New $74 Android mini computer is slightly larger than a thumb drive

Don't want these emails? Unsubscribe here. Email not displaying correctly? View it in your browser. Top stories: May 12 - May 19 Gear & Gadgets New $74 Android mini computer is slightly larger than a thumb drive by Ryan Paul Chinese retailers have started selling a miniature Linux computer that is housed in a 3.5-inch plastic case slightly larger than a USB thumb drive. Individual units are available online for $74. Read More Features How to harden your smartphone against stalkers—iPhone edition by Jacqui Cheng Some years ago, soon after the original iPhone took firm hold of the public's imagination, an iPhone-using friend of mine went through a messy breakup. He was the instigator and his partner was, well, the breakup-ee. In the following weeks, my friend's ex kept sending him creepy messages with more knowledge about his activities than any ex should have. The ex also would show up, unannounced, in situations an ex shouldn't know anything about. And that was just the beginning. Read More Features Diablo III: demon-cleaving, refined by Ars Staff Let's draw a distinction between a "sequel to a game" and an "installment in a franchise." In a sequel, the developers examine what made the original game work and then expand on those ideas. Sometimes that work produces stark differences. The near-decade between Fallout II and Fallout III, for example, saw that game switch the perspective from isometric to first-person, the combat change from turn-based to real-time with pauses, and the setting move from California to Washington, DC. In other cases, a decade of work results in an installment that is much more about incremental refinement. Read More Forward this message to a friend More hot stories Hands on with Glassboard 2.0 for iOS: simple, private group sharing The Listening Machine converts 500 people's tweets into music Week in Apple: stalkers, antivirus, and MacBook Pros. Oh my! Week in tech: $74 Android computers, hardening your smartphone, and Android fragmentation Law & Disorder wrap up: PC-stabbing pedophiles and ditching software patents Week in science faces our cyborg future Record companies score infringement victory over "Russian Facebook" Microsoft wins US import ban on Motorola's Android devices Facial detection cameras ready to creep out San Francisco bar patrons Feds considering allowing DVD-encryption cracking Email Admin Center This newsletter is a service of Ars Technica. Should you no longer wish to receive these messages, unsubscribe. To ensure delivery of this newsletter to your inbox and to enable images to load in future mailings, please add civis@arstechnica.com to your e-mail address book or safe senders list. You are receiving this email at narrongs.hotmobile@blogger.com. Condé Nast Digital 1166 Avenue of the Americas, 15th Floor, New York, NY 10036, attn: Ars Technica Email Coordinator To view our Privacy Policy click here.