AVADirect’s Clevo P570WM X79 Gaming Notebook Available for Pre-Order in the US
Depending on whom you ask, desktop replacement notebooks are either a growing or a shrinking market. Most large OEMs have completely abandoned the DTR market, with high-end DTR-like notebooks...
19 by Jarred Walton on 1/25/2013
Intel Introduces the Safaricom Yolo Based On Z2420 Lexington Smartphone Platform
At CES I took a look at Intel's newly announced Lexington platform FFRD (Form Factor Reference Design) which is an entry-level smartphone design aimed at emerging markets and uses...
17 by Brian Klug on 1/24/2013
Whither 3DMark—Updates on the Cross-Platform Launch
Early in December 2012, I posted a short article about the Fire Strike trailer for the next 3DMark with the note that the full release was promised before the...
15 by Jarred Walton on 1/23/2013
AMD Q4’12 and FY 2012 Earnings: Closing Out a Rough Year, Looking Towards the Next
Continuing the spate of earnings announcements this week we have both AMD’s Q4’12 and fiscal year 2012 earnings. The 4th quarter presents something of a culmination of several events...
34 by Ryan Smith on 1/23/2013
The End of an Era: Intel's Desktop Motherboard Business to Ramp Down Over Next 3 Years
Today Intel made a sobering, but not entirely unexpected announcement: over the next 3 years Intel will be ramping down its own desktop motherboard business. Intel will continue to...
53 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 1/22/2013
Hands on with Microsoft's Surface Pro, Available in US & Canada on February 9th
When it launched Surface RT, Microsoft mentioned that 3 months later it would be bringing out an Ivy Bridge version running Windows 8 Pro. At the end of last...
56 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 1/22/2013
Microsoft Announces New Surface RT SKU: 64GB Without Touch Cover
When Microsoft launched Surface RT, you could only buy the 64GB SKU with a bundled black touch cover. Although Microsoft's custom keyboard covers are an integral part of Surface's...
18 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 1/22/2013
Rounding Out the Surface Announcements: New Markets and New Touch Covers
Along with the 64GB $599 Surface RT and Surface Pro availability announcements, Microsoft is also announcing three new limited edition touch covers, expanded availability in 13 new markets and...
4 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 1/22/2013
Addendum Regarding AMD’s Mobility Catalyst 13.1 Drivers
Late last week AMD release their first drivers for 2013, the Catalyst 13.1 drivers. The drivers as noted already are available for both desktops and laptops, but I did...
16 by Jarred Walton on 1/22/2013
A Look at SkyCross and their Actively Tuned VersiTune Smartphone Antenna
On the last day of CES, while still getting over some of the death curry that we foolishly ingested the night before, I had a meeting with SkyCross, who...
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First Impressions: the TECK Ergonomic Mechanical Keyboard
This is my very first encounter with the “world’s first Truly Ergonomic Computer Keyboard”, aka the TECK. I received the keyboard today after inquiring about a review sample—the reason...
42 by Jarred Walton on 1/19/2013
AMD’s Mobility Catalyst 13.1 Update, Enduro Edition
We posted earlier today about the public availability of AMD’s latest Catalyst 13.1 WHQL drivers, but being available and installing properly and without problems on Enduro laptops are sadly...
20 by Jarred Walton on 1/18/2013
AMD Catalyst 13.1 WHQL Drivers Available
Having refined their 12.11 beta drivers, AMD has recently released their Catalyst Software Suite Version 13.1 update. This WHQL update includes all the performance improvements found in the previous...
43 by Chris Hansen on 1/18/2013
Corsair Scales Up: H90 and H110 Released
I’m a big fan of these closed loop all-in-one liquid coolers. For a little extra on the cost of an air cooler we can get a quieter cooling...
27 by Ian Cutress on 1/17/2013
Lenovo Introduces Rugged Chromebook Aimed at K-12
Google's Chromebook initiative hasn't really caught fire as well as their other OS of choice, Android, but with the latest updates and reduced pricing there's still life in the...
19 by Jarred Walton on 1/17/2013
Fusion-io Launches ioScale for Hyperscale Market
We haven't even had time to cover everything we saw at CES last week, but there are already more product announcements coming in. Fusion-io launched their new ioScale product...
15 by Kristian Vättö on 1/17/2013
OpenCompute servers and AMD Open 3.0
Remember our review of Facebook's first OpenCompute Server? Facebook designed a server for their own purposes, but quickly released all the specs to the community. The result was a...
10 by Johan De Gelas on 1/16/2013
Vizio's AMD Z60 Hondo-based Windows 8 Tablet PC at CES 2013
Even with the comprehensive overhaul of their notebook lineup, the big news out of Vizio’s CES booth was definitely their new Windows 8 tablet. The Vizio Tablet PC is...
32 by Vivek Gowri on 1/15/2013
Dragging Core2Duo into 2013: Time for an Upgrade?
As any ‘family source of computer information’ will testify, every so often a family member will want an upgrade. Over the final few months of 2012, I did...
136 by Ian Cutress on 1/15/2013
Checking Their Pulse: Hisense's Google TV Box at CES
So, Google TV is still happening. Indeed, more players are getting into the game than ever. Hisense is a Chinese OEM/ODM that's seen steady growth in the television market...
10 by Jason Inofuentes on 1/14/2013
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