The competition around the “computing stick” — a flash-drive-sized PC that connects to a display via an HDMI port — is quickly heating up. Intel gave it plenty of visibility with the release of its Compute Stick early this year, and Lenovo joined this week with its announcement of the Ideacentre Stick 300.
Now French device maker Archos, which has tried valiantly to make a name for itself with Android and Windows tablets and the like over the years, is jumping in quickly with a stick of its own.
