Paul Suarez

Sure, HP's TouchPad fire sale could take sales away from low-volume tablet makers and further solidify Apple's market share. Then again, maybe those low-volume tablet makers--HP included--have been hurting themselves with a pricing structure that isn't attractive to most consumers.

After dropping the TouchPad's price to $99 for the 16GB model and $149 for the 32GB variation, HP has sold an estimated 350,000 units this weekend. That's comparable to launch weekend sales for Apple's tablet. Granted, HP's tablet is discontinued and on clearance, but it shows that many consumers are willing to forget about the iPad if the price is right.

Ever since I heard the price of HP's TouchPad was going to drop to $99 I all of a sudden started liking the now defunct WebOS device a heck of a lot more. However, after spending the better part of Saturday trying to hunt one down, I'm convinced finding Bigfoot might be easier.

The now-discontinued tablet’s prices were slashed this weekend to $99 for the Wi-Fi only 16GB model and $149 for the 32GB flavor. The fire sale, as of this writing Saturday afternoon, caused many stores to be out of stock – making it nearly impossible for deal hunters (including me) to snatch a discounted WebOS tablet up.

Often, humans' predictions of future technology is slightly off. There are no flying cars, after all. But, every once in a while people's futuristic predictions can be surprisingly accurate.

Two videos rounded up by All Things D show AT&T and newspaper publisher Knight Ridder had an amazingly accurate view of the today's technology more than a decade ago. Both organizations predicted the widespread availability of information online and that we would be accessing that "information superhighway" from a series of portable devices, including tablet computers.

Those of you relying on the kindness of strangers, or more precisely: Jonathan Stark's Starbucks gift card, might want to bring an alternative payment method while getting your next caffeine kick.

Starbucks on Friday pulled the plug on the almost month-old social experiment where a mobile developer released an image of his iOS app Starbucks card and was inviting anyone to save it to their phone and use it to purchase drinks.

Still hanging on to a DS Lite, DSi, or DSi XL? Today may be your best chance to turn that last generation Nintendo handheld into a decent amount of cash to trade up for a shiny, new 3DS.

GameStop and Target are offering deals today to customers wanting to trade in their old handhelds. GameStop will sell you a 3DS for $99 if you trade in an any DS besides the original model and are a PowerUp Rewards"Pro" member. The membership costs $15 and you must have a coupon that is available online.

Microsoft veteran and Windows Phone Manager Charlie Kindel announced Monday he would be leaving Microsoft after 21 years to start a new company.

"I'm not yet ready to disclose details about the new venture but I can say I will be staying in the Seattle area to build it," he said on his personal blog. "It has to do with sports, advertising, mobile, social-networking, and, of course, the cloud. I'm insanely excited to get started."

iCloud welcome screen; click to enlarge. Source: 9to5Mac

People enrolled in Apple’s Developer Program can now transfer their MobileMe accounts to its hyped, yet-to-be-released iCloud service.

Source: 9to5MacA few new screenshots hint that iOS 5, just released in beta to developers, may be getting that speech-to-text functionality we’ve been hearing about for months now.

The images were sent to 9to5Mac from a “reliable source” and show a microphone icon next to the space key in the iOS keyboard. 9to5Mac reports that users can activate the new feature (when it’s available) by clicking on the microphone icon and talking. The software will then populate the text field with whatever words were spoken.

OK, Apple fanboys and fangirls, we all know that you love your iPhones. The question is: Do you really love them?

A new case from Japan will literally let you hold hands with your iPhone 4. The Dokkiri Hand Case -- which has a fake, but somewhat convincing hand attached to its back -- will be available later this month from online retailer Strapya World for about $64.

Hackers with ties to Anonymous' AntiSec movement continued their assault on law enforcement by releasing 10 gigs of sensitive information from 56 law enforcement entities across the country.

One of Google's self-driving cars got into an accident earlier this week. But Google is claiming the auto-pilot-equipped Prius was actually flipped into manual mode when the accident happened, making this a case of user error.

Accident is investigated. Photo: Jalopnik

Google and Microsoft continued a very public and heated exchange on Thursday that sparked after Google's top legal officer accused rival companies -- Microsoft included -- of using "bogus patents" to fight a "campaign against Android."

Google's Chief Legal Officer David Drummond started the conversation on Wednesday in a post on The Official Google Blog complaining that rivals banded together to purchase 6000 patents from Nortel just "to make sure Google didn't get them." Microsoft General Counsel Brad Smith responded on Twitter saying that wasn't really true.