In the world of Apple, being a Netbook is a bad, bad thing. During Apple’s keynote for the newly announced iPad, the Netbook was called out by Steve Jobs, who said “they’re not better at laptops than anything, they’re just cheaper.” The affordable, tiny, and yes, often bare-bones Atom processor-running device we’ve come to know [...]

San Francisco, California — Apple CEO Steve Jobs on Wednesday unveiled the iPad, a tablet computer that he called “a truly magical and revolutionary product.”
“What this device does is extraordinary,” Jobs said. “It’s the best browsing experience you’ve ever had. Way better than a laptop. Way better than a smartphone.”

The tablet will act as a [...]

Las Vegas, Nevada — Three-dimensional televisions, Internet-enabled TVs, touch-screen “tablet” computers, e-book readers and other fun new gadgets were scattered all over the enormous Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, Nevada.
CES, which ended on Sunday, is regarded as one of the best trade shows for spotting new technologies before they take off. DVDs, CD [...]

Stephen Lawson, IDG News Service
MagicJack is demonstrating a device near the International Consumer Electronics Show this week that it claims will let consumers make VoIP calls using any GSM phone.
The company already sells a MagicJack made for use with conventional, analog desk phones. In the new product, coming in the second quarter of this year, [...]

Following the launch Monday of the Google Nexus One handset, Adobe have released video footage of their Flash Player 10.1 running smoothly on the handset. Thanks to the Nexus One’s powerful Snapdragon processor and the Android 2.1 software, the Flash player software runs surprisingly well. Adobe’s Adrian Ludwig runs through a preview of the work [...]

Google Tuesday unveiled its long-anticipated new smartphone, Nexus One, which costs $179 with a two-year service contract.
Nexus One cellphone, the latest step in the online search giant’s effort to stake its claim in the nascent mobile version of the Internet. The device is manufactured by Taiwan’s HTC Corp., but is designed by the search giant, [...]

The Netherlands said Wednesday it will begin using full body scanners on all passengers taking flights to the United States, following the attempted terrorist attack on a U.S.-bound flight on Christmas Day.
The scanners will be operational in about three weeks at Schiphol, where security checks last week failed to spot explosives being taken aboard a [...]

The rumor mill for the next generation iPhone 4G is heating up yet again. According to a tweet posted by Eldar Murtazin (editor in chief of Mobile Review) on his twitter account, Apple has contacted Foxconn regarding orders for the next-gen iPhone. Foxconn is the manufacturer which Apple uses for their various products like the [...]