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Pre-orders recently began for Intel's new Compute Stick -- a "PC on a stick" -- a plug-and-play device that packs a full operating system to transform TVs and monitors into computers. The 4-inch, ...

Hannspree’s Micro PC is a tiny computer with an Intel Bay Trail processor, 2GB of RAM, and 32GB of storage. The Micro PC a bit larger than a typical USB flash drive, but plug it into the HDMI port on ...

A compute stick is about as compact as a PC can get. These mini computers bearing the resemblance of a USB drive have slipped under the radar in recent years, but I wouldn't count them out just yet.

Now that the first round of reviews are out, it's clear Intel's got the right idea with the Compute Stick, a full-blown PC on a $150 HDMI stick that plugs into any monitor or HDTV with a free port.

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British charity hopes to get ultra-low-cost Linux computers into hands of children in both the developed and developing world. Eric Mack has been a CNET contributor since 2011. Eric and his family ...

Intel has announced the Compute Stick, a fully-fledged PC that is no bigger than a pack of chewing gum. Unveiled at CES 2015 in Las Vegas, the device turns any HDMI-ready television into a Windows 8.1 ...

FingerGear follows the Computer-on-a-Stick (COS) bootable USB drive with Computer-on-a-Stick Pro, an update that lets you access files on the host PC and other USB drives, too. So now if your PC tanks ...

Intel’s thumb-size Compute Stick — a PC that resembles a USB pen drive — is now available with either Windows 8.1 or Linux. The Compute Stick can turn a display with an HDMI port into a full Windows ...

While USB flash drives have largely fallen out of vogue, they can be handy as a backup when cloud backups or other solutions fail to save Windows.