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Hands-on review: Amazon Kindle Oasis

By James Peckham Ever since the original Amazon Kindle hit the virtual shelves back in November 2007, the company has managed to refine the design with each passing generation chipping off bits here and there to make it one of the best looking ereaders on the planet. What the new Kindle Oasis proves is Amazon…

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Hands-on review: Toshiba Portege Z30-C-125

By Desire Athow 2016 has been a tumultuous year for Toshiba. It will be remembered as the year when the Japanese company made the decision to abandon the consumer laptop market and focus exclusively on the B2B market. For business users however, that’s not a great loss as the Satellite Pro, Portege and Tecra ranges…

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Hands-on review: Toshiba Portege Z30-C-125

By Desire Athow 2016 has been a tumultuous year for Toshiba. It will be remembered as the year when the Japanese company made the decision to abandon the consumer laptop market and focus exclusively on the B2B market. For business users however, that’s not a great loss as the Satellite Pro, Portege and Tecra ranges…

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HP Spectre vs Apple MacBook Air: Quick Comparison Of The Thinnest Laptops

HP has unveiled its new 13.3-inch Spectre ultra-thin laptop, the computer maker’s answer to the MacBook Air. Find out how the HP Spectre 13 fairs against Apple’s premier device in this head-to-head comparison. …read more Source:: TechTimes.com – Computers

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Hands-on review: Dell Latitude E7470

By Desire Athow The release cycle of the Dell Latitude E7470 follows that of Intel’s new architecture very closely so it was not a surprise to hear about new models earlier this year. What was surprising was that the announcement happened at CES, not your usual business event. Bringing the concept of Ultrabooks to the…

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Hands-on review: Dell Latitude E7470

By Desire Athow The release cycle of the Dell Latitude E7470 follows that of Intel’s new architecture very closely so it was not a surprise to hear about new models earlier this year. What was surprising was that the announcement happened at CES, not your usual business event. Bringing the concept of Ultrabooks to the…

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Hands On: HP’s Spectre 13 Luxurious Laptop Might Actually Give The MacBook A Run For Its Money

HP’s Spectre 13, dubbed the ‘world’s thinnest laptop,’ will give the MacBook a run for its money when it comes to design. …read more Source:: TechTimes.com – Computers

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Review: Acer Chromebook 11

By Steven Wong Introduction and design While many Chromebooks try to stand out from the rest using features like rugged designs or tablet conversion, the Acer Chromebook 11 practically takes the opposite approach. This 11-inch laptop comes in as the non-convertible version of the Acer Chromebook R11, giving you everything you need from a Chromebook,…

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Review: Acer Chromebook 11

By Steven Wong Introduction and design While many Chromebooks try to stand out from the rest using features like rugged designs or tablet conversion, the Acer Chromebook 11 practically takes the opposite approach. This 11-inch laptop comes in as the non-convertible version of the Acer Chromebook R11, giving you everything you need from a Chromebook,…

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Samsung Starts Mass Producing World’s First 10-Nanometer 8 GB DDR4 RAM

Samsung announced it started mass producing the industry’s first 10-nanometer class, 8 GB DDR4 DRAM chips. The new chips, which can deliver up to 3,200 Mbps of data transfer rate, mark another milestone achievement for the company. …read more Source:: TechTimes.com – Computers

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Nvidia Bets Big On Artificial Intelligence Deep Learning Supercomputer DGX-1

Nvidia unveils the DGX-1, a cluster of eight Tesla P100 units that sport 16 GB worth of memory per card. It’s designed to meet the computing needs of virtual reality and artificial intelligence researchers. …read more Source:: TechTimes.com – Computers

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EVGA Launches SC17 Gaming Beast Built For Overclocking: 4K UHD Display, Full GUI Support And More

EVGA recently built a portable gaming rig packed with promising features, including full GUI support. The SC17 Gaming Laptop is ready and willing to take gamers on 4K UHD adventures, pushing its multiple overclocking-friendly hardware to the max. …read more Source:: TechTimes.com – Computers

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Review: Updated: Nvidia Shield Tablet K1

By Cameron Faulkner Introduction, design and display When Nvidia first showed off its Shield Tablet in 2014, we were a bit unimpressed. After all, Android tablets were coming out in droves and it was rather difficult to stick out when Google’s own Nexus 7 was putting them all to shame. Plus, the original Shield clamshell…

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Review: Updated: Nvidia Shield Tablet K1

By Cameron Faulkner Introduction, design and display When Nvidia first showed off its Shield Tablet in 2014, we were a bit unimpressed. After all, Android tablets were coming out in droves and it was rather difficult to stick out when Google’s own Nexus 7 was putting them all to shame. Plus, the original Shield clamshell…

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Nvidia Tesla P100 Accelerator Based On Pascal GP100 GPU Officially Debuts, Promising ‘Highest Absolute Performance’

Nvidia recently unveiled its most powerful datacenter GPU, the P100. Thanks to its NVLink technology, HBM2 speeds and FP16 manufacturing process, the graphics card’s exponential performance will be a perfect fit for a specific kind of servers. …read more Source:: TechTimes.com – Computers

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