Dubbed Redmond’s “riskiest product bet” by Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer, Windows 8 certainly does have a lot riding on it. [......]
Does Asus have a chip on its shoulder? [......]
We love it when the trade shows roll around because that's when companies show off their upcoming products. [......]
For those of you not holding out for Intel's upcoming Sandy Bridge-E platform but still wish to upgrade, the Santa Clara chip maker is reportedly prepping a trio of new Core i3 processors for Q3, each one priced so you can pull the trigger without feeling guilty for having overspent. Even the fastest of the bunch -- the Core i3 2130 -- will only set you back $138, making it affordable to cross the Sandy Bridge. According to news and rumor site Fudzilla , the Core i3 2130 is set to replace the 2120 with a slightly faster clockspeed at 3.4GHz (versus 3.3GHz). [......]
Maybe the corner store was out of trumpets. For all we know, Hewlett-Packard's PR guy is off on vacation. Lucky for us, the Internet affords no secrets, so even if HP doesn't feel like making a big deal out of its new g6s notebook series, this 15.6-inch Sandy Bridge laptop will still get the same attention we give to all new gear. [......]
Not that this will make any difference whatsoever to conspiracy theorists, but by this time next year, you won't hardly be able to find a new PC without a USB 3.0 port. Yes, we've heard all about how Intel is intentionally delaying adding native USB 3.0 support in its chipsets in order to promote its own Light Peak/Thunderbolt interface, but if even if that were true, it doesn't matter because as of right now, OEMs are content with USB. [......]
Why lug around a USB 2.0 flash drive when you could slip a SuperSpeed USB 3.0 stick onto your keychain? Oh, your PC isn't equipped with a USB 3.0 port[......]
A strange development on the Thunderbolt front. Intel’s new high-speed interface certainly made its big debut on Apple’s new MacBook Pros, but why would Apple be trademarking it if it’s Intel’s technology[......]
Toshiba has finally updated their high-end gaming laptop line with the new X770 model. This is a hefty desktop replacement unit, but it has slimmed down compared to the last generation. [......]
Much to the chagrin of Linux users, support for Intel's Sandy Bridge platform has been anything but stellar. Many hoped Canonical's Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" release would improve this rocky relationship between Linux and Intel's latest silicon, but according to reports, these new chips are still giving open-source users fits. "Following the failures of others to get Sandy Bridge graphics working properly under Linux, Intel supplied Phoronix with an Intel Core i5 2500K for my own set of Linux tests," writes Phoronix , a member site of the IDG Tech Network and avid support of Linux[......]
In Greek mythology, Erebus once represented the personification of darkness and shadow. Later on, Erebus came to describe the Infernal Region below the earth, the part of Hades the dead have to cross. [......]
There should be an actual rule, not just an unwritten one, that if a manufacturer pitches a new product as a bargain or, in this case, carrying a "friendly price," said company should, oh, maybe disclose that price? [......]
And off we go! Now that Intel has officially outed its Z68 Express chipset, the announcements from hardware vendors pitching new products are rolling in. One of those is from MSI who just unveiled a couple of Z68 motherboards (socket 1155), one of which features support for both CrossFireX and SLI. [......]
Earlier today we said Google was getting ready to announce a student package for its Chrome notebook, and rather than keep us in suspense, the search giant just a short while ago officially unveiled its first Chromebooks. Google has partnered up with Samsung and Acer to deliver the first models, which are slated to ship on June 15. "These are not typical notebooks," Google said in a blog post [......]
WinZip Computing, a subsidiary of Corel, has released a major new update for its Mac zip tool, WinZip Mac Edition . [......]
