For the first time ever, tablet shipments have surpassed netbook shipments–finally sounding the death knell for netbooks. Market research firm ABI Research reports that Q2 2011 global tablet shipments ...

Robust sales of Apple?s iPad and competing tablets from manufacturers such as Samsung, Motorola, Dell, Research In Motion and Hewlett-Packard may be killing off 2009?s hot computing device, the ...

This time last year, netbook sales were up nearly 900% from the same quarter a year earlier. No one really expected that growth rate to continue, but no one really expected netbook sales to fall off ...

James writes books, articles and jokes about technology from his Dallas-area home office. He also consults for those who don’t read his books and articles. The tech world, ever fickle, has declared ...

Long ago, before smartphones were ubiquitous and children in restaurants were quieted with awful games on iPads, there was a beautiful moment. A moment in which the end user could purchase, at a ...

Sure, tablets are a cool idea, but netbooks aren't going anywhere, especially at the low end of the market and in education. E-readers are another story. As I've already noted, they need to get a heck ...

No, it's not as slim or sexy as an iPad. It is, however, a full-fledged computer, complete with QWERTY keyboard, Flash support, a Webcam, and all the rest. Rick Broida is the author of numerous books ...

We know the Dell Inspiron Duo, a hybrid device that can switch from tablet to netbook in a unique way, has a number of you rather excited. Well, it doesn't look like you have much longer to wait ...

Intel's new Core Ultra Series 3 processors (codenamed Panther Lake) offer extremely impressive integrated graphics ...

James writes books, articles and jokes about technology from his Dallas-area home office. He also consults for those who don’t read his books and articles. The tech world, ever fickle, has declared ...