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TechCrunch a little sour for April Fools Day. F.U.J.J!

The self adjusting touchscreen module, or F.U.J.J for short, is TechCrunch’s latest invention to replace its wrongfully stolen CrunchPad. Coming in at just $50, it is a sound replacement for just about any tablet device. And best of all, it’s a DIY project that your kids can even help with! In all seriousness, it’s a more »

Who’s on Crack in tech 12.11.09

As the holidays roll up on us far too quickly, thankfully the tech companies of the world have provided us with a bounty of things to talk about at Christmas parties. If you get stuck at one of these festive events where you are supposed to pretend hanging out with the mouth-breathers in your department, more »

CNET gets hands-on with the JooJoo

Yesterday we learned how the CrunchPad was renamed the JooJoo and in turn given a rather large price tag. And aside from the blogoshpere poking fun at both the name and high price, there were many that still seemed curious as to how well the tablet would perform. Unfortunately not everyone has been able to more »

Crunchpad renamed to JooJoo

The CrunchPad is back from the dead but with a different name. Now the JooJoo, the tablet is scheduled for pre-orders on Friday under the Fusion Garage name. Fusion Garage held a video call for reporters and analysts Monday morning to make the announcement to move ahead with the launch without TechCrunch. Fusion Garage claims more »

The CrunchPad may not be dead just yet

Just when we think the CrunchPad is dead and gone, news comes that it will be given a real-world demonstration. Of course, this story now appears to be far from over and I am sure more talk of lawsuits will be coming in the future. However in the meantime, Chandra Rathakrishnan who is the CEO more »

Crunchpad comes to an end

The cheap, lounge-around-the-house tablet we knew as the CrunchPad has been pronounced dead in a very anti-climactic way. Michael Arrington’s home-grown dream was intended to be debuted at the Real-Time Crunchup on November 20th. With the end so near in sight, the developers could practically taste the sweet release of their creation to the public. more »

The Crunchpad is “streamrolling along” and may be sponsorship supported

The last we heard, the CrunchPad seemed to have been killed off by higher than expected manufacturing costs, but as the Internet goes — things change and change quickly. With that, the subject of the Crunchpad came up during a recent Gillmore Gang videocast and according to Michael Arrington, “the CrunchPad is steamrolling along.” With more »

It looks like the CrunchPad has been killed by higher than expected costs

We have been hearing stories of the CrunchPad for a while now, but for those of you who may be unfamiliar, the CrunchPad is a web tablet that is being developed by Michael Arrington of TechCrunch. Just to give a brief history, the CrunchPad news first hit with a promise of a tablet that was more »

Tablet netbook about to rock your socks off

Touch. One look around the industry and you’ll find touch has invaded in a big way. From the mighty iPhone, to Microsoft’s Surface, to home appliances; devices are begging for our physical interaction. The elusive touch tablet time is almost here, courtesy of none of the usual suspects. It seems like an obvious next step more »

New touch tablets circling the market

Wi-Fi connected touchscreen tablets are finally getting closer to the real thing. Testing out the unproven market niche, two players are getting closer to coming to market from two unlikely sources. Big manufacturers like Apple, Asus, and others have trouble seeing how this market will differentiate itself from a netbook and continue to wait on the sideline.

A touchscreen tablet, as currently defined is basically a netbook with no physical keyboard. The operating system has been slimmed down to just a web browser as the primary functions are surfing the web and web applications. The device is meant to be used at home as the ultimate couch computing device.