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Article | 9/01/2013 Intel says more PC innovation is on the way

Intel expects to see more innovation in PC design in the next year than there has been since the mid-1990s.

Article | 9/01/2013 Intel demos new Core processors expected to power Apple's 2013 MacBooks

Intel has demonstrated its new processors that are expected to power Apple's new MacBook Pro and MacBook Air line-ups when they arrive later this year...

Article | 8/01/2013 AMD shows off Windows 8 tablet with upcoming Tamesh chip

Advanced Micro Devices showed off a Windows 8 tablet running the company's upcoming tablet chip code-named Temash, which the company hopes will revers...

Article | 7/01/2013 Lenovo's hybrid laptops get smaller with the Yoga 11S, Helix tablet

Lenovo continued its deluge of new Windows 8 product offerings at CES 2013, with key additions to its line of Windows 8 hybrid laptops announced Monda...

Article | 4/12/2012 Dick's new management slashing prices for one day only

Australian electronics retailer Dick Smith is holding a pre-Christmas, one day only sale on Wednesday 5 December, in what the company describes as an ...

Article | 8/11/2012 Microsoft slates first Windows 8, RT patches since launch

Microsoft will issue six security updates next week, including three for Windows 8 and its tablet spin-off Windows RT.

Article | 31/10/2012 Torvalds on laptops: Make higher-def resolution standard

The outspoken creator of Linux, Linus Torvalds, called for laptop makers to follow the tablet world's lead in using the highest-resolution displays po...

Article | 22/10/2012 Mujjo gets touchy over new smartphone gloves

Dutch accessories manufacturer Mujjo has released a new and improved range of touchscreen gloves.

Article | 11/10/2012 Lenovo announces new Windows 8, RT hybrid laptop/tablet devices

Lenovo had a coming out party in New York Tuesday night for its new family of Windows 8 and RT "multimode" computers.

Article | 10/10/2012 Lenovo announces new Windows 8, RT hybrid laptop/tablet devices

Lenovo has announced a new range of Windows 8 and RT hybrid computing devices that can function as tablets or laptops.

Article | 9/10/2012 10 reasons why the desktop PC will live forever

Steve Jobs piqued consumer curiosity when he unveiled the iPad and declared "the post-PC era has begun." And now with the imminent release of Windows ...

Article | 6/10/2012 Three Linux distros get key updates, plus one fades away

With so many Linux distributions out there, it can be difficult to keep tabs on all the updates that come out over the course of an average week or mo...

Article | 4/10/2012 What if Windows 8 flops?

Microsoft launches Windows 8 later this month after a year of gradually making the new operating system more and more available, hoping for a big hit ...

Article | 4/10/2012 Recording of 1983 Steve Jobs speech reveals Apple was working on iPad, App Store 30 years ago

An original cassette tape of a 1983 speech made by late Apple co-founder Steve Jobs has been unearthed, revealing that Apple was thinking about iPads ...

Article | 1/10/2012 Can the Windows Store possibly be ready by Oct. 26?

When legions of PC users dip into Windows 8 for the very first time in late October, they’ll be greeted by a Start screen that only runs what Microsof...

Article | 19/09/2012 Ultrabooks get affordable McAfee anti-theft syetem

Worried about losing that expensive new Ultrabook and the data contained on it? McAfee hopes the latest version of the company’s Anti-Theft device-tra...

Article | 13/09/2012 IDF 2012 cool gear: the world's lightest Ultrabook

The world's lightest Ultrabook is made by NEC and it's only available in Japan for the equivalent of about $2000. The LaVie is a super-light 13-incher...

Article | 12/09/2012 IDF 2012: Ultrabook hybrids come out to play

We've already seen sneak peeks some of the designs that notebook manufacturers will be bringing to market in order to support the touch-focused Window...

Article | 12/09/2012 IDF 2012: Intel's fourth generation Core CPU runs as fast as third gen on half the power

Intel's executive vice president, Dadi Perlmutter today demonstrated the capabilities of the company's fourth generation Core CPU (codenamed Haswell)....

Article | 12/09/2012 IDF 2012: Ultrabooks to get voice recognition by next month

Intel today announced that the Dell XS 13 will be the first Ultrabook certified to run Nuance Dragon-based voice recognition software. The chip vendor...