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CES 2015: Intel’s Broadwell-U CPUs promise big battery boost and faster gaming

CES 2015: Intel’s Broadwell-U CPUs promise big battery boost and faster gaming

By Desire Athow Intel has unveiled its fifth generation Core processor family, commonly known as Broadwell-U, one that supersedes Ivy Bridge and complements the company’s existing Core M processor range – which targets products focused on mobility. The new processors are generally smaller than their previous counterparts while cramming significantly more transistors (35% more transistors…

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CES 2015: SanDisk unveils flash and SSD drives for consumers

CES 2015: SanDisk unveils flash and SSD drives for consumers

By Juan Martinez SanDisk has updated its flash storage and consumer solid state drive (SSD) products to help you more quickly transfer and save large amounts of data. The SanDisk Ultra Dual USB Drive 3.0 is a USB flash drive that lets Android users transfer files between phones, tablets and USB-enabled devices. Built with a…

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CES 2015: SanDisk unveils flash and SSD drives for consumers

CES 2015: SanDisk unveils flash and SSD drives for consumers

By Juan Martinez SanDisk has updated its flash storage and consumer solid state drive (SSD) products to help you more quickly transfer and save large amounts of data. The SanDisk Ultra Dual USB Drive 3.0 is a USB flash drive that lets Android users transfer files between phones, tablets and USB-enabled devices. Built with a…

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Western Digital demoes intriguing SSHD prototype

Western Digital demoes intriguing SSHD prototype

By Desire Athow An event dedicated to storage, Storage Visions, is taking place at the same time in Las Vegas as CES and Western Digital showcased a new storage solution that uses a discrete SSD and a HDD. The drive was presented as the “world’s fastest 4TB Hybrid Drive”, using a 128GB SSD and a…

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Western Digital demoes intriguing SSHD prototype

Western Digital demoes intriguing SSHD prototype

By Desire Athow An event dedicated to storage, Storage Visions, is taking place at the same time in Las Vegas as CES and Western Digital showcased a new storage solution that uses a discrete SSD and a HDD. The drive was presented as the “world’s fastest 4TB Hybrid Drive”, using a 128GB SSD and a…

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CES 2015: Seagate’s latest hard drive is almost as thin as an iPhone 6

CES 2015: Seagate’s latest hard drive is almost as thin as an iPhone 6

By Desire Athow Storage giant Seagate has launched an external disk drive just in time for CES 2015. Called Seven, it’s the world’s thinnest external hard disk drive according to Seagate, and at 7mm (hence the name) it’s just a fraction thicker than Apple’s iPhone 6 smartphone. The drive is a 5mm thick, 500GB model…

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CES 2015: Seagate’s latest hard drive is almost as thin as an iPhone 6

CES 2015: Seagate’s latest hard drive is almost as thin as an iPhone 6

By Desire Athow Storage giant Seagate has launched an external disk drive just in time for CES 2015. Called Seven, it’s the world’s thinnest external hard disk drive according to Seagate, and at 7mm (hence the name) it’s just a fraction thicker than Apple’s iPhone 6 smartphone. The drive is a 5mm thick, 500GB model…

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Microsoft Outs An Entry Level Facebook Messenger Phone

Microsoft Outs An Entry Level Facebook Messenger Phone

By Natasha Lomas Fans of branding confusion will be pleased to hear Microsoft hasn’t ditched the Nokia phone brand quite yet. It’s just announced a new entry level mobile phone, badged with the Nokia name: the Nokia 215, dubbing the handset its “most affordable Internet-ready entry level phone yet” — and aiming it at first…

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Nest Adds 15 More Companies To Its “Works With Nest” Program

Nest Adds 15 More Companies To Its “Works With Nest” Program

By Matt Burns Nest is today announcing significant new partners to its “Works with Nest” developer program. The new additions continues Nest’s quest to turn its product into the heart of a smart home. Among the new partners includes Lutron, Insteon, and Philips Hue. Each company built Nest products into its ecosystem. For example, now,…

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Hands-on review: Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon 15

Hands-on review: Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon 15

By Juan Martinez The business laptop market is flooded with devices that pack a ton of storage and performance into giant, nearly unliftable bodies. Workstations like Lenovo’s ThinkPad W540 ($2,573, £1,606, AU$2,946) and Dell’s Precision M6800 ($3,490, £2,075, AU$3,750) offer the performance of typical desktops with above average displays. Unfortunately, both machines are hefty. The…

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Hands-on review: CES 2015: Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon 15

Hands-on review: CES 2015: Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon 15

By Juan Martinez The business laptop market is flooded with devices that pack a ton of storage and performance into giant, nearly unliftable bodies. Workstations like Lenovo’s ThinkPad W540 ($2,573, £1,606, AU$2,946) and Dell’s Precision M6800 ($3,490, £2,075, AU$3,750) offer the performance of typical desktops with above average displays. Unfortunately, both machines are hefty. The…

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Here’s How Nvidia’s New Tegra X1 Stacks Up To The K1 And Apple A8X On Paper

Here’s How Nvidia’s New Tegra X1 Stacks Up To The K1 And Apple A8X On Paper

By Darrell Etherington Nvidia’s new Tegra X1 mobile chipset is a veritable beast: It’s able to provide almost two times the graphics performance of the iPad Air 2’s A8X while also consuming just about the same amount of power, and it’s already in production, meaning tablets sporting the X1’s graphical prowess should be available to…

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Stream Virtual Reality With IC Real Tech’s 720-Degree Allie Camera

Stream Virtual Reality With IC Real Tech’s 720-Degree Allie Camera

By Josh Constine You never really feel like you’re there when you’re stuck watching from whatever angle the camera person chose. Meanwhile, professional virtual reality cameras are way too big or expensive for consumer use. But thanks to new video stitching technology, the new Allie camera from IC Real Tech can turn two 360-degree camera…

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Hands-on review: CES 2015: HP Zvr

Hands-on review: CES 2015: HP Zvr

By Juan Martinez Overview Let’s be honest: virtual reality (VR) is a nascent market for consumers and nearly non-existent for businesses. VR technology is led by Oculus’s Rift Crescent Bay, which still isn’t ready for mass consumption, but offers users an immersive environment with high definition imagery and the best movement tracking on the market.…

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Hands-on review: CES 2015: HP Zvr

Hands-on review: CES 2015: HP Zvr

By Juan Martinez Overview Let’s be honest: virtual reality (VR) is a nascent market for consumers and nearly non-existent for businesses. VR technology is led by Oculus’s Rift Crescent Bay, which still isn’t ready for mass consumption, but offers users an immersive environment with high definition imagery and the best movement tracking on the market.…

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