: Skynet, Here We Come

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Nearly 40 years ago, Filipino-American scientist Leon O. Chua came up with the idea of a memory resistor, or memristor for short. Yesterday, April 8, Hewlett-Packard showed devices that the company made using memristors in place of transistors. Memristors have a lot of advantages over transistors, the primary one being…

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April 9th, 2010 by: Lambert Varias

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