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Article | 17/02/2012 Mountain Lion: Hands on with Notification Center

For years, many Mac app developers have had to design their own ways to get your attention. But with Mountain Lion, a true systemwide notification ser...

Article | 17/02/2012 Mountain Lion: Hands on with Notes and Reminders

Two of the new iOS-flavored apps to move to the Mac with the release of Mountain Lion this summer are Notes and Reminders. Here’s a sneak peek at how ...

Article | 17/02/2012 Mountain Lion: Messages replaces iChat, gets public beta

iChat is dead—long live Messages. With Thursday’s announcement of Mac OS X Mountain Lion comes the news that iChat is being upgraded and renamed to Me...

Article | 17/02/2012 What's in a name with Mountain Lion apps

Mountain Lion OS X will include a number of new apps that made their debut on iOS, including Reminders, Notes, and Game Center.

Article | 7/02/2012 In pictures: HP Envy 15 Beats Audio notebook

The HP Envy 15 is a 15in laptop with a ton of style, and good dollop of substance as well. It features an Intel Core i7-2670QM quad-core CPU at its he...

Article | 18/01/2012 AMD's Ultrathin Set to Undercut Intel Ultrabooks by $200

AMD is preparing chipsets for thin laptops that would cost up to $200 less than an Intel-powered Ultrabook, according to a Digitimes report. AMD hopes...

Article | 11/01/2012 Dell XPS 13: our first impression of this 13.3in Ultrabook

Dell has today unveiled its first Ultrabook, the XPS 13. It's a 13.3in laptop with a maximum thickness of 18mm (at its thickest point) and a weight of...

Article | 11/01/2012 Dell aims high with its XPS 13 Ultrabook

Dell laptops of the last few years have been mostly...boring. Boring, and sort of cheap-feeling. It seems as though Dell was leading the charge in a "...

Article | 11/01/2012 Windows 8 to tame storage hassle with 'Spaces' technology

Windows 8 will tame data loss and storage bloat on PCs by offering a simple form of the thin provisioning and virtualisation technology more commonly ...

Article | 10/01/2012 Cut The Rope comes to PC via Internet Explorer 9

ZeptoLab's popular puzzle, Cut The Rope, has made the leap from its original home on smartphones and tablets to the PC.

Article | 10/01/2012 It's a tablet, it's an Ultrabook, it's the Lenovo IdeaPad Yoga

Windows 8 is designed to be at home on both traditional PCs and tablets. Lenovo is taking this to heart with a products designed to be both. The Lenov...

Article | 9/01/2012 Lenovo unveils a slew of new IdeaPad laptops

Hot on the heels of the announcement of new ThinkPad corporate laptops for 2012, Lenovo is showcasing its coming consumer lineup, which sells under th...

Article | 10/01/2012 Intel: future ultrabooks will come with touchscreens, voice recognition

Future ultrabook laptops will have touchscreens, voice recognition, longer battery life and lower prices, an Intel executive said Monday, as he also t...

Article | 9/01/2012 Acer shows laptop with Intel's Ivy Bridge at CES

Acer has become one of the first PC makers to show a laptop with Intel's upcoming Core processor code-named Ivy Bridge, which will deliver better appp...

Article | 15/12/2011 YEAR END: 2011 Future Tech & Prototype Review

If 2011 is any indication, our future relies on robots and computer intelligence. In this year's future technology and prototype review we'll take a l...

Article | 15/12/2011 YEAR END: 2011 Apple Review

2011 was a bittersweet year for Apple. It debuted two headlining products among others, but also lost its leader and founder.

Article | 1/12/2011 Top tech Christmas gifts under $200

Deciding what to buy friends and loved ones gifts for Christmas is never easy, but there are plenty of little gizmos to choose from if they are techni...

Article | 25/11/2011 In pictures: Medion Akoya P7812 (MD 98770)

A big laptop with good speed that costs $899.

Article | 24/11/2011 How to beat the line at the Apple Store

A visit to your local Apple store during the holiday season can be maddening. The stores are overrun with other shoppers, there’s a mob around each ga...

Article | 24/11/2011 In pictures: Fujitsu Lifebook SH771

We take a close-up look at Fujitsu's latest 'no compromise' ultra-portable laptop