By Nick Pino By now, everyone knows Windows 10 will connect Xbox One, Microsoft’s flagship console, and PCs when it launches later this year. This means Xbox and PC profiles will share the same gamerscore, friends list and can even stream games from Xbox One to any laptop, tablet or desktop running the new OS.…

By John Biggs As we approach AW-Day, the naysayers are coming out to put their hand in front of the bottle of champagne that will be used to christen the S.S. Apple Watch. The most prominent of those naysayers was Mark Wilson, a traditionally even-keeled fellow who, in his own way, is pushing the pro-…

By Henry Casey Overview and specs Modern computer companies, most notably Microsoft and Apple, sell us on their operating systems being as low maintenance as possible. This wasn’t always the case: back in the Windows 95 & 98 days, only a rookie wouldn’t defragment their hard drive regularly. As the years passed, protecting and maintaining…

By Henry Casey Overview and specs Modern computer companies, most notably Microsoft and Apple, sell us on their operating systems being as low maintenance as possible. This wasn’t always the case: back in the Windows 95 & 98 days, only a rookie wouldn’t defragment their hard drive regularly. As the years passed, protecting and maintaining…

By James Peckham Acer revealed a number of new phones at MWC 2015 but none of them stood out to me as much as the Acer Liquid M220. It wasn’t down to the specs though, the Liquid Jade Z surely takes the crown there. It stood out as it has taken the strange route of…

By James Peckham Acer revealed a number of new phones at MWC 2015 but none of them stood out to me as much as the Acer Liquid M220. It wasn’t down to the specs though, the Liquid Jade Z surely takes the crown there. It stood out as it has taken the strange route of…

By Matt Hanson and Jamie Carter The tech landscape is dominated by the smartphone and the tablet. These in turn are lorded-over by two competing operating systems familiar to us all, namely Apple’s iOS and Google’s Android, which can never be deposed, not even by Microsoft’s millions. Right? Not so. While Apple and Google slug…

By Matt Hanson and Jamie Carter The tech landscape is dominated by the smartphone and the tablet. These in turn are lorded-over by two competing operating systems familiar to us all, namely Apple’s iOS and Google’s Android, which can never be deposed, not even by Microsoft’s millions. Right? Not so. While Apple and Google slug…

By Jamie Hinks Intel is upping the ante for PC gamers everywhere by bringing its powerful Iris Pro processor to desktop machines. The fifth-generation LGA-socketed Core processor with Iris Pro integrated graphics was announced at the Game Developers Conference in San Francisco and it marks a 100-fold upsurge in graphics compared to where the company…

By James Peckham Back at CES 2015 Acer revealed its new flagship Liquid Jade S and only two months later it has felt the need to come back with an even cheaper version called the Liquid Jade Z. I managed to get a little hands-on time with the device at MWC 2015 and here’s what…

By Jamie Hinks Intel is upping the ante for PC gamers everywhere by bringing its powerful Iris Pro processor to desktop machines. The fifth-generation LGA-socketed Core processor with Iris Pro integrated graphics was announced at the Game Developers Conference in San Francisco and it marks a 100-fold upsurge in graphics compared to where the company…

By James Peckham Back at CES 2015 Acer revealed its new flagship Liquid Jade S and only two months later it has felt the need to come back with an even cheaper version called the Liquid Jade Z. I managed to get a little hands-on time with the device at MWC 2015 and here’s what…

By Kyle Russell Those looking to learn the piano have a new option in the form of Keys, a smart keyboard you can connect to your phone to pick up new songs or to your computer to make your own. Read More …read more Source: TechCrunch Gadgets

By Matt Burns There are not many options for computers running the Chrome OS in desktop form. Acer just released a new one and it’s a monster of sorts. Packed inside the svelte box is a powerful little machine that costs nearly double that of other Chromeboxes but sports computing power unheard of from a…

By Darrell Etherington Apple is working on a new, larger iPad as rumored, according to the Wall Street Journal, with suppliers told to gear up for production in the second half of this year. That’s a revised timeline from an earlier plan that targeted the first half of this year, but since the product’s existence…