Michelle Maisto

Apple Polishes Mac Line, Conjures Up Multitouch Magic Mouse No Title The entire top shell of Apples new Magic Mouse is a multitouch surface, allowing users to scroll with flicks of their fingers. The whole mouse, too, is a button, so users can click anywhere. Clicking the top corner of ones choice opens a shortcut […]

Verizon seems to believe it has a possible iPhone killer in the Droid-a smartphone running Google’s Android mobile operating system that it’s rumored the carrier will release on Oct. 30. The 32-second television ad that Verizon has begun running makes rather clear all that the Apple iPhone can’t do, which, it goes on to imply, […]

The race between LTE and WiMAX technologies to dominate 4G wireless networks continues to proceed at a brisk pace. According to an Oct. 20 report from analyst company Maravedis, WiMAX subscriber growth in the second quarter increased 16.5 percent over the first quarter, showing a 74 percent year-over-year growth since the second quarter of 2008. […]

A day after Apple posted quarterly profits of $1.67 billion on Oct. 19, amid an otherwise still faltering PC market, the computer maker announced updates to several of its products, offering consumers seemingly unneeded purchasing motivation heading into the holiday shopping season.Apple’s all-in-one iMac will feature an edge-to-edge glass design and an aluminum enclosure and […]

Just days before the launch of Microsoft’s Windows 7, Fujitsu has introduced five new touch-emphasizing mobile PC offerings – two convertible tablet PCs, a notebook, an ultra-thin notebook and a netbook – that will run the new operating system. Paul Moore, Fujitsu senior director of mobile product management, said Fujitsu has been working with pen […]

New Fujitsu LifeBook Laptops, Tablets Offer Windows 7, Multitouch Displays No Title The Fujitsu LifeBook T4310 is a convertible tablet PC for consumers that combines multitouch input with the Home Premium edition of Microsoft’s Windows 7, which is said to complement touch applications. No Title A bidirectional swivel hinge enables the device to function as […]

Gateway on Oct. 19 introduced an EC Series of notebook PCs that will be available with the Oct. 22 arrival of Microsoft’s Windows 7. The series so far comprises the EC58, EC54 and EC14, all of which run Windows 7 Home Premium and offer up to 8 hours of battery life as well as touchpads […]

Acer Laptops Come Packed with Touch-screen Displays, Windows 7, Android No Title Acer’s Aspire One AOD250 netbook features both Google’s Android operating system and Microsoft’s Windows XP Home. Users can switch between the two with just a mouse click. No Title Android enables the Aspire One to offer “instant on” Internet connectivity that eliminates the […]

UK wireless carrier Vodafone announced Oct. 15 that it will be offering the BlackBerry Storm2, the update to Research In Motion’s Storm smartphone, in time for the holidays. The BlackBerry Storm is currently offered in the United States by Verizon Wireless.The original BlackBerry Storm has been both admired and criticized, and with the Storm2, many […]

The Palm Pre is now available in the U.K., exclusively from wireless carrier O2.U.K. customers have the option of picking up the well-reviewed device for just the price of a two-year contract at 34.26 British pounds, or approximately $56, a month.The plan comes with unlimited data and WiFi, 600 minutes of talk time, 500 texts […]

In the third quarter of 2009, Apple’s computer shipments reached 1.6 million units, an increase from the 1.5 million Macs the company shipped during the third quarter of 2008. The number boosted Apple’s PC vendor market share to 8.8 percent, for a growth of 6.8 percent year over year.“These are good results, especially given that […]

One more smartphone for the holiday shopping lists?Research In Motion has officially introduced the much-whispered-about BlackBerry Storm2. And while Verizon Wireless, which supports the original Storm, may eventually host it in the U.S., RIM’s Oct. 15 announcement came in partnership with Vodafone, which through the holidays will offer the Storm2 in the U.K., Ireland, France, […]