Apple Q4 FY 2014 Fiscal Results - 21% Mac Growth And Strong iPhone Sales
This afternoon, Apple released their financial results for Q4 2014, which ended September 27, 2014. Strong iPhone sales, as well as a resurgence in Mac sales, boosted the company’s...
38 by Brett Howse on 10/20/2014GlobalFoundries Acquires IBM’s Semiconductor Manufacturing Business; IBM Bows Out
The history of the semiconductor manufacturing business is both a story of great success and great failure. On the one hand semiconductor manufacturing has allowed the creation of devices...
31 by Ryan Smith on 10/20/2014Apple Releases iOS 8.1 With Bug Fixes and New Features
Today Apple released iOS 8.1, the first major update to iOS 8 which launched in September alongside the iPhone 6 and 6 Plus. Prior to 8.1 we got a...
24 by Brandon Chester on 10/20/2014Massdrop Infinity: A Fully Customizable 60% Keyboard
Try this one on for size: a compact 60% keyboard with mechanical switches, with a fully customizable layout. Officially launched this past Wednesday and available as a group buy...
36 by Jarred Walton on 10/17/2014AMD Q3 FY 2014 Quarterly Earnings Analysis - 7 Percent Workforce To Be Cut
This afternoon, AMD released their financial results for the third quarter, which ended September 27, 2014. While revenue was down slightly from Q2, the net income was positive for...
81 by Brett Howse on 10/16/2014Hands On: Apple’s iPad Air 2 and iPad mini 3
The other big announcement for the day is of course Apple’s new iPads, the iPad Air 2 and the iPad mini 3. As signaled by their names, neither is...
72 by Ryan Smith on 10/16/2014Hands On: Apple's iMac with Retina Display
We just got done with our hands-on time with Apple’s new products, and we’ll start with what’s likely the sneakiest of them, the iMac with Retina Display. Why “sneaky”? The...
84 by Ryan Smith on 10/16/2014Samsung Releases Firmware Update to Fix the SSD 840 EVO Read Performance Bug
The news of Samsung's SSD 840 EVO read performance degradation started circulating around the Internet about a month ago. Shortly after this, Samsung announced that they have found the...
95 by Kristian Vättö on 10/16/2014Thin is the New Thin: Hands On with the 5.15mm KAZAM Tornado 348
My take on thin phones is not a positive one. This comes from two main areas. Firstly I like my phone to have some form of bulk – this...
26 by Ian Cutress on 10/16/2014Google Announces the Nexus 6 and Nexus 9 Running Android Lollipop
Today Google has officially announced the newest devices in the Nexus line, just one day before Apple's October event. Both devices have been rumored for some time now, and...
148 by Brandon Chester on 10/15/2014Video Card Tuesday: $370 R9 290X & Borderlands: TPS Now Shipping
Following up on last week’s Radeon pricing observations, it looks like there has been one final shift in Radeon R9 290 series pricing. While R9 290 has held steady...
82 by Ryan Smith on 10/14/2014Intel Q3 FY 2014 Quarterly Earnings Analysis
Today Intel released their financial results for the third quarter of their 2014 fiscal year, which ended September 27, 2014. Q3 was a record quarter for Intel, with the...
37 by Brett Howse on 10/14/2014Lenovo Launches Refreshes Of The Yoga Line
Today in London, Lenovo took the wraps off of a refresh of the entire Yoga series, starting with the new Yoga 3 Pro, then moving to the new Yoga...
65 by Brett Howse on 10/9/2014Sony Announces the Xperia Z3v for Verizon
Consumers in the United States have typically been unable to purchase Sony smartphones if their carrier is Verizon. The carrier's lineup has been devoid of any Xperia offerings for...
24 by Brandon Chester on 10/9/2014HTC Silently Adds HTC One (M8 EYE) To Chinese Store
At HTC's Double Exposure event in New York we saw the launch of the Desire EYE, a smartphone with a serious focus on the camera. HTC has silently put...
9 by Brandon Chester on 10/9/2014ASRock Releases X99 Extreme11: So I Heard You Like Storage
We reviewed the X79 Extreme11 back in September 2012. The concept was simple: divert eight PCIe lanes into an LSI SAS chip for eight more SATA ports with SAS...
40 by Ian Cutress on 10/9/2014ECS Unveils Z97I-Drone: More Mini-ITX for Haswell
Our recent review of $140 Z97 mini-ITX boards left us wanting more. There is plenty of potential in the mini-ITX form factor even at the low end price points...
7 by Ian Cutress on 10/9/2014AMD Appoints Dr. Lisa Su as President & CEO, Rory Read Steps Down
As part of AMD’s broader restructuring efforts, back in June the company announced a business reorganization that would see the company organized into two major groups, the Computing and...
39 by Ryan Smith on 10/8/2014HTC Announces the Desire EYE
Today at their Double Exposure event in New York, HTC has announced the Desire EYE. The major feature on the Desire EYE is its 13MP front facing camera which...
17 by Brandon Chester & Joshua Ho on 10/8/2014HTC Announces RE, an Action Camera: Hands On
Today is HTC's camera-centric Double Exposure event in New York. In addition to announcing the new Desire EYE, HTC is announcing a new device that occupies it's own space...
9 by Brandon Chester & Joshua Ho on 10/8/2014