Tablets
New Windows 8 PCs Flip, Twist And Tilt
Are you planning to upgrade your computer in the next year or two? If so, you’ll have a few more decisions to make. The process will also be more fun.
Nook Tablet, Nook Color Get Price Drop
Now that Barnes & Noble’s new $199 Nook HD tablet is starting to ship to customers, the company has lowered the prices on last year’s Nook Tablet models to $179 (16GB) and $159 (8GB) and reduced the price of its entry-level Nook Color to $139.
Microsoft Takes On Apple IPad With Surface, Its First Tablet
Microsoft will finally test the waters of the tablet market as its new Surface goes on sale. More than 60 stores in North America will offer the tablet starting tonight at 10 p.m. local time.
Windows 8: Ready For Preorder
For those who still haven’t gotten their hands on the Windows 8 release-to-manufacturing bits via MSDN, TechNet, BizSpark, volume licensing or some other channel, Microsoft is making available via preorder the Windows 8 upgrade media as of October 12.
Apple To Samsung: “You Owe Us $2.5B For Copying”
Apple wants Samsung to fork over $2.5 billion to settle patent infringement claims in the U.S.
Miami & Broward Schools Looking To Set Social Media Policy
The social media revolution is already well underway; but now, Miami-Dade and Broward schools are coming to the realization that a social media policy may be needed for both teachers and students.
7 Charged In Fort Lauderdale Pharmacy Pill Mill Case
Seven people are charged in South Florida with supplying more than 1 million tablets of oxycodone painkiller to drug dealers and to fill pill mill doctor prescriptions.
Proposal Could Put Digital Textbooks In Students’ Hands By 2015
Florida schools may be trading in heavy textbooks for high tech tomes under a budget proposal approved by lawmakers Monday.
Lines Mark Arrival Of iPad 2
If you’ve been waiting to trade a few hundred dollars to be among the first owners of a new Apple iPad 2, today’s the day. A host of South Florida saw line as people waited to buy the new tablet, and despite the wait, some were turned away disappointed as demand outstripped supply.






