The Hitach Touro Mobile Pro is very neatly designed – in fact its glossy black design and silvery trim make it look a lot like Apple’s iPhone 4 (or 4S). It’s a little larger than the iPhone, but at just 15mm thick, 80mm wide and 126mm long it’s still one of the neatest portable drives [...]

November 5th, 2011, 15:38 GMT · By Sorin Nita

Hewlett-Packard reversed course on Thursday and said it will keep its personal computer division after reviewing a proposal by its former chief executive to spin off the unit. “HP objectively evaluated the strategic, financial and operational impact of spinning off PSG (the Personal Systems Group),” HP chief executive Meg Whitman said in a statement. “It’s [...]

The HP TopShot LaserJet Pro M275 is now available in the U.S. for $400, HP has announced. This hotly anticipated device—targeted to small and home-based businesses—represents a new category of multifunction printer: it’s equipped with HP’s TopShot scanning technology. While this color laser multifunction printer performs the traditional MFP tasks of printing, copying, and scanning, [...]

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Apple said this week that starting next year, apps submitted to the Mac App Store must be sandboxed for security reasons. Developers have until March 1, 2012 to implement sandboxing, Apple said in a note on its developers site. “The vast majority of Mac users have been free from malware and we’re working on technologies [...]

Deal Journal is an up-to-the-minute take on the deals and deal makers that shape the landscape of Wall Street, including mergers and acquisitions, capital-raising, private equity and bankruptcy. In short, wherever money changes hands. Deal Journal is updated throughout each trading day with exclusive commentary, analysis, data, news flashes and profiles. The Wall Street Journal’s [...]

Amazon.com announced the launch of an e-book lending library for Kindle users, that allows Amazon Prime members to borrow books for free, as frequently as a book a month, and without due dates. The new service, called Kindle Owners’ Lending Library, comes ahead of the Nov. 15 shipment date for the Kindle Fire, Amazon’s Android-based [...]

Every operating system needs an occasional repair job, and Windows 7 is no exception. Whether the source of the problem is corrupt data, a particularly brutal piece of malware, or some other serious issue, you’ll occasionally have to reinstall your copy of Windows. Wiping your hard drive and performing a fresh installation can be a [...]

Reasonable lease rates have attracted east Wichita residents Brandon and Heather Roe to Andover to open their new Silly Monkeys Children’s Resale Boutique . They’ll open in 2,200 square feet at 618 N. Andover Road on Nov. 22. The store will sell children’s clothing and toys, including some new items and some used. “‘Preloved,’ as [...]