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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.

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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.

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.

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 ...

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 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 ...