Gadgetory

Google takes us for a spin ultrabooks are not ultra pricey and the iPad isn't just for humans anymore I'm Bridget Carey and this is your cnet update the price of ultrabooks is dropping hewlett-packard announced several new thin and light laptops under the envy brand some are officially called ultrabooks equipped with Intel's latest Ivy Bridge processors while less expensive ones are called sleek books but regardless of the different labels what this means is that high-quality thin and light laptops are getting into the 600 to 700 dollar price range expect this category to be a hot seller for college students the tech world is abuzz over a photo taken with Google's Project Glass prototype headset google vice president sebastian throne grabbed his son by the hand spun him around and took a photo mid spin with the headset sure it's not great quality but it shows this first person point of view action shot that could really sell people on the potential of the glasses scammers are causing trouble on Pinterest and Tumblr so better keep your wits about you a report from GFI software shows that there's an increase of cyber attacks on these growing networks people have their guard down they don't think before they click and they end up on malicious sites there are a bunch of gadgets we got our eye on from the ctia wireless show sprint has a new hotspot that will support all three of Sprint's data networks 3g wimax and 4g LTE it's called the tri-five it goes on sale next week for a hundred dollars after rebate in contract Virgin Mobile will launch two hot spots at the end of the month and virgin also just got its first 4g phone the HTC evo v 4g the no-contract phone will work on sprint's network and go on sale at the end of May for three hundred dollars and if you don't care about these other phones and just want an iPhone then head to target the store has knocked fifty dollars off the price of an iPhone and the sale lasts until the end of June and you know if you're trading your old phone at Target it could even come out to be cheaper and today we leave you with a pretty cool story out of jungle island it's an animal attraction in my home of Miami we're rainy tanks are using iPads to communicate with trainers this is peanut and she and other younger Orangatang are using an autism app on the iPad to express what they want and how they feel they also play games and expand their vocabulary right now the trainers have to hold the iPad or the Ranga tang's might break it but the park plans to get a protective case for the ipad and it'll put another ipad outside the orangutan enclosure so visitors can use apps to ask questions and communicate with them that's your tech news update for today stay updated on all the latest news at Cena com from our studios in New York I'm bridging Harry