LEPA Launches New Line of High Efficiency Power Supplies
LEPA Technology (closely related to Enermax) is launching two 80 Plus certified power supply lines along with a non-80 Plus certified budget line. The GM-MaxGold power supplies are certified 80...
6 by Dustin Sklavos on 9/9/2013Audience Announces earSmart eS320 for Ultrabooks and All-In-Ones
One of the interesting trends of late has been the slow trickle of features which originated in the mobile space over to the more traditional notebook and desktop PC...
8 by Brian Klug on 9/9/2013Intel's SSD Pro 1500: SF-2281 with vPro Support, Aimed at OEMs/SIs
IDF 2013 is almost upon us, and Intel's NSG (NAND Solutions Group) is kicking off the pre-show with a new SSD announcement. The drive in question? Intel's SSD Pro...
19 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 9/9/2013Seagate to Ship 5TB HDD in 2014 using Shingled Magnetic Recording
It's not just planar NAND that's running into physical limits lately. According to Seagate, its latest 1TB platter 3.5" drives have shrunk read/write heads as small as they can...
27 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 9/9/2013Seagate's Ultra Mobile HDD: Putting HDDs in Android Tablets
In a move I honestly never thought would happen, Seagate is announcing today plans to brings its 5mm 2.5" Laptop Ultrathin HDD to Android tablets. The drive will come...
42 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 9/9/2013Sony Announces PS Vita PCH-2000, PS Vita TV
Kicking off today is what’s sure to be a busy week. Both Apple and Intel have events scheduled over the next few days, with an Apple product announcement and...
13 by Ryan Smith on 9/9/2013AMD Catalyst 13.10 Beta Drivers Released
AMD has released another set of Catalyst beta drivers for their GPUs, this time ratcheting the version number up to 13.10. Catalyst 13.10 is a continuation of last month’s Catalyst...
5 by Ryan Smith on 9/9/2013GIGABYTE Updates BRIX: Now with Haswell
Back at Computex in June, GIGABYTE gave us a quick glimpse at future updates to their BRIX, their small form factor NUC type replacement. Today we get the...
26 by Ian Cutress on 9/7/2013Potential Nexus 5 FCC Approval Reappears - LG-D820 (Update: Snapdragon 800, Android 4.4)
The past few days have been interesting in the way of Nexus 5 (or Nexus 4 2013) rumors. After a few grumblings that seemed to confirm that LG would...
75 by Brian Klug on 9/5/2013Understanding AMD's Semi-Custom Strategy
With Microsoft’s acquisition of Nokia we are now living in a world where all three major client OS providers (Apple, Google and MS) all own/are device companies. Samsung gets...
51 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 9/5/2013OverclockersUK release 8Pack Range of ‘World’s Fastest Systems’
For users in the UK, OverclockersUK is one of the major e-tailers for computer components. In a country where off-the-shelf components are almost non-existent bar a few independent...
27 by Ian Cutress on 9/5/2013Amazon Launches New Kindle Paperwhite
With all the advances in tablet technology, the experience of reading a physical book is still preferred by many people – or if not a book, then an e-book...
22 by Jarred Walton on 9/5/2013Samsung's S9110 Watchphone: What Came Before the Galaxy Gear
Last night I got a reminder from my friend Vlad that my Galaxy Gear headline wasn't technically accurate - the Gear wasn't Samsung's first wearable. I responded saying that...
12 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 9/5/2013Xiaomi Announces the MI3 - Tegra 4 and MSM8974AB inside
Xiaomi has been making some interesting news lately, first with the abrupt transition of Hugo Barra from Google to Xiaomi, now with the announcement of their latest high end...
28 by Brian Klug on 9/5/2013Samsung Introduces Galaxy Note 10.1 (2014 Edition) with 2560x1600 Display
Alongside the Galaxy Note 3, Samsung also updated its 10.1-inch Galaxy Note with a 2014 Edition of the tablet. The changes to the 10.1-inch Galaxy Note mirror those of...
31 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 9/4/2013Samsung's Galaxy Note 3: Snapdragon 800 in a Slimmer Galaxy Note
Samsung was among the first to discover the demand for very large smartphones and quickly addressed that market with its Galaxy Note lineup. The smartphone Notes combine a large...
60 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 9/4/2013ASUS Announces Zenbook UX301 and UX302 Haswell Ultrabooks
Our final ASUS IFA announcement for today is for their new Ultrabooks, which we’ve been waiting to see for a couple months now. I thought ASUS pretty much nailed...
56 by Jarred Walton on 9/4/2013ASUS Announces X102BA Touchscreen Ultraportable with AMD’s Temash APU
As we wrap up with ASUS’ IFA announcements for today, we shift from the tablet and smartphone sectors over to laptops. Launched back in May, Kabini is AMD’s alternative...
17 by Jarred Walton on 9/4/2013ASUS Announces Transformer Book T300 - Windows 8 Detachable Tablet
Earlier today (sorry – I’m writing these up as fast as my fingers will go!), ASUS announced their new Transformer Book Trio, a hybrid Android + Windows 8 tablet/laptop...
24 by Jarred Walton on 9/4/2013ASUS Announces MeMO Pad 8 and MeMO Pad 10 Tablets
Joining the slew of IFA announcements as well as the MeMO Pad HD7, ASUS has two more MeMO Pad tablets on the way: the MeMO Pad 8 (ME180A) and...
5 by Jarred Walton on 9/4/2013