Lenovo Recalls Some ThinkPad X1 Carbon Laptops Due to Potential Overheating
Lenovo this week has began a voluntarily recall of some of its 5th Generation (Kaby Lake, Intel 7000-series) ThinkPad X1 Carbon notebooks because of an unfastened screw that can...
8 by Anton Shilov on 2/7/2018AMD & Valve Introduce AMD TrueAudio Next Support for Steam Audio
This week, AMD and Valve announced AMD TrueAudio Next (TAN) support for Steam Audio, introducing it with the newly released Steam Audio 2.0 beta 13. Introduced just about a...
11 by Nate Oh on 2/7/2018HP Announces Updated Elitebook 800 G5 series and ZBook 14U/15U Laptops
HP has announced today updates to its Elitebook and Zbook lines, with an aim to 'bring premium experiences and features to the mainstream'. Ultimately, it comes down to a...
10 by Joe Shields on 2/7/2018HP Launches First 4K EliteDisplay, and 43-inch 4K Z43
HP's last announcement of the day are additions to its 4K monitor lineup in the Z27, Z32, Z43, and EliteDisplay S270n monitors. The new lineup includes HP's first 4K...
11 by Joe Shields on 2/7/2018HP Announces 2nd Generation Thunderbolt Dock
Along with the other announcements today, HP is also bringing forth a compact the new Thunderbolt Dock G2 with an (optional) audio conferencing module - a first of its...
8 by Joe Shields on 2/7/2018G.Skill Unveils 16GB DDR4-4700 Trident Z RGB DRAM Kit: Samung B-die & RGB LED
G.Skill announced today a new Trident Z RGB kit which is now the fastest DDR4 memory kit in their product stack. The new dual-channel kit is designed for Z370...
7 by Joe Shields on 2/6/2018More EPYC Servers: Dell Launches 1P and 2P PowerEdge for HPC and Virtualization
One of the many questions about AMD’s EPYC processor line related to AMD’s ability to reengage with OEMs since the Bulldozer era. Recent announcements from Microsoft Azure and Baidu...
19 by Ian Cutress on 2/6/2018SK Hynix Lists GDDR6 Memory as ‘Available Now’, Publishes Final Specs
SK Hynix has updated its product catalogue and now lists its GDDR6 memory chips as “available now”. In addition, the company published final specifications of its GDDR6 product family...
9 by Anton Shilov on 2/6/2018Honor Launches The Honor 9 Lite
Today Honor officially launches the Honor 9 Lite for western markets. The launch follows that of the Honor 7X and V10 last month which were the company’s first models...
19 by Andrei Frumusanu on 2/6/2018Honor Launches Red 7X For The US
Part of a minor announcement, Honor has launched a limited edition red version of the Honor 7X. The Honor 7X is an entry level smartphone sporting a 5.93” 18:9...
151 by Andrei Frumusanu on 2/6/2018AMD Releases Radeon Software Adrenalin Edition 18.2.1
Last week, AMD released Radeon Software Adrenalin Edition 18.2.1, a more minor bugfix-oriented driver update. 18.2.1 also brings support for Final Fantasy XII: The Zodiac Age, a remastered version...
5 by Nate Oh on 2/5/2018HP Z4 Workstations Get Xeon W and Core X, 18-Core
Today, HP has released information on the update to its Z4 workstation line. The Z4 workstation is now available with both Xeon W and Core-X based processors for the...
20 by Joe Shields on 2/5/2018HP Windows Mixed Reality Headset, Professional Edition, Coming March
HP has added a second Windows Mixed Reality headset to its lineup, this one being dubbed the 'Professional Edition'. This headset, according to HP, is geared more towards a...
12 by Joe Shields on 2/5/2018ATP Launches M.2 NVMe SSDs: 3D MLC, SMI, Extreme Temps, Up to 2.5 GB/s
ATP has introduced its new lineup of SSDs aimed at industrial applications and are designed to withstand harsh environmental conditions, such as extreme temperatures and humidity. The new ATP...
9 by Anton Shilov on 2/2/2018Intel Appoints New CTO, Confirms Establishment of Product Assurance & Security Group
Intel this week named Michael Mayberry its new Chief Technology Officer effective immediately. The new CTO will be responsible for Intel’s global research and technology development efforts. In addition...
19 by Anton Shilov on 2/2/2018Azio Ships Retro Classic Bluetooth Keyboard: Expensive Luxury for Windows & Mac
Azio has started to sell wireless versions of its old-fashioned typewriter-like Retro Classic mechanical keyboard. The devices look the same as their wired brethren and are available in four...
8 by Anton Shilov on 2/2/2018Apple Announces Q1 FY 2018 Earnings
This afternoon Apple announced their earnings, and for the quarter, they had record revenues of $88.293 billion, which is up 13% from the same quarter a year ago. Margins...
13 by Brett Howse on 2/1/2018Skylake-D Creeps Out on Intel’s Price List
News about the next update on Intel’s Xeon-D line has been thin. For over a year now, we were expecting to hear what plans were in store for one...
28 by Ian Cutress on 2/1/2018Plextor Launches M8V SATA SSD
Plextor has introduced the M8V series, their latest budget SATA SSDs, now with 64-layer 3D TLC NAND. Plextor's budget SATA drives tends to use whatever controller and NAND combination...
10 by Billy Tallis on 2/1/2018Microsoft Announces Q2 FY 2018 Earnings
This afternoon, Microsoft announced their earnings for the second quarter of their 2018 fiscal year. The company had revenues of $28.9 billion for the quarter, which is up 12%...
6 by Brett Howse on 1/31/2018