By Kane Fulton Belkin-owned Linksys has used CES 2015 to announce a more affordable version of last year’s WRT1900AC router, which was an updated version of the company’s recognisable blue-and-black model from 2002. While something of a beast, the WRT1900AC’s $250 price tag placed it beyond the reach of many home and small business users.…

By Desire Athow Details of the 14nm successor to the current Bay Trail family have emerged in Singapore courtesy of online website, VR-Zone. Top of the agenda for Intel’s answer to ARM’s growing armada of system-on-chip will be power saving tweaks as well as graphics performance improvement. Cherry Trail-T is likely to have twice the…

By Desire Athow Details of the 14nm successor to the current Bay Trail family have emerged in Singapore courtesy of online website, VR-Zone. Top of the agenda for Intel’s answer to ARM’s growing armada of system-on-chip will be power saving tweaks as well as graphics performance improvement. Cherry Trail-T is likely to have twice the…

By Andrew Williams Sony has announced that the PS4 has sold 18.5 million units worldwide since its release just over a year ago. The PS4 is widely recognised as the current winner of the console battle, and the latest figures show that that hasn’t changed. Most recently we learned in November that Microsoft was on…

By Andrew Williams Sony has announced that the PS4 has sold 18.5 million units worldwide since its release just over a year ago. The PS4 is widely recognised as the current winner of the console battle, and the latest figures show that that hasn’t changed. Most recently we learned in November that Microsoft was on…

By Jordan Crook Bald and/or balding folks, listen up! A new company called Apira Science is ready to use low-light therapy to make your hair grow, or soon, make your face more beautiful. Sounds unreal? I felt the same way, and then I checked out the iGrow and the iDerma. The company says that the…

By John Biggs Qardio started out building medical heart sensors to improve health. Now they’re branching out into more accessible territory including connected scales and blood pressure cuffs. Called the QardioBase and QardioArm, the devices are designed to take your vital measurements and report on your health. The Base, thankfully, can even be put into…

By Joe Osborne When Toshiba launched its $149 (about £99, AU$184) Encore 2 running Windows 8.1 with Bing, the direction for the company’s Windows slate line was clear: budget buys. But now, with the newly announced Toshiba Encore 2 Write, that direction isn’t as obvious. This new version of Toshiba’s budget comes packing full Windows…

By Joe Osborne Just about every laptop maker under the sun is working tirelessly on creating business-grade notebooks that are as powerful, versatile and, frankly, interesting as possible. Japanese firm Toshiba is right there beside its rivals in this race, something I can say confidently after seeing the new $1,399 (about £912, AU$1,729) Toshiba Portege…

By Joe Osborne When Toshiba launched its $149 (about £99, AU$184) Encore 2 running Windows 8.1 with Bing, the direction for the company’s Windows slate line was clear: budget buys. But now, with the newly announced Toshiba Encore 2 Write, that direction isn’t as obvious. This new version of Toshiba’s budget comes packing full Windows…

By Joe Osborne Just about every laptop maker under the sun is working tirelessly on creating business-grade notebooks that are as powerful, versatile and, frankly, interesting as possible. Japanese firm Toshiba is right there beside its rivals in this race, something I can say confidently after seeing the new $1,399 (about £912, AU$1,729) Toshiba Portege…

By Darrell Etherington Apple is set to start finally selling the iPhone 6 and 6 Plus without SIMs, completely unlocked in the U.S., according to 9to5Mac’s reliable Mark Gurman. The SIM-free version of the iPhone has been available in the stores of other countries before now, but a debut stateside would be the first time…

By Romain Dillet Samsung’s CES press conference was pretty dull. We mostly saw TVs, an SSD hard drive and of course washing machines and other home appliance. But the most interesting part of the conference was the focus on design for boring items, such as the Chef collection for the kitchen, a new lineup of…

By Romain Dillet My first CES started a little bit more than 24 hours ago for me. As I wrote yesterday, I want to share my impressions of the show. I’ve been following CES for years, but seeing it in person is a much different experience — starting with press day. Press day at CES…

By Darrell Etherington Sony’s SmartWear lineup is one of its key focal areas for mobile tech, and something that has grown in scope and ambition over the course of the past few CES events. This year it’s introducing even more in the way of wearable hardware, and looking at ways to help expand the available…