Apple Updates MacBook Air for 2014: Faster Haswell Parts & $100 Price Drop
This morning Apple announced its 2014 MacBook Air refresh. With Intel's 14nm Broadwell SoC delayed, this mid-cycle update still uses Haswell ULT parts. The chassis and internal specs haven't...
49 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 4/29/2014
Synology Launches Entry Level Four-Bay DS414j
Synology's j-series NAS units have traditionally provided consumers with a very budget-friendly entry-level window into the DSM (Disk Station Manager) ecosystem. As the amount of user-generated data in the...
15 by Ganesh T S on 4/29/2014
Samsung Unveils the Galaxy K Zoom with 20.7MP Camera
In June of last year Samsung released the Galaxy S4 Zoom. The phone was related most closely to the Galaxy Camera and the Galaxy S4 Mini. While its specifications...
19 by Brandon Chester on 4/29/2014
MSI Z97 Gaming Motherboards Up For Pre Order in China
After our brief motherboard roundup, it was brought to our attention that some of the next generation of Intel motherboards are now up for pre-order in China. From tmall.com...
5 by Ian Cutress on 4/28/2014
Microsoft Closes Nokia Acquisition
Back on September 3rd 2013, Microsoft announced its intentions to purchase Nokia's mobile phone business, and after several extra months of waiting for regulatory approval, that deal officially closes...
22 by Brett Howse on 4/25/2014
Microsoft Q3 2014 Financial Results
This afternoon Microsoft held an earnings call to announce the results of their third quarter for fiscal year 2014. Overall GAAP revenue was down less than 1% over Q3 2013...
25 by Brett Howse on 4/24/2014
Samsung Galaxy Beam 2 Revealed on Samsung China Website
Back in 2010 Samsung launched the original Samsung Galaxy Beam i8520. The phone ran Android 2.1 which was a bit outdated at the time as Android 2.2 launched just...
14 by Brandon Chester on 4/24/2014
Apple Q2 2014 Fiscal Results
Today Apple announced its Q2 results, and sales of the iPhone continue to dominate revenue and earnings for the company. Revenue for the quarter came in at $45.6B – a...
27 by Brett Howse on 4/23/2014
Upcoming GIGABYTE BRIX with GeForce GTX Inside
For the past 12-18 months, GIGABYTE’s BRIX platform has made inroads into the small form factor ecosystem with the help of Intel’s Haswell and AMD’s APUs under the hood...
39 by Ian Cutress on 4/23/2014
OnePlus launches the OnePlus One: Initial Thoughts
Edit: In the time since the initial launch, there's been confirmation that the OnePlus One does in fact support 802.11ac. It's a single spatial stream part, Qualcomm's WCN3680. In what...
67 by Joshua Ho on 4/23/2014
VESA and MIPI Announce Display Stream Compression Standard
For some time now the consumer electronics industry has been grappling with how to improve the performance and efficiency of display interfaces, especially in light of more recent increases...
85 by Ryan Smith on 4/22/2014
Apple Releases iOS 7.1.1 Update: Addresses Touch ID and Keyboard Issues
Hot on the heels of the major 7.1 release, Apple released a new update for iOS on iPod Touch, iPhone, and iPad. The iOS 7.1.1 update focuses primarily on...
13 by Brandon Chester on 4/22/2014
G.Skill Launches 32GB DDR3L-2133 1.35V SO-DIMM Memory Kit
The topic of SO-DIMM memory is an interesting one. As it currently stands, almost all laptops with interchangeable memory slots have SO-DIMM slots, as well as a few...
12 by Ian Cutress on 4/22/2014
AMD Posts Catalyst 14.4 Release Candidate Drivers
Coinciding with this week’s launch of the Radeon R9 295X2, AMD has posted their latest Catalyst drivers, now at version 14.4. Catalyst 14.4 is the first driver set for...
19 by Ryan Smith on 4/21/2014
Google Updates Hangouts: Merging IM and SMS
Today, Google announced an update to Hangouts that brings some new features. The first mentioned is merging conversations, which brings feature parity with iMessage in that regard. Google has...
15 by Joshua Ho on 4/21/2014
HTC Adds Sense 6 Progress to Software Update Page
HTC has updated their software update status page with a section that displays the current status of the HTC Sense 6.0 upgrade. The page indicates that they intend to...
7 by Brandon Chester on 4/21/2014
AMD Announces Refresh of Never Settle Forever Program
After letting their Never Settle Forever gaming bundle program slowly lapse over the past few months, AMD sends word this morning that they’re going to be significantly refreshing the...
11 by Ryan Smith on 4/21/2014
Galaxy S5 Follow-Up: Water Resistance, Adobe RGB Testing and More
A Closer Look at Water Resistance Recently on the podcast, Anand mentioned that I was looking at how the Galaxy S5 performed when running benchmarks underwater. This ultimately started after...
45 by Joshua Ho on 4/19/2014
AMD Q1 2014 Quarterly Earnings Analysis
AMD hosted their quarterly earnings conference call this afternoon to announce their financial results for the quarter ending March 2014. While they still reported a GAAP loss of $20...
37 by Brett Howse on 4/17/2014
Newegg Opens Business to the UK and Australia
As a consumer, more competition can be a good thing. Competition in manufacturing brings innovation and might help drive core pricing down, whereas competition in selling pits retailers against...
46 by Ian Cutress on 4/16/2014
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