Welcome to the Preview Release of Microsoft 2014
Today Microsoft released a couple of major announcements regarding the restructuring of their entire business. The complete One Microsoft email from Steve Ballmer along with an internal memo entitled...
79 by Jarred Walton on 7/11/2013Some Thoughts About the Lumia 1020 Camera System
Today Nokia announced their new flagship smartphone, the Lumia 1020. I’ve already posted about the announcement and details, and what it really boils down to is that the Lumia...
69 by Brian Klug on 7/11/2013Digital Storm Unveils VELOCE: 13.3 Inches of Gaming Goodness
It seems with the launch of Intel’s Haswell processors and platform, notebook manufacturers are starting to focus on smaller devices without sacrificing a lot in the way of performance...
24 by Jarred Walton on 7/11/2013Nokia Announces Lumia 1020 - 41 MP PureView and Windows Phone (Update: Hands On and Video)
Today at Nokia's Zoom Reinvented event, the handset maker announced the newest member of its Lumia family of Windows Phone devices, the Lumia 1020. The handset includes a PureView...
69 by Brian Klug on 7/11/2013Acer’s M5-583P Touchscreen: Available at Best Buy
With the summer now half over, all of the major OEMs are beginning to launch their back-to-school lineups. Acer just sent word that they have a new model available...
23 by Jarred Walton on 7/10/2013NVIDIA’s Summer GeForce Game Bundle Announced - Splinter Cell Blacklist
NVIDIA sends word this evening that they’re launching a new GeForce video card game bundle for the summer timeframe. This time around NVIDIA is partnering with Ubisoft to get...
21 by Ryan Smith on 7/9/2013Android 4.2.2 Update Rollout for HTC One Begins - We Take a Look
Back when I reviewed the HTC One, I also did a walkthrough of Sense 5 and how it worked with Android 4.1.2. Although Sense 5 is a big step...
33 by Brian Klug on 7/8/2013Trials of an Intel Quad Processor System: 4x E5-4650L from SuperMicro
Trials of an Intel Quad Processor System: 4x E5-4650L from SuperMicro In recent months at AnandTech we have tackled a few issues of dual processor systems for regular use, and...
53 by Ian Cutress on 7/3/2013Windows 8.1 and VS2013 bring GPU computing updates to Direct3D and C++ AMP
Windows 8.1 is bringing a new incremental update to the driver model to WDDM 1.3, which will enable incremental new GPU computing functionality. One of the important pieces is...
16 by Rahul Garg on 7/2/2013Some Quick Gaming Numbers at 4K, Max Settings
Part of my extra-curricular testing post Computex this year put me in the hands of a Sharp 4K30 monitor for three days and with a variety of AMD and...
134 by Ian Cutress on 7/1/2013Addonics Secure NAS R5 - A NAS / DAS Combo for the Security-Conscious
The number of readers requesting for encryption benchmarks after reading our NAS reviews has shown an uptick in the recent past. For consumers paranoid about security, Addonics is launching...
4 by Ganesh T S on 6/29/2013Logic Supply Launches LGX ML250 Intel Socket G2-based Fanless Industrial PC
We had reviewed Logic Supply's fanless LGX AG150 Cedar Trail-based PC last year. Though a majority of fanless x86-based PCs are based on the anemic Atom platform, there has...
2 by Ganesh T S on 6/29/2013The AnandTech Podcast: Episode 21
We're back! On the list for this episode are Google Glass, Google IO, the HTC One/SGS4 Google Play Edition, Galaxy NX, Galaxy S 4 Active, Snapdragon 800, Exynos 5...
43 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 6/28/2013Windows 8.1 Preview Released
Coinciding with Microsoft’s BUILD 2013 conference this week, the public preview of Windows 8.1 has been released over at Microsoft’s Windows website. Windows 8.1 (née Blue) is Windows 8’s first...
52 by Ryan Smith on 6/26/2013NVIDIA Shield Delayed, Now Ships In July
After a steady stream of positive Shield updates, NVIDIA just dropped a bit of unfortunate news by regarding an issue which has resulted in a delay to the Tegra...
18 by Ryan Smith on 6/26/2013Ask AnandTech: Ideal Tablet Specs & Form Factor for Work?
We've done a couple of posts now on using tablets in business/enterprise settings. In our final post in this series we're soliciting ultimate feedback. There's an interesting trend going...
80 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 6/26/2013Qualcomm Announces Snapdragon 200 Additions - MSM8x10 and MSM8x12
Last week, Qualcomm announced two new members of the Snapdragon 200 tier. As a reminder, Qualcomm has moved to a tiered structure split between 200, 400, 600, and 800...
11 by Brian Klug on 6/24/2013A Look at Intel HD 5000 GPU Performance Compared to HD 4000
When I got my hands on a Haswell based Ultrabook, Acer's recently announced S7, I was somewhat disappointed to learn that Acer had chosen to integrate Intel's HD 4400...
55 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 6/24/2013Western Digital Acquires STEC
Western Digital just announced that they've entered into an agreement to acquire STEC for approximately $340 million in cash. Technically STEC will be acquired by HGST (Hitachi Global Storage...
7 by Kristian Vättö on 6/24/2013Best Mac Laptops - June 2013
In reviewing the 2013 MacBook Air, I spent a lot of time thinking about how I'd recommend the various notebooks in Apple's lineup. By the end of this year...
74 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 6/24/2013