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LaCie’s USB-C Mobile Drive is an essential MacBook companion

By Chuong Nguyen LaCie has released an external hard drive for Apple’s new MacBook under its Porsche Design brand. The Porsche Design Mobile Drive is one of the first to be available with native USB-C support, making it an ideal accessory for the MacBook. Given that the new MacBook comes with a single USB-C port,…

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Hands-on review: Updated: New MacBook 2015

By Gareth Beavis Apple’s new Macbook is all about style, while still combining it with oodles of power. This is apparently the ‘notebook redefined’ according to the Cupertino brand, and it certainly does push the envelope in one area: the lightness of this thing is insane. The specs are pretty goshdarn good as well, with…

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Accessories you might need for the new MacBook

By Chuong Nguyen Storage drives Apple’s thinnest, lightest, and most advanced notebook will start shipping on April 10th. The new MacBook introduces a bold change on how you connect peripherals and accessories. During the keynote introduction, Apple CEO Tim Cook billed the new MacBook as the “reinvention and future of the notebook,” highlighting its slim…

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Accessories you might need for the new MacBook

By Chuong Nguyen Storage drives Apple’s thinnest, lightest, and most advanced notebook will start shipping on April 10th. The new MacBook introduces a bold change on how you connect peripherals and accessories. During the keynote introduction, Apple CEO Tim Cook billed the new MacBook as the “reinvention and future of the notebook,” highlighting its slim…

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Hands-on review: New MacBook 2015

By Gareth Beavis This is a flash hands on review to give you the chance to see what the laptop is all about as soon as possible. Stay tuned as we’ll be expanding and upgrading this review very shortly with more info. Apple’s new Macbook is all about style, while still combining it with oodles…

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Intel wants to squeeze ARM out of server market with Xeon D

By Desire Athow Intel has pulled the curtains on the latest additions to its server-focused Xeon family with immediate availability. The Xeon Processor D fills a gap between the low-end Atom-based C2750 and the mainstream Xeon E5 range and looks destined to reinforce Intel’s formidable armada as competition from ARM (via Cavium, Calxeda, Applied Micro…

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Intel wants to squeeze ARM out of server market with Xeon D

By Desire Athow Intel has pulled the curtains on the latest additions to its server-focused Xeon family with immediate availability. The Xeon Processor D fills a gap between the low-end Atom-based C2750 and the mainstream Xeon E5 range and looks destined to reinforce Intel’s formidable armada as competition from ARM (via Cavium, Calxeda, Applied Micro…

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In Depth: Can MIPS and ARM actually compete in the server market?

By Desire Athow MWC 2015 is usually associated with mobility, tablets and smartphones. However, the event is also becoming more popular with semiconductor companies looking to discuss about their latest server-focused products as backend infrastructure and the data centre become part of the debate around mobile. One of the big talking points has been over…

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In Depth: Can MIPS and ARM actually compete in the server market?

By Desire Athow MWC 2015 is usually associated with mobility, tablets and smartphones. However, the event is also becoming more popular with semiconductor companies looking to discuss about their latest server-focused products as backend infrastructure and the data centre become part of the debate around mobile. One of the big talking points has been over…

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Review: Lenovo ThinkPad Yoga 14

By Kevin Lee Introduction The ThinkPad name is a staple in the workstation world, but with the tablets quickly taking their place as business machines, laptops need to evolve. The Microsoft Surface Pro 3 is a clear cut example of how much more capable and flexible a hybrid machine can be over a traditional notebook.…

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Review: Lenovo ThinkPad Yoga 14

By Kevin Lee Introduction The ThinkPad name is a staple in the workstation world, but with the tablets quickly taking their place as business machines, laptops need to evolve. The Microsoft Surface Pro 3 is a clear cut example of how much more capable and flexible a hybrid machine can be over a traditional notebook.…

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DealsRadar: TechRadar Deals: Sony Xperia Z3 Compact, Google Chromecast and lots more

By DealsRadar It’s nearly the weekend and we’ve got that Friday feeling. To celebrate, we’ve got more hot deals today than you could shake a selfie stick at, including one of TechRadar’s top 10 ranked mobile phones. OK go… TODAY’S HOT DEALS Smartphone: The Sony Xperia Z3 Compact is so impressive it ranks at number…

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Hands-on review: Project Tango

By Hugh Langley If events like MWC 2015 have told me anything, it’s that smartphones have stopped getting smart. Better looking? Yes. Improved build quality? Sure. More powerful? Absolutely. But smarter? Not so much. It’s very much the same story with tablets, although Google is attempting to push things forward with its hugely ambitious Project…

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Hands-on review: Project Tango

By Hugh Langley If events like MWC 2015 have told me anything, it’s that smartphones have stopped getting smart. Better looking? Yes. Improved build quality? Sure. More powerful? Absolutely. But smarter? Not so much. It’s very much the same story with tablets, although Google is attempting to push things forward with its hugely ambitious Project…

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Review: iolo System Mechanic 14.5

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…

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