http://tech.peekbase.com Peek technology in one base Thu, 12 Jan 2012 23:20:04 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 http://tech.peekbase.com/dozen-daily-deals-for-december-23-2009 http://tech.peekbase.com/dozen-daily-deals-for-december-23-2009#comments Wed, 23 Dec 2009 21:40:03 +0000 admin http://tech.peekbase.com/dozen-daily-deals-for-december-23-2009 December 23rd, 2009 ‘Tis the season shop until your brains melt (or skip it all entirely, depending on your interpretation of the term holiday). In that spirit, for the next few weeks we’ll be rounding up a dozen daily deals courtesy our friends at DealNews.com. Each afternoon tune in to TUAW for this handy summary. Keep in mind that while ... 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Read More]]> http://tech.peekbase.com/motorola-cliq-gets-rooted-by-the-dude/feed 0 http://tech.peekbase.com/olpc-shows-off-absurdly-thin-xo-3-concept-tablet-for-2012-update-xo-1-5-and-xo-1-75-coming-first http://tech.peekbase.com/olpc-shows-off-absurdly-thin-xo-3-concept-tablet-for-2012-update-xo-1-5-and-xo-1-75-coming-first#comments Wed, 23 Dec 2009 04:40:05 +0000 admin http://tech.peekbase.com/olpc-shows-off-absurdly-thin-xo-3-concept-tablet-for-2012-update-xo-1-5-and-xo-1-75-coming-first December 22nd, 2009 Still have a bit of faith left for the OLPC project? Good, you’re gonna need it: designer Yves Behar has unveiled his latest concept design for the now-aiming-for-$75 vision, and it’s all screen. Keeping with the newfound trend toward tablets, the XO-3 is an 8.5 x 11 touchscreen, coupled with a little ... 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