Ha! In the mid ’90s VTech made a short forray into the “real” computer market. I had a laptop they made (80486SLC @ 33MHz, 4MB of RAM, 120MB hard drive, 640×480 grayscale passive matrix LCD ...

What it was: One of many educational computers hitting the market during the mid-80's, the VTech Precomputer 1000 wrapped learning in a quasi-game format that taught kids about science, history ...

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It took cartridges, and the computer read to me/asked me questions about spelling, I think. It had 7 or 8 red LED letters and a membrane keyboard. It was small enough to fit in my lap as a child.

Police investigating the hacking of Chinese toy company Vtech have made an arrest in the U.K. In the attack on Nov. 14, someone gained access to information about Vtech customers, including names ...

One of VTech's new items looks like a Kindle for kids. V.Reader is an interactive system for 3-to-7-year-olds. Children can add on book cartridges for such fare as The Little Engine That Could.A ...

This is the first Toys R Us-branded tablet computer. It will cost $149.99, run the Android OS and have 50 preinstalled apps. It's meant to compete with LeapFrog and VTech's tablets for children.