A computer stick is a single-board, palm-sized computer that resembles a media streaming stick (such as the Amazon Fire TV Stick or Roku Streaming Stick). They are sometimes referred to as compute ...

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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 ...

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.

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 ...