Chrome OS’s Secret Printing Solution: Don’t

One of the most difficult aspects of launching a new operating system is making sure that it has all of the drivers necessary to work with the wide range of peripherals and hardware that users are likely to attach to their machines. Standards have appeared lately for many of these devices (USB drives, mouses, keyboards, monitors, etc.).  Printers, however, remain frustratingly unstandardized.  Almost every printer requires a unique driver that allows it to communicate with the operating s...

The New Mimo “Mobile Slider” USB Monitors Are A Perfect Netbook Accessory

` Here's a gift idea for anyone planning on giving somebody a netbook this year, or who may have given one last year:  Mimo has 2 new portable model monitors that hook up to your netbook via USB and don't require an additional graphics card.  To us, these look like they could be the perfect companion for the smaller-screened netbooks. With the same basic features as Mimo's earlier models  (the monitors have a display size of 7 inches, 800 x 480 resolution and are connected via USB 2.0), the 71...