Melissa J. Perenson - Author

Stories by Melissa J. Perenson

Article | 4/03/2011 Star Wars Episode I to go 3D in 2012

Lucasfilm has been busy of late. First came the announcement that the Star Wars films would arrive in 2011 on Blu-ray Disc. Now, comes word that Star ...

Article | 3/03/2011 iPad 2: An upgrade that maintains Apple's tablet lead

At today's Apple event, Steve Jobs wasted no time jumping straight to the point: "We're here to talk about Apple's third post-PC blockbuster product."

Article | 26/02/2011 Intel Thunderbolt bolts through data transfers

After a few years in development, Intel formally unveiled its next-generation data transfer interconnect. The new Thunderbolt standard represents a sh...

Article | 26/02/2011 Six things I love about Google's Android 3.0

Android has always frustrated me. I've tracked Google's mobile operating system ever since its debut on the T-Mobile G1, and time and again I've seen ...

Article | 25/02/2011 Motorola Xoom: Tablet impresses, but drawbacks remain

All eyes are on the Motorola Xoom tablet, and for good reason: It's the first device in an expected multitude to ship with Google's tablet-optimized A...

Article | 20/02/2011 Tablet fever rages at MWC

The tablet craze has reached fever pitch. Every day, a new iPad 2 rumors arise. At the annual Mobile World Congress, major players such as HTC, LG, an...

Article | 15/02/2011 Samsung’s Galaxy Tab 10.1 set to stand out

It has only recently been formally introduced, but the Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 was almost a foregone conclusion. Even as more manageable 7-inch tablet...

Article | 10/02/2011 HP TouchPad tablet unveiled

The tablet landscape just got a bit more crowded: Hewlett-Packard's WebOS event here in San Francisco launched both the new HP Veer and the HP Pre 3 a...

Article | 3/02/2011 Google Android 3.0 and Motorola Xoom: Hands-on

Today I got my first hands-on time with the Motorola Xoom tablet, running Android 3.0.

Article | 3/02/2011 Google spills the details on tablet OS, Honeycomb

The great tease is over: Today, here at its headquarters in Mountain View, Calif., Google showed off Android 3.0, a tablet-friendly operating system a...

Article | 1/02/2011 Dell Streak 7 gets aggressive pricing, imminent release

The Dell Streak 7 was one of the many tablets revealed at CES last month, but at the time, T-Mobile kept mum on pricing and availability details. Now,...

Article | 28/01/2011 Amazon Kindle book sales soar

During its earnings announcement today, Amazon released some tantalizing tidbits that show just how its book business has evolved in the past year. Th...

Article | 27/01/2011 Swiftpoint Mouse

The Swiftpoint Mouse is a head-turner simply by virtue of its unusual design.

Article | 17/01/2011 Tablet revolution reality check

With so much chatter about tablets this year, you might think that the handheld, rectangular devices being unveiled represent a significant innovation...

Article | 12/01/2011 Fujitsu shows Windows 7-based tablet

Fujitsu demoed its next-generation tablet at the Consumer Electronics Show. It came as no surprise, as the company has long been a player in highly mo...