Wednesday, June 3, 2015

Asus Chromebit puts Google's Chrome OS on a stick for under $100

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Google's Chrome OS can be found in laptops, hybrids and even small desktop computers. Joining that lineup of Chromebooks and Chromeboxes is a new PC-on-a-stick version, called the Asus Chromebit. It's one of several new Chrome OS devices highlighted by Google.

Tuesday, June 2, 2015

2015 Toyota Camry Hybrid review:


With the 2015 Toyota Camry Hybrid on the schedule, I set myself for a week of adrenaline-free driving, scooting around the highways and byways of the San Francisco Bay Area at a comfortable pace. After a few long freeway trips I noticed the fuel gauge was still pegged at full. Was it broken? Would I be stuck on the side of the road with an empty tank?
Far from it. First of all, the average fuel economy on the trip computer read over 40 mpg. Compounding that excellent fuel economy and explaining the glacial movement of the fuel needle, a look at the specs showed that Toyota fits the Camry Hybrid with a big 17 gallon fuel tank.

Friday, May 29, 2015

Pentax K-3 II is ready to hit the road

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Though it's not the long-awaited full-frame model everyone expects by the end of this year, Pentax's update to its top-end prosumer dSLR, the K-3, likely falls within the reach of far more people. The enhancements in the K-3 II are relatively minor, but the 1.5-year-old camera's specs still stand up surprisingly well against its major competitors, the somewhat old Canon EOS 70D and the brand-new Nikon D7200.
It's slated to ship in May for $1,100; I don't yet have pricing for other regions yet, but the price directly converts to £737 and AU$1,427.

Thursday, May 28, 2015

Sharp intros 4K televisions under a grand


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LAS VEGAS -- In 2013 we saw "no-name" 4K displays for under $1,000 but now Sharp has finally joined the fray with the 50-inch LC50UB30U display for $999.

Wednesday, May 27, 2015

TCL unveils 'record-breaking' 110-inch 4K TV

LAS VEGAS -- Not content to let Samsung hog the the gaudy limelight, Chinese company TCL has delivered its own take on the massive statement piece with its 110-inch 4K UHD Curved TV.
TCL says its 110-inch diagonal screen is a record breaker -- it claims the TV was verified by none other than Guinness World Records in December as larger than Samsung's 110-incher. Official status notwithstanding, the TCL also comes with some nifty features. Not including the 4K resolution itself, perhaps of most interest to rubberneckers is the promise of a glasses-free 3D experience: something the industry has yet to deliver convincingly or in a timely fashion.

Tuesday, May 26, 2015

Dell's new Android tablet is built for work and play (hands-on)

Dell on Wednesday unveiled the Android-powered Venue 10 7000. The tablet is a big brother to theDell Venue 8 7000, one of our favorite tablets here at CNET, and shares many of the same features. Inside of the Venue 10 is the same quad-core Intel Atom Z3580 processor clocked at 2.3GHz and supported by 2GB of RAM.
The Venue 10 7000 also comes with the same 8-megapixel rear camera as its sibling, with Intel's RealSense technology, which allows you to adjust the focus on images after they have been taken and even measure the distance between items. Other specs include a microSD card slot that supports cards up to 512GB, and a 7,000mAh battery, which Dell says should get you around 15 hours of usage.

Monday, May 25, 2015

Lenovo Yoga Tablet 2 with AnyPen review:


Say goodbye to the anxiety of losing your stylus. The Lenovo Yoga Tablet 2 features AnyPen technology, which allows any metal object to be used as a stylus. Eight-inch Windows tablets that pack the perk of a stylus are few and far between. Lenovo's implementation, with its cutting-edge twist, makes it stand out even more among its competition.