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CES 2015: Intel Cherry Trail could bring desktop graphics to mobiles, tablets

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…

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CES 2015: Intel Cherry Trail could bring desktop graphics to mobiles, tablets

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…

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CES 2015: Samsung’s first SSD is as small as a credit card

By Hugh Langley Well, the impossible has happened: someone has made a solid state drive that’s actually quite exciting. Samsung’s SSD T1 is about the same size – albeit thicker – than a credit card, measuring 2.1 x 2.8 x 0.36 inches. Supporting 256-bit encryption, it’s nice and secure too, while Samsung says that input/output…

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CES 2015: Samsung’s first portable SSD is as small as a credit card

By Hugh Langley Well, the impossible has happened: someone has made a solid state drive that’s actually quite exciting. Samsung’s SSD T1 is about the same size – albeit thicker – than a credit card, measuring 2.1 x 2.8 x 0.36 inches. Supporting 256-bit encryption, it’s nice and secure too, while Samsung says that input/output…

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Livescribe brings Android support to Livescribe 3 smartpen

By Kane Fulton Livescribe has brought Android support to its Livescribe 3 smartpen, extending compatibility beyond iOS devices for the first time. Android users will be able to download the Livescribe+ app, which will be compatible with KitKat v4.4 and Lollipop 5.0, in the spring. Though it’s taken over a year for Livescribe to introduce…

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Livescribe brings Android support to Livescribe 3 smartpen

By Kane Fulton Livescribe has brought Android support to its Livescribe 3 smartpen, extending compatibility beyond iOS devices for the first time. Android users will be able to download the Livescribe+ app, which will be compatible with KitKat v4.4 and Lollipop 5.0, in the spring. Though it’s taken over a year for Livescribe to introduce…

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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: 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

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

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

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

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

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

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: Curved, 4K and 5K displays round out HP’s CES lineup

By Michael Rougeau HP has unveiled its CES 2015 display lineup a few days ahead of the show, and in addition to its unique Zvr Virtual Reality Display the company is bringing a range of curved, 4K and 5K displays. These include two 4K displays, the HP Z27s and HP Z24s, and the 5K HP…

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