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By Jamie Carter Introduction and hype Is it anyone’s fault if the industry they work for gets overhyped, saddled with huge expectations for immediate profit, consequently overvalued, and then suffers a mini-crash as investors realise it’s not quite the overnight sensation they had hoped for? Nowhere is there more convincing evidence of a ‘tech bubble’…

By Matt Swider You may have missed it, but Apple refreshed its three computer input accessories at the same time it announced the new 21.5-inch iMac that outputs a 4K Retina picture. Apple’s Magic Trackpad 2 sees the biggest change with an edge-to-edge glass surface that’s almost 30% larger than your now-outdated Magic Trackpad 1.…

By Matt Swider You may have missed it, but Apple refreshed its three computer input accessories at the same time it announced the new 21.5-inch iMac that outputs a 4K Retina picture. Apple’s Magic Trackpad 2 sees the biggest change with an edge-to-edge glass surface that’s almost 30% larger than your now-outdated Magic Trackpad 1.…

By Jamie Hinks Printers in high rise office buildings could potentially be hijacked by hackers using drones to pilfer confidential documents. First reported by Wired, Singapore-based researchers demonstrated how malicious actors armed with a drone and mobile phone are able to intercept documents sent to a Wi-Fi printer that is otherwise inaccessible to the outside…

By Jamie Hinks Printers in high-rise office buildings could potentially be hijacked by hackers using drones to pilfer confidential documents. First reported by Wired, Singapore-based researchers demonstrated how malicious actors armed with a drone and mobile phone are able to intercept documents sent to a Wi-Fi printer that’s otherwise inaccessible to the outside world. The…

By Juan Martinez If your organization is looking into buying a suite of HDMI cables that can display 4K content, the search just got a lot easier. HDMI Licensing, the organization responsible for overseeing the HDMI standard, has developed a certification for HDMI cables specifically designed to transmit Ultra HD content. The Premium HDMI Cable…

By Juan Martinez If your organization is looking into buying a suite of HDMI cables that can display 4K content, the search just got a lot easier. HDMI Licensing, the organization responsible for overseeing the HDMI standard, has developed a certification for HDMI cables specifically designed to transmit Ultra HD content. The Premium HDMI Cable…

By Chuong Nguyen AMD unveiled its first enterprise-centric mobile processor in Mexico City, Mexico alongside HP’s launch of the HP EliteBook 705 G3, the first commercial notebook to debut with AMD silicon. The most significant thing about the EliteBook 705 G3 is its slim design. HP claims that the notebook is the world’s slimmest and…

By Chuong Nguyen AMD unveiled its first enterprise-centric mobile processor in Mexico City, Mexico alongside HP’s launch of the HP EliteBook 705 G3, the first commercial notebook to debut with AMD silicon. The most significant thing about the EliteBook 705 G3 is its slim design. HP claims that the notebook is the world’s slimmest and…

By Chuong Nguyen At the Global SSD Summit, Samsung is pushing solid state drives as not just the technology of the future, but the technology that users need today to keep up with the speeds available wired and wireless technologies. With new protocols, such as USB 3.1, Thunderbolt 3, Wi-Fi 802.11ac and 5G mobile broadband,…

By Chuong Nguyen At the Global SSD Summit, Samsung is pushing solid state drives as not just the technology of the future, but the technology that users need today to keep up with the speeds available wired and wireless technologies. With new protocols, such as USB 3.1, Thunderbolt 3, Wi-Fi 802.11ac and 5G mobile broadband,…

By David Nield For some years now, 3D printing has threatened to usher in a manufacturing revolution where we’re all printing our knick-knacks and replacement parts rather than ordering them from Amazon. YouTube : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ysCaqh38JVQ That hasn’t quite happened yet but Glowforge wants to help inventors and creatives make their own products at home: it’s…

By David Nield For some years now, 3D printing has threatened to usher in a manufacturing revolution where we’re all printing our knick-knacks and replacement parts rather than ordering them from Amazon. YouTube : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ysCaqh38JVQ That hasn’t quite happened yet but Glowforge wants to help inventors and creatives make their own products at home: it’s…

By Desire Athow Introduction Earlier this year, a little-known Chinese company emerged as a potential suitor for AMD, the US-based archrival to Intel. That company, Loongson, shares common roots with Lenovo, the world’s biggest PC manufacturer and has quietly amassed a rumoured war chest of 120 billion yuan (about $18.8bn, £12.1bn, AU$26.3bn). A massive bounty…

By Desire Athow Introduction Earlier this year, a little-known Chinese company emerged as a potential suitor for AMD, the US-based archrival to Intel. That company, Loongson, shares common roots with Lenovo, the world’s biggest PC manufacturer and has quietly amassed a rumoured war chest of 120 billion yuan (about $18.8bn, £12.1bn, AU$26.3bn). A massive bounty…