Computers

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…

By Joe Osborne When Toshiba launched its $149 (about £99, AU$184) Encore 2 running Windows 8.1 with Bing, the direction for the company’s Windows slate line was clear: budget buys. But now, with the newly announced Toshiba Encore 2 Write, that direction isn’t as obvious. This new version of Toshiba’s budget comes packing full Windows…

By Joe Osborne Just about every laptop maker under the sun is working tirelessly on creating business-grade notebooks that are as powerful, versatile and, frankly, interesting as possible. Japanese firm Toshiba is right there beside its rivals in this race, something I can say confidently after seeing the new $1,399 (about £912, AU$1,729) Toshiba Portege…

By Joe Osborne When Toshiba launched its $149 (about £99, AU$184) Encore 2 running Windows 8.1 with Bing, the direction for the company’s Windows slate line was clear: budget buys. But now, with the newly announced Toshiba Encore 2 Write, that direction isn’t as obvious. This new version of Toshiba’s budget comes packing full Windows…

By Joe Osborne Just about every laptop maker under the sun is working tirelessly on creating business-grade notebooks that are as powerful, versatile and, frankly, interesting as possible. Japanese firm Toshiba is right there beside its rivals in this race, something I can say confidently after seeing the new $1,399 (about £912, AU$1,729) Toshiba Portege…

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…

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…

By Juan Martinez Overview Unlike the majority of consumer laptops on the market, mobile workstations are built to provide desktop performance on portable frames. This means organizations are likely to sacrifice thickness and heft in exchange for storage capacity, processing speeds and graphics power. Most workstations offer no-frills design and don’t break in more avant…

By Juan Martinez Overview Unlike the majority of consumer laptops on the market, mobile workstations are built to provide desktop performance on portable frames. This means organizations are likely to sacrifice thickness and heft in exchange for storage capacity, processing speeds and graphics power. Most workstations offer no-frills design and don’t break in more avant…

By Juan Martinez Overview and specs If you’re thinking of purchasing a desktop computer, you’ll probably want to start your search with the 27-inch iMac with Retina Display ($2,499, £1,999, AU$2,999) with a 5K (5120 x 2880) resolution screen. Lets say you want design innovation but you lack the bucks to go with the iMac.…

By Joe Osborne Since Intel’s Ultrabook initiative kicked off a few years back, manufacturers have made great gains in pushing for thinner and lighter laptops. But even so, every Ultrabook I’ve picked up since has felt light for sure … for a laptop. That was before today, when a Lenovo representative handed me the Lenovo…

By Juan Martinez Overview and specs If you’re thinking of purchasing a desktop computer, you’ll probably want to start your search with the 27-inch iMac with Retina Display ($2,499, £1,999, AU$2,999) with a 5K (5120 x 2880) resolution screen. Lets say you want design innovation but you lack the bucks to go with the iMac.…

By Joe Osborne Since Intel’s Ultrabook initiative kicked off a few years back, manufacturers have made great gains in pushing for thinner and lighter laptops. But even so, every Ultrabook I’ve picked up since has felt light for sure … for a laptop. That was before today, when a Lenovo representative handed me the Lenovo…

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…

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…