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Dual-screen laptop madness from Lenovo
Published on January 6th, 2009.
Think of the two most popular laptops trends, namely big screens and small screens. Now put them together and what do you get? Yep, the Lenovo ThinkPad W700ds with one...Filled under Information technology news - Hardware, latest news. No Comments.
Cease and Desist: the netbook war of words
Published on December 29th, 2008.
Have you got one of those small, cheap sub-notebooks that have proved so popular thanks to the likes of Acer and ASUS? Better not set up a website about them...Filled under Information technology news - Hardware, latest news. No Comments.
Intel’s tick-tock trick on track for 32nm in ‘09
Published on December 10th, 2008.
Intel has completed the development of its 32nm chip technology, and expects it to go into production during the fourth quarter of 2009. The new process should usher in higher...Filled under Information technology news - Hardware, latest news. No Comments.
Dell to sell through The Good Guys
Published on December 4th, 2008.
Dell is continuing its push into the Australian retail market, announcing a deal with The Good Guys to sell its consumer range of PCs and notebooks through the 87-store chain.Filled under Information technology news - Hardware, latest news. No Comments.
Intel claims new Core i7 fastest processor in the world
Published on November 18th, 2008.
Chip market leader Intel has launched the Intel Core i7 processor, which the company claims is its most advanced desktop processor ever. The Core i7 processor is the first of the new...Filled under Information technology news - Hardware, latest news. No Comments.
Dell rules out delivering iPod competitor
Published on November 17th, 2008.
Billionaire PC titan Michael Dell says a portable music player will not form part of his company’s strategy to extend its share of the consumer technology market.Filled under Information technology news - Hardware, latest news. No Comments.
USB on steroids: version 3.0 promises 4.8Gbps
Published on November 17th, 2008.
The USB 3.0 Promoter Group has completed the USB 3.0 specification, dubbed SuperSpeed USB, which will transfer data between devices at 4.8Gbps, ten times faster than the current 2.0 specification.Filled under Information technology news - Hardware, latest news. No Comments.
Intel Inside 379 of fastest 500 computers on planet
Published on November 17th, 2008.
The 32nd list of the top 500 supercomputers in the world, based on performance, has been published and Intel is inside an astonishing 379 of them! So, just how fast...Filled under Information technology news - Hardware, latest news. No Comments.
U.S. DOE now computes faster than anyone with Jaguar
Published on November 11th, 2008.
The U.S. Department of Energy announced on Monday, November 10, 2008 that its newly updated Cray XT Jaguar supercomputer is the fastest “open science” computer in the world. It now...Filled under Information technology news - Hardware, latest news. No Comments.
HP recalls tens of thousands of notebook batteries
Published on November 9th, 2008.
In yet another notebook battery recall, HP has issued a worldwide recall for tens of thousands of batteries sold with some of its most popular models. HP has recalled some...Filled under Information technology news - Hardware, latest news. No Comments.
Your chance to design a future ASUS PC
Published on October 29th, 2008.
Got any pet hates about your PC? Are there features you would really like to see added? Well you might just get your chance. Intel and ASUS have launched...Filled under Information technology news - Hardware, latest news. No Comments.
TomTom developing Sat Nag technology
Published on October 28th, 2008.
Nobody likes a back seat driver telling you to slow down or change gear. Nobody really likes that annoying satnav woman telling you where to go. Now TomTom is combining...Filled under Information technology news - Hardware, latest news. No Comments.
COMsciences reveals first sub-netbook
Published on October 22nd, 2008.
Are you one of those people who find a netbook is just way too big to handle? Maybe you need a sub-netbook, my tiny-handed friend.Filled under Information technology news - Hardware, latest news. No Comments.
Euro carriers put kibosh on Kindle for Christmas
Published on October 21st, 2008.
Europeans wanting a mobile device for reading texts this Christmas might have to stick to a good old fashioned paperback. Certainly, the chances of Santa stuffing an Amazon Kindle in...Filled under Information technology news - Hardware, latest news. No Comments.
The 1980s Netbook
Published on October 18th, 2008.
Think bad hair and worse fashion. Think IBM Compatible Personal Computers. Think British. Yes, the eighties are back as Apricot Computers is reborn with the launch of, you guessed it,...Filled under Information technology news - Hardware, latest news. No Comments.
Rumour: NVIDIA driven MacBooks out October 14th?
Published on October 6th, 2008.
The Apple world has been going crazy over news of the new MacBooks. You know, the aluminium bodied, glass-trackpad festooned objects of desire that everyone thought would already be on...Filled under Information technology news - Hardware, latest news. No Comments.
Powering up your iPod and other geeky things to do with your breasts
Published on September 29th, 2008.
As one Japanese lingerie designer introduces the solar-powered bra and pants set that can generate enough energy to drive an iPod, we felt duty bound to investigate this, and other,...Filled under Information technology news - Hardware, latest news. No Comments.
Not a lot of old tosh: the new Toshiba NB100 Netbook revealed
Published on September 18th, 2008.
It was only ever a matter of time before Toshiba stripped off and jumped in the rapidly crowding Netbook pool. That time is now, but what sort of a splash...Filled under Information technology news - Hardware, latest news. No Comments.
Tesco cocks up with Dell 12 incher
Published on September 12th, 2008.
Tesco, the British supermarket giant, is currently advertising a new Dell netbook online. Nothing unusual there, you may think, but this is not the much publicised Inspiron Mini 9. This...Filled under Information technology news - Hardware, latest news. No Comments.
Microsoft gives gamers the Blues with SideWinder X8
Published on September 10th, 2008.
Hot on the heels of Microsoft's BlueTrack announcement comes news that the company will be building the technology into a SideWinder gaming mouse. Don't bother asking Santa for one -...Filled under Information technology news - Hardware, latest news. No Comments.