Waiting for Windows 8

Walt answers a reader’s question on whether to wait for Windows 8 before buying a new computer.

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Raspberry Pi, a Credit-Card-Sized Computer, Set to Launch

The Raspberry Pi, a credit-card sized computer that plugs directly into your TV via an HDMI input, is launching next month, following five years of research and development. Developed in the U.K. by the Raspberry Pi Foundation, the $35 version of the device runs Linux, has a 700MHZ ARM 11 processor and 256MB of RAM, and features the first-person multiplayer video game Quake 3 Arena; the $25 version has similar specs, but with 128MB of RAM. Videogame veteran David Braben, the brains behind the Pi, has been quoted as saying he originally created the Pi for educational use.

Do You Really Want a
3-D Laptop? HP Hopes So.

Do 3-D laptops appeal to anyone other than hardcore gamers? HP hopes its new version of the Envy 17 3D notebook will.
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Nvidia’s Jen-Hsun Huang on Superman Quad-Core Chip, Microsoft and Apple: The Full AsiaD Interview (Video)

Look, up in the sky, it’s a processor that can leap tall tablets in a single bound.
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A Guide for PC Buyers Not Looking for a Tablet

Walt’s annual fall laptop buyers’ guide offers tips for wading through the technobabble involved in buying a computer.
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I Am Number 4S? — No Sparkly iPhone 5 Disappoints Apple Fans (and Wall Street)

Be nice to Mac fanboys today. Apple rolled out a new iPhone today. Sort of.
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And So the AsiaD Speakers Begin: Google, Alibaba, Twitter, Asus, Nvidia and More to Come!

D: All Things Digital is going to Asia and here’s some of the people we’ll be grilling onstage at the event, which will be held in Hong Kong from October 19 to 21.
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Motorola’s Xoom Starts Tablet Wars With iPad

Motorola is launching its Xoom tablet on Feb. 24, and it’s the first real competitor to Apple’s hit iPad, writes Walt. That is partly because it is the first iPad challenger to run Honeycomb, an elegant new version of Google’s Android operating system designed especially for tablets.

Tablets Flying Fast and Furious at CES

This year’s Consumer Electronics Show figured to be the year of the tablet, and so far it hasn’t disappointed. Motorola, Samsung and LG all announced new slates on Thursday, adding to a growing list of aspiring iPad rivals.

Analyst: Flash Could Be Hogging PlayBook Battery Life

Despite Research in Motion’s best efforts to silence them, questions about the battery life of its forthcoming PlayBook tablet have followed the company into the new year. In a sequel to his original research note suggesting the PlayBook’s battery life is “relatively poor” compared to rivals’, Kaufman Bros. analyst Shaw Wu reiterates that claim, saying he would be “very surprised if PlayBook matches anywhere near the battery life of the iPad.”

Intel Wants to Stay Inside Netbooks, Tablets

One More Thing: Apple’s New MacBook Air

Droid X Drops July 15

Apple Expands HTC Lawsuit

IPhone 4: Thanks for the Memory

Qualcomm CEO Paul Jacobs Live at D8