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Wireless Linux Web pad demonstrated at CeBIT
News A Web pad running the free Linux operating system was demonstrated for the first time by South Korean hardware manufacturer LG at the CeBIT computer fair in Hanover, Germany this week. To operate the devices, users are given a stylus and the pad...
[March 23, 2001, 15:35]
Sony launches TV with Web-pad remote
News Sony has unveiled a plasma TV with built-in broadband networking that is linked to a Web pad-like remote control by wireless LAN technology. The remote control unit can operate independently as a Web pad, or with the main display as a secondary TV...
[August 5, 2003, 12:39]
Introducing the 'system on a chip'
News National Semiconductor the company that popularised the concept of Web PAD Internet appliances, Monday introduced its next-generation Internet appliance processor, the Geode SC3200. We're trying to optimise the overall system cost by taking a...
[September 19, 2000, 8:05]
Gateway turning off Net appliances?
News Gateway currently sells a digital music player and the Touch Pad, a Web-surfing appliance tied to Internet service from America Online. To date, Gateway is the largest US manufacturer to adopt Crusoe, which is already in its Touch Pad.
[March 6, 2001, 15:04]
Crusoe chip gets first suitor
News S3, which bought Diamond Multimedia last year, is perhaps better known for its work with video cards and MP3 players, but has reacted swiftly to the arrival of the Crusoe processor and plans to reveal designs for a mobile "Web pad" featuring the...
[January 20, 2000, 17:37]
A Year Ago: Crusoe chip gets first suitor
News S3, which bought Diamond Multimedia last year, is perhaps better known for its work with video cards and MP3 players, but has reacted swiftly to the arrival of the Crusoe processor and plans to reveal designs for a mobile "Web pad" featuring the...
[January 20, 2001, 6:06]
Has Transmeta's chip finally come in?
News They include a desktop appliance, a countertop machine and a wireless Web pad device, all of which will provide Internet access, email and instant messaging. Transmeta is also working with S3, which plans to launch its own Web pad.
[May 31, 2000, 8:43]
SharewarePublisher
Downloads Feature highlights: Time efficient semiautomated submission, Built-in list of 200 leading shareware sites, Integrated generation of PAD files, Pre-defined submission URLs, Easy management of listing URLs, Integrated two-tab web viewer, Auto-fill...
[September 10, 2009, 14:35]
AOL readying free Net access device
News Three kinds of PADs will emerge, Polacek said: a CRT-based PAD, similar to Apple Computer's iMac; a kitchen PAD that is connected to a wall for e-mail and Web browsing; and a portable PAD, with wireless communication.
[July 16, 1999, 9:32]
Sun, MS duke it out over digital home
News Use a Web Pad to connect to the front door security camera and see who's there -- even unlock the door. A Web Pad from National Semiconductor running Linux could print an email. If you buy DSL service, then someone like GTE could come in, install...
[January 10, 2000, 9:26]
CeBIT: ZDNet Germany's Top Ten hottest Hannover picks
News Cyrix introduces a new type of device to access the Internet: the Web Pad is cordless, around the size of a book and is able to display Internet data up to 150 meters away from the base-station which is also mobile.
[March 18, 1999, 13:09]
IBM test-drives transformer computer
News IBM Research is experimenting with a chameleon-like computing device called the Meta Pad, designed to easily convert from a desktop machine to a handheld to a notebook and back again. The Meta Pad also aims to solve some of the problems of PDAs...
[February 7, 2002, 9:38]
Webpad maker switches to Windows
News Late last month Gateway shelved its Connected Touch Pad, the best-publicised Linux tablet, following slack sales and amid continued gloom in the high-tech market. The Touch Pad was tied to AOL's online service and was part of AOL Time Warner's "AOL...
[November 6, 2001, 16:32]
Survey: UK retailers may miss Chip & PIN deadline
Talkback How can you hold a PIN Pad in one hand, enter your PIN with the other and cover the pad at the same time? PIN Pads, look at the examples on the Chip & PIN web site. From the Egg web site. Fraudsters are already shoulder surfing, using mini-cameras...
[May 18, 2004, 17:05]
RIM BlackBerry 7230 review
Reviews The first thing you'll notice when you go to dial a number manually is that RIM has created a traditional number dial pad over the keys on the left side of the keyboard. Other core electronic organiser applications include a task manager, a memo...
[February 2, 2004, 15:10]
Tablet PC productivity tips review
Reviews Instead of the standard Tablet Input Panel's Writing Pad, try using the Character Pad, which forces you to write each letter in a defined space. Your team will be able to see your edits even if they aren't working on tablets -- as long as they have...
[December 8, 2005, 12:00]
Apple MacBook Pro (Core 2 Duo 2.33GHz, 17in.) review
Reviews We continue to be big fans of the two-finger touch pad scroll (run two fingers down the touch pad and it scrolls like a mouse wheel). Those involved with very high-end photo editing might like a higher resolution, but the default is perfect for...
[January 29, 2007, 11:37]
Nokia E65 review
Reviews When the slider is opened to reveal the number pad, it grows to 135mm tall. The number pad is large. The bottom row of keys on the number pad is — as is usual with a slider — very close to the bottom edge of the phone.
[March 28, 2007, 12:18]
Photos: Origami Ultra Mobile PCs
Talkback Products like the Web pad from DT research in the US and the 3pos XPpad in the UK have more functionality, better battery life, rugged magnesim 1.5 metre tested casing, standard pccard slot to add 3g card or wifi.
[July 14, 2006, 23:01]
Anyone know of a device like the e-reader but with web access and touch scr
Talkback I have searched and searched by can't find anything other than a tablet, web-pad or web slate - most of which are still chunky and over speced. Web browser Thin, light, solid state, touch screen with web access via wifi and mobile (3g prefered).
[May 8, 2009, 9:36]
