Computers

By Desire Athow Mainstream and entry level laptops are expected to get a boost as AMD unveiled its new range of Accelerated Processing Unit products, codenamed Carrizo. But don’t expect them to challenge mainstream Intel mobile processors though as AMD is focusing more on power gains rather than on improving performance. Doing so is becoming…

By Desire Athow Mainstream and entry level laptops are expected to get a boost as AMD unveiled its new range of Accelerated Processing Unit products, codenamed Carrizo. But don’t expect them to challenge mainstream Intel mobile processors though as AMD is focusing more on power gains rather than on improving performance. Doing so is becoming…

By Desire Athow Biostar has announced a motherboard, the Gaming Z97X, that comes with two very peculiar features that extend its appeal beyond the gaming community it is targeting. It offers two 4K-capable HDMI ports, albeit at 24Hz, which should make gaming impossible but might be suitable for office usage. It is also the first…

By EZ Bardeguez Vivitek has created a very easy-to-use, small, portable projector that is ideal for the minimalist office user or general consumer. The Qumi Q5-RD ($555, £360.88, AU$708.59) won’t compete with the bigger dogs, like the Epson EX7235 Pro Projector ($599.99, £385.24, AU$738.45), or the Optima GT1080 ($1,399, £870, AU$1,600), but, if size is…

By EZ Bardeguez Vivitek has created a very easy-to-use, small, portable projector that is ideal for the minimalist office user or general consumer. The Qumi Q5-RD ($555, £360.88, AU$708.59) won’t compete with the bigger dogs, like the Epson EX7235 Pro Projector ($599.99, £385.24, AU$738.45), or the Optima GT1080 ($1,399, £870, AU$1,600), but, if size is…

By Steven Wong Introduction and design The Lenovo Horizon 2s, the smaller, $949 (£899, about AU$1,084) sibling to the super-sized Lenovo Horizon 2, joins in a growing line-up of portable all-in-one PCs with touchscreens. In other words, giant Windows tablets with stands. Similar to the Dell XPS 18 Touch, this is a small all-in-one Windows…

By Steven Wong Introduction and design The Lenovo Horizon 2s, the smaller, $949 (£899, about AU$1,084) sibling to the super-sized Lenovo Horizon 2, joins in a growing line-up of portable all-in-one PCs with touchscreens. In other words, giant Windows tablets with stands. Similar to the Dell XPS 18 Touch, this is a small all-in-one Windows…

By Martyn Clayden Introduction The danger for creators of all-in-one PCs is exactly the same as the designers of all-in-one printers: by trying to cram in as many features as possible into a comparatively small space, you risk comprising on quality and pleasing nobody. Lenovo sees their B series as multimedia machines offering compact entertainment…

By Martyn Clayden Introduction The danger for creators of all-in-one PCs is exactly the same as the designers of all-in-one printers: by trying to cram in as many features as possible into a comparatively small space, you risk comprising on quality and pleasing nobody. Lenovo sees their B series as multimedia machines offering compact entertainment…

By DealRadar It’s Monday and we’re back with more hot deals on tech and games from the UK’s biggest online retailers. Today we’ve got deals on a whole range of awesome stuff so let’s get stuck straight in to the good stuff… TODAY’S HOT DEALS Nintendo Wii U: If you’ve been waiting to pick up…

By Kane Fulton Nvidia has gone back on its decision to prevent owners of GTX 900M GPU-series notebooks from being able to overclock their gaming machines. The GPU giant removed the ability to underclock or overclock notebooks in the release of GeForce R347 (version 347.29), telling owners that they could “risk serious damage” by cranking…

By Kane Fulton Nvidia has gone back on its decision to prevent owners of GTX 900M GPU-series notebooks from being able to overclock their gaming machines. The GPU giant removed the ability to underclock or overclock notebooks in the release of GeForce R347 (version 347.29), telling owners that they could “risk serious damage” by cranking…

By Kane Fulton Introduction After tucking its USB cable neatly to one side, my gleaming mechanical keyboard was lowered back into its box like a sinking sea vessel accepts its watery fate. Having only owned the Corsair Vengeance K65 for six days, you might call my decision to return it premature. But almost a week…

By Kane Fulton Introduction After tucking its USB cable neatly to one side, my gleaming mechanical keyboard was lowered back into its box like a sinking sea vessel accepts its watery fate. Having only owned the Corsair Vengeance K65 for six days, you might call my decision to return it premature. But almost a week…

By Alastair Jennings Introduction and print quality 3D printing has created an inevitable buzz, but few outside of the design and engineering professions seem able to fully grasp the point. The largest consumer sector at present using 3D printers is the hobbyists, and even then it’s more the tech-savvy geek rather than the mainstream modeller,…