As a tech author, blogger and reviewer I get technology sent to me periodically or I pick up bits and pieces myself.  This does mean that I can occasionally find something being replaced when its not too old.  This is about to happen with two tablets, an HP TouchPad 32Gb and a RIM Playbook 16Gb.  [...]

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So what is the future form factor of the PC?  If Intel are to be believed then the ultrabook is the computer we will all want, and I’m waiting on one or two of the first ultrabooks to arrive shortly for review.  What is becoming clear though is that the ‘beige box’ that is the [...]

Categories: Apple

HP has released firmware updates for some of its LaserJet printer models that aims to mitigate a security vulnerability discovered in November. Researchers at Columbia University discovered that some HP LaserJet printers can be manipulated into accepting a modified firmware. The modified firmware can then be used to steal information, run network attacks or even [...]

Categories: Security

Many electronic devices ship with Internet access these days. And I’m not talking about traditional devices like PCs or even gaming consoles, but more about peripherals like printers and household items such as fridges or microwaves. Columbia University researchers have discovered a vulnerability in some Hewlett-Packard LaserJet printer lines that could allow attackers to install [...]

Categories: Security

2011 has not been a good year for HP’s WebOS tablet operating system.  The year began with the company praising the product they had acquired when they bought Palm but there then followed the sudden announcement of the dropping of the TouchPad, the first WebOS tablet only seven weeks after it went on sale.  Now [...]

Categories: Hardware

Figures released for the last quarter by IDC and Gartner show that, despite rumblings at HP that included rumours about dropping their entire PC division, the truly unprecedented Touchpad fire sale and the unceremonious dumping of their CEO, the PC maker still maintains the top spot and has indeed grown their lead in the last [...]

Categories: companies

The HP TouchPad is dead, long live the HP TouchPad!  It feels very odd reviewing a product that you can’t buy any more.  When you factor in though that this new tablet computer is brand new out and still in its review period, and that many people will this week be taking delivery of their [...]

Categories: Hardware

Last week when HP announced both that it was going to sell off its PC division, but also that it was dropping its WebOS devices, the tech community went into shock.  This the world’s biggest PC manufacturer, with some 26% of the US market or 18% of the PC market worldwide. So far as WebOS [...]

Categories: Hardware

This can hardly be believed but it’s actually true and not some cruel joke.  Having only just released the first WebOS tablet after having purchased Palm last year, and having spent the last year talking up their new mobile operating system as the next big thing, which frankly it had a very good chance of [...]

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