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By Matthew Richards How it works There’s no denying the power of plug-ins, which can bring enticing extras to programs like Photoshop and Lightroom. Indeed, ON1’s latest suite of imaging tools, which goes by the name of ON1 Photo 10, can still be used as plug-ins for Adobe’s popular programs. However, building on the success…

By Matthew Richards How it works There’s no denying the power of plug-ins, which can bring enticing extras to programs like Photoshop and Lightroom. Indeed, ON1’s latest suite of imaging tools, which goes by the name of ON1 Photo 10, can still be used as plug-ins for Adobe’s popular programs. However, building on the success…

Google has announced an initiative that will see the company offering $5.3 million in Chromebooks to German organizations that are helping refugees. …read more Source:: TechTimes.com – Computers

By Andrew Williams Introduction and design The Gigabyte P37X series has been around for a few years now. Just like last year’s model, the 2016 Gigabyte P37X v5 is a gaming laptop for ‘real’ gamers. With a GTX 980M GPU, graphics performance in a laptop frame doesn’t get much better than this. It’s also a…

By Andrew Williams Introduction and design The Gigabyte P37X series has been around for a few years now. Just like last year’s model, the 2016 Gigabyte P37X v5 is a gaming laptop for ‘real’ gamers. With a GTX 980M GPU, graphics performance in a laptop frame doesn’t get much better than this. It’s also a…

It’s been a while since Apple launched new MacBooks, but upgraded models should hit the scene in the coming months. According to a new investors note, Apple should introduce new MacBook upgrades by June. …read more Source:: TechTimes.com – Computers

By Desire Athow Introduction and design At the bottom-end of the laptop market, manufacturers can sometimes find it quite challenging to change the status quo and innovate. Sometimes, it takes courage to move away from boring blueprints and try something new, especially when you have much, much bigger competitors to face. This is exactly what…

China revealed its plans to build a supercomputer 1,000 times more powerful than the Tianhe-1A, which was once hailed as the fastest computing machine in the world. China aims to release a prototype of the exascale computer as early as 2017. …read more Source:: TechTimes.com – Computers

AMD confirmed in an earnings call that it is launching its Zen-based CPUs in the latter part of 2016. The company is set to unveil two entirely new processor families under codenames Summit Ridge and Bristol Ridge. …read more Source:: TechTimes.com – Computers

The new Surface Book will set you back $3,200 fully-loaded, though. …read more Source:: TechTimes.com – Computers

The French Ministry of Culture announced its plans to standardize the French-language keyboard. The move will make it easier for native speakers to type grammatically correct. …read more Source:: TechTimes.com – Computers

Samsung heralds the new generation of memory chips, as it officially announced that it started volume manufacturing of High Bandwidth Memory (HBM2) packages. The 3D TSV DRAM technology has the means to impact both the gaming and enterprise sector. …read more Source:: TechTimes.com – Computers

By Juan Martinez and Kevin Lee Introduction and design If you’re looking to purchase a powerful, portable and attractive laptop, the $799 (£849, AU$1,799) Dell XPS 13 is a top contender. The notebook features a sleek design, lightweight chassis and a revolutionary display that makes it the smallest 13-inch Ultrabook in its class. In terms…

By Juan Martinez and Kevin Lee Introduction and design If you’re looking to purchase a powerful, portable and attractive laptop, the $799 (£849, AU$1,799) Dell XPS 13 is a top contender. The notebook features a sleek design, lightweight chassis and a revolutionary display that makes it the smallest 13-inch Ultrabook in its class. In terms…

Nvidia knows a thing or two about graphics, and its effort for improvement is ongoing. The company reportedly plans to unleash even more powerful GPUs for gaming on the go, with the GeForce GTX 980MX and GeForce GTX 970MX. …read more Source:: TechTimes.com – Computers