By Gareth Beavis The main thing to note about the Samsung Galaxy A3 is that it’s one of the first widespread phones from the South Korean firm that brings an all metal unibody. That fact alone should be enough to make a few of you take a look at this hands on review, given this…

By Gareth Beavis The main thing to note about the Samsung Galaxy A3 is that it’s one of the first widespread phones from the South Korean firm that brings an all metal unibody. That fact alone should be enough to make a few of you take a look at this hands on review, given this…

By John Biggs It’s been a long, hard battle here deep in the deserts of Las Vegas but the judges have chosen and we are ready to rock and roll. We are pleased to announce the finalists for the 2015 Hardware Battlefield in Las Vegas where 15 amazing companies vied for $50,000 and the coveted…

By Joe Osborne When it comes to all-in-one PCs, Dell is in that great place of “if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it,” but continues to refine its Inspiron 23 to keep ahead of the curve. Its latest model, the Dell Inspiron 23, now features a slightly larger screen and Intel’s Real Sense 3D camera.…

By Joe Osborne When it comes to all-in-one PCs, Dell is in that great place of “if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it,” but continues to refine its Inspiron 23 to keep ahead of the curve. Its latest model, the Dell Inspiron 23, now features a slightly larger screen and Intel’s Real Sense 3D camera.…

By Darrell Etherington Nvidia’s focus this year on CES is on the Tegra X1 mobile chipset, a brand new SoC that offers desktop-like computing performance for a range of mobile devices, including smartphones and tablets, but extending also to automobiles. Already, Nvidia has a strong presence in the car, powering many of the in-car infotainment…

By Frederic Lardinois If it’s up to Robotbase, you’ll soon be coming home and a robot will greet you at the door. While you were away, the Robotbase Personal Robot patrolled your home, made sure the temperature was lowered when you left, maybe locked the door after you were gone and, through its built-in camera,…

By Juan Martinez The small-footprint desktop computer market features a wide range of affordable options. At the better end of the spectrum you’ll find the Apple Mac Mini (starting at $499, £399 and AU$620), a small, quiet and energy efficient desktop. At the bottom end there are options like the Samsung Chromebox (starting at $329,…

By Juan Martinez The small-footprint desktop computer market features a wide range of affordable options. At the better end of the spectrum you’ll find the Apple Mac Mini (starting at $499, £399 and AU$620), a small, quiet and energy efficient desktop. At the bottom end there are options like the Samsung Chromebox (starting at $329,…

By Joe Osborne Gaming laptop manufacturers have been wrestling with the issue of performance versus available power and space since their inception. While chip makers like Nvidia are quickly closing the power gap between mobile GPUs and their desktop counterparts, notebook vendors like MSI and Alienware aren’t about to sit around waiting for that day.…

By Joe Osborne Gaming laptop manufacturers have been wrestling with the issue of performance versus available power and space since their inception. While chip makers like Nvidia are quickly closing the power gap between mobile GPUs and their desktop counterparts, notebook vendors like MSI and Alienware aren’t about to sit around waiting for that day.…

By Jordan Crook One board. One wheel. Zero falls. If you’re wondering about my favorite thing at CES, look no further. The OneWheel is a self-balancing skateboard that uses one, big wheel to deal with obstacles, bumps, etc. with no problem at all. Oh, and if it wasn’t clear already, this thing is electric and…

By Alex Wilhelm You can get pretty much anything on a stick. You can actually, and I kid you not, get fried butter on a stick. And soon, thanks to Intel, you can even get a full, Windows 8.1 PC on a stick. The Windows 8.1-based Compute Stick contains a quad-core Atom processor, 32 gigabytes…

By Darrell Etherington Oculus is at CES 2015, giving a larger set of people a chance to experience virtual reality with its latest prototype, the Crescent Bay version of the Oculus Rift. The Crescent Bay edition of the VR hardware originally broke cover back in September of 2014, but only a small handful of folks…

By Duncan Bell Yesterday’s CES smartwatch contender the Alcatel OneTouch is very much your standard-issue wearable, aimed at proper techies. The Withings Activité Pop, however, is a more mass-market kind of deal, priced at $149/£119. Judging from our experience, it deserves to succeed. Perhaps the primary triumph of the Pop is that it looks like…