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CES 2015: Intel’s Broadwell-U CPUs promise big battery boost and faster gaming

By Desire Athow Intel has unveiled its fifth generation Core processor family, commonly known as Broadwell-U, one that supersedes Ivy Bridge and complements the company’s existing Core M processor range – which targets products focused on mobility. The new processors are generally smaller than their previous counterparts while cramming significantly more transistors (35% more transistors…

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CES 2015: Intel’s Broadwell-U CPUs promise big battery boost and faster gaming

By Desire Athow Intel has unveiled its fifth generation Core processor family, commonly known as Broadwell-U, one that supersedes Ivy Bridge and complements the company’s existing Core M processor range – which targets products focused on mobility. The new processors are generally smaller than their previous counterparts while cramming significantly more transistors (35% more transistors…

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CES 2015: SanDisk unveils flash and SSD drives for consumers

By Juan Martinez SanDisk has updated its flash storage and consumer solid state drive (SSD) products to help you more quickly transfer and save large amounts of data. The SanDisk Ultra Dual USB Drive 3.0 is a USB flash drive that lets Android users transfer files between phones, tablets and USB-enabled devices. Built with a…

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CES 2015: SanDisk unveils flash and SSD drives for consumers

By Juan Martinez SanDisk has updated its flash storage and consumer solid state drive (SSD) products to help you more quickly transfer and save large amounts of data. The SanDisk Ultra Dual USB Drive 3.0 is a USB flash drive that lets Android users transfer files between phones, tablets and USB-enabled devices. Built with a…

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Western Digital demoes intriguing SSHD prototype

By Desire Athow An event dedicated to storage, Storage Visions, is taking place at the same time in Las Vegas as CES and Western Digital showcased a new storage solution that uses a discrete SSD and a HDD. The drive was presented as the “world’s fastest 4TB Hybrid Drive”, using a 128GB SSD and a…

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Western Digital demoes intriguing SSHD prototype

By Desire Athow An event dedicated to storage, Storage Visions, is taking place at the same time in Las Vegas as CES and Western Digital showcased a new storage solution that uses a discrete SSD and a HDD. The drive was presented as the “world’s fastest 4TB Hybrid Drive”, using a 128GB SSD and a…

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CES 2015: Seagate’s latest hard drive is almost as thin as an iPhone 6

By Desire Athow Storage giant Seagate has launched an external disk drive just in time for CES 2015. Called Seven, it’s the world’s thinnest external hard disk drive according to Seagate, and at 7mm (hence the name) it’s just a fraction thicker than Apple’s iPhone 6 smartphone. The drive is a 5mm thick, 500GB model…

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CES 2015: Seagate’s latest hard drive is almost as thin as an iPhone 6

By Desire Athow Storage giant Seagate has launched an external disk drive just in time for CES 2015. Called Seven, it’s the world’s thinnest external hard disk drive according to Seagate, and at 7mm (hence the name) it’s just a fraction thicker than Apple’s iPhone 6 smartphone. The drive is a 5mm thick, 500GB model…

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Hands-on review: Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon 15

By Juan Martinez The business laptop market is flooded with devices that pack a ton of storage and performance into giant, nearly unliftable bodies. Workstations like Lenovo’s ThinkPad W540 ($2,573, £1,606, AU$2,946) and Dell’s Precision M6800 ($3,490, £2,075, AU$3,750) offer the performance of typical desktops with above average displays. Unfortunately, both machines are hefty. The…

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Hands-on review: CES 2015: Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon 15

By Juan Martinez The business laptop market is flooded with devices that pack a ton of storage and performance into giant, nearly unliftable bodies. Workstations like Lenovo’s ThinkPad W540 ($2,573, £1,606, AU$2,946) and Dell’s Precision M6800 ($3,490, £2,075, AU$3,750) offer the performance of typical desktops with above average displays. Unfortunately, both machines are hefty. The…

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Hands-on review: CES 2015: HP Zvr

By Juan Martinez Overview Let’s be honest: virtual reality (VR) is a nascent market for consumers and nearly non-existent for businesses. VR technology is led by Oculus’s Rift Crescent Bay, which still isn’t ready for mass consumption, but offers users an immersive environment with high definition imagery and the best movement tracking on the market.…

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Hands-on review: CES 2015: HP Zvr

By Juan Martinez Overview Let’s be honest: virtual reality (VR) is a nascent market for consumers and nearly non-existent for businesses. VR technology is led by Oculus’s Rift Crescent Bay, which still isn’t ready for mass consumption, but offers users an immersive environment with high definition imagery and the best movement tracking on the market.…

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CES 2015: Curved, 4K and 5K displays round out HP’s CES lineup

By Michael Rougeau HP has unveiled its CES 2015 display lineup a few days ahead of the show, and in addition to its unique Zvr Virtual Reality Display the company is bringing a range of curved, 4K and 5K displays. These include two 4K displays, the HP Z27s and HP Z24s, and the 5K HP…

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CES 2015: HP’s new ‘virtual reality’ display will break down barriers at CES

By Michael Rougeau HP is bringing its display A-game to CES 2015 this week, and chief among its brand new monitors is the HP Zvr Virtual Reality Display. The Zvr uses something called “zSpace” technology with a 23.6-inch HD stereoscopic 3D display, full-motion parallax and touch interaction to let users navigate 3D images and spaces.…

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CES 2015: Curved, 4K and 5K displays round out HP’s CES lineup

By Michael Rougeau HP has unveiled its CES 2015 display lineup a few days ahead of the show, and in addition to its unique Zvr Virtual Reality Display the company is bringing a range of curved, 4K and 5K displays. These include two 4K displays, the HP Z27s and HP Z24s, and the 5K HP…

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