There are a handful of gadgets that do one thing so well that they become cult classics long after the company that made them has moved on or closed up shop. [This Does Not Compute] takes us through ...

There are a handful of gadgets that do one thing so well that they become cult classics long after the company that made them has moved on or closed up shop. [This Does Not Compute] takes us through ...

Distraction salvation. Fantastically straightforward. PC data transfer is a breeze with USB or IR beaming. Rolling auto-save prevents data loss. Stated battery life is a spectacular 700 hours. Thin ...

AlphaSmart Inc.—which provides battery-powered laptop devices used in schools for word processing, calculating, and quiz taking—sold its shares publicly for the first time on Feb. 6. That move, ...

Distraction-free writing tools are an admittedly niche category, but Astrohaus’ next device is at least paying homage to a cult favorite. The Freewrite Alpha, announced on August 28, appears to be ...

The 90s were a weird time for personal computing. Computers were bulky and laptops were chunky. They had all the computing power of your kid's scientific calculator (that's untrue, the modern ...

NEW YORK (CBS.MW) -- Technology companies Staktek Holdings and AlphaSmart and biotech firm Corgentech set estimated price ranges for their initial public offerings Tuesday, signaling that the three ...

At this week’s NECC educational conference in New Orleans, La., Dana maker AlphaSmart Inc. introduced Neo, a new low-cost portable computer aimed at educational markets. The devices features an ...

The AlphaSmart Neo is more a typing pad than an actual computer, which may appeal to schools with extremely limited needs. But everyone else (including most schools) would be better off with ...

AlphaSmart has a new portable word processor out called the Neo which is basically a keyboard with a small 5.75-inch by 1.5-inch monochrome LCD screen attached to it. It's aimed pretty much ...