Nexus 5 Briefly Appears on Google Play - Starts at $349
In what may be one of the most interesting leaks thus far in the road to the official Nexus 5 announcement, today Google seems to have accidentally confirmed both...
28 by Brian Klug on 10/17/2013Acer Launches Iconia W4 Tablet with Windows 8.1
With Windows 8.1 now officially available to the public, we’re going to see a new onslaught of devices for the OS. Acer’s Iconia W4 is one of the first...
20 by Jarred Walton on 10/17/2013AMD Radeon R9 290X Performance Preview: Bioshock Infinite
As something of a counter-event to NVIDIA’s gaming showcase taking place in Montreal, Canada this week, AMD has organized an early, brief reveal of their forthcoming Radeon R9 290X...
90 by Ryan Smith on 10/17/2013Windows 8.1 Update Now Available
October 17th is here, and as previously announced by Microsoft Windows 8.1 is now shipping. Microsoft’s service pack/update for Windows 8 is being distributed through the Windows 8 Store. Microsoft...
105 by Ryan Smith on 10/17/2013Humble Bundle with Android #7 (Updated)
In the latest edition of the Humble Bundle, there’s another collection of fairly popular games available. As usual, you unlock the core set of games with any donation of...
13 by Jarred Walton on 10/15/2013AMD Expands On Microsoft Blog Post, Reiterates Mantle Goals
Picking up from where we left off with Microsoft's blog post on the state of Direct3D, AMD has released their own short statement through Twitter expanding on Microsoft's blog...
46 by Ryan Smith on 10/15/2013Microsoft Comments on State of Direct3D, Mantle Support, & Names XB1 API “Direct3D 11.x”
In a somewhat unusual technical/promotional blog entry called “Raising the Bar with Direct3D”, Microsoft has released some additional details on the version of Direct3D for Xbox One, along with...
36 by Ryan Smith on 10/15/2013Windows Phone 8 GDR3 Update Breakdown
Today, Microsoft announced the third developer update to Windows Phone 8, which brings support for larger screens, and 1080p display resolution. This also means a larger start screen, going...
44 by Joshua Ho on 10/15/2013Habey Introduces Passive BIS-6590 Core i7 Industrial PC
Habey USA's passive BIS-6922 proved to be a winner when we reviewed it back in August. Even as the review gathered comments from our readers, Habey was busy building...
12 by Ganesh T S on 10/14/2013Valve Video Demo of Steam Controller
Some of you may be tired of the SteamOS/Steam Machine/Steam Controller news posts, but Valve’s foray into the living room is set to potentially change the way many people...
23 by Jarred Walton on 10/12/2013QNAP Launches 10 GbE-Capable TS-x70 Tower Series Turbo NAS
10 GbE capability in off-the-shelf NAS units have most remained in the realm of rackmount models. Today, QNAP is introducing the TS-x70 series desktop pedestal models with this capability...
19 by Ganesh T S on 10/11/2013Radeon GPUs Confirmed for Retail Steam Machines
Last week Valve posted the specs for their prototype Steam Machines, and we noted at the time that all of the prototypes were using Intel CPUs with NVIDIA GPUs...
55 by Jarred Walton on 10/11/2013Futuremark Updates PCMark 8 with Windows 8.1 Support
We’ve begun using PCMark 8 for some of our laptop reviews over the past few months, but this is honestly the rockiest launch we’ve ever seen from Futuremark. There...
2 by Jarred Walton on 10/10/2013Acer Launches C720 Chromebook with Haswell CPU
Last year, one of the hottest selling laptops was Acer’s C710 Chromebook. Part of that of course was the fact that it was one of the least expensive laptops...
30 by Jarred Walton on 10/10/2013Dropcam Pro Targets Improved Video Quality, Includes Connected Home Play
The consumer surveillance / home video monitoring industry is just starting to take off. Dropcam (started in 2009) seems to be in the right place at the right time...
12 by Brian Klug on 10/10/2013Western Digital Sentinel Lineup Updated with Xeon-Based Ultra-Compact Servers
Western Digital's SMB / enterprise network storage lineup (the Sentinel series) has been based on the Microsoft Windows Storage Server platform. The most recent update to the Sentinel lineup...
10 by Ganesh T S on 10/10/2013Maingear and CyberPowerPC Prepping R9-290X Desktop Systems
During the past week, AMD revealed their new R7 and R9 desktop GPUs, which mostly consist of rebranded 7000-series parts (e.g. the R9-280X). The one exception is the R9-290X...
20 by Jarred Walton on 10/9/2013Hands on with the MOBO Edition 18ct Gold HTC One
Gold seems to be on every device maker's mind right now. Recently we saw Apple introduce the Gold iPhone 5S, and then Samsung countered with a gold Galaxy S4...
30 by Brian Klug on 10/9/2013Samsung Galaxy Round, a Curved Note 3
Just recently, news broke that the Galaxy Round is being released for sale in Korea. While Samsung can claim that they are the first to create a commercially sold...
25 by Joshua Ho on 10/9/2013Synology Refreshes RackStation Lineup with RS2414+ and RS2414RP+
Synology launched two new 2U RackStations (the RS2414+ amd RS2414RP+) today. These are the first units with a full 12 bays available in the main unit itself (Their current...
5 by Ganesh T S on 10/8/2013