CES 2012
A Cheaper Way to 4K: Intel’s Collage Driver If you heard my recent rant on Podcast 13, my main beef was with the state of monitors to the end user. With 5 inch 1080p screens becoming the norm, finding a monitor that could show above 1920x1080 in anything less than 27” was quite rare. An idea thrown around in the Podcast was to place four 1080p 10” tablet screens in a 2x2 arrangement and sell it as a monitor, even if consistency between panels was an issue – this would give 4K in 20”, a form factor that Panasonic showcased at CES with a tablet (albeit with a single substrate). Thus the only way to get 4K on a home system would...
Synology's DSM 4.0 with CloudStation : A Private Dropbox Solution
The NAS market has grown by leaps and bounds in the last few years, but the hard drive shortage resulted in a weak Q4 for the NAS industry as...
4 by Ganesh T S on 1/12/2012
Lenovo’s IdeaPad Yoga 13 with Windows 8: This Is the Ultrabook We Want
We were back at Lenovo’s suite today and got a chance to spend a bit more time with a laptop that we didn’t get around to discussing on Tuesday...
31 by Jarred Walton on 1/12/2012
Sneak Peek at Future Toshiba Tablets
Ahead of CES, Toshiba revealed their Thrive successor, the Excite X10. This 7.7 mm thick slate would feature a 10.1" 1280x800 Gorilla Glass display and run Android 3.2 (and...
9 by Jason Inofuentes on 1/12/2012
CES: Seagate Combines 500GB Portable Drive With Mobile Hotspot in Proof of Concept
While perusing the Verizon Wireless booth, a chunky little device caught our eye. Though considered a proof of concept, and not scheduled for release yet, a Seagate device was...
0 by Jason Inofuentes on 1/11/2012
Crucial 50GB Adrenaline SSD Cache, Available in Q1
Earlier this week Crucial announced its first SSD caching solution: the Adrenaline SSD. The drive will be available in a single capacity: 50GB with 64GB of 25nm MLC NAND...
15 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 1/11/2012
Intel's DX11 Demo, Now on an Ultrabook
Two days ago Intel made the mistake of playing a video of a DX11 game (F1 2011) instead of running the game itself on an Ivy Bridge Ultrabook. We...
42 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 1/11/2012
802.11ac RF Hands-On with Buffalo AirStation WZR-1750H
We just stopped by Buffalo's booth at CES 2012, who were kind enough to let us use a WiSpy DBx from Metageek we're working on reviewing to look at...
16 by Brian Klug on 1/11/2012
NVIDIA Tegra 3: Games Plus SplashTop Streaming of Skyrim
Tegra 3 tablets are a big thing for NVIDIA right now, and we’ve seen quite a few new tablets using the SoC. At NVIDIA’s booth, they had a bunch...
12 by Jarred Walton on 1/11/2012
Ambarella Shows off iOne SoC Applications, Wireless Camera Development Kit
Last CES I dropped by Ambarella where they had just announced their iOne smart camera SoC. Ambarella is a big player in the camera and encoder ASIC business, and...
1 by Brian Klug on 1/11/2012
HP Announces ENVY 14 Spectre Ultrabook
To keep the flow of CES coverage steady, HP has announced ENVY 14 Spectre Ultrabook. The use of glass makes Spectre special: The lid, display, palmrest and trackpad are...
32 by Kristian Vättö on 1/11/2012
D-Link at CES : Cloud-Friendly Routers and IP Cameras
We took some time to swing by D-Link's press room and got a look at all the nice networking gear announced via multiple press releases yesterday. In keeping up...
6 by Ganesh T S on 1/11/2012
Hands-on with the Sprint Galaxy Nexus LTE
Sprint had a reception this evening that gave us a chance to get a closer look at their first LTE devices: the Sierra Wireless Tri-Network Hotspot, LG Viper 4G...
6 by Jason Inofuentes on 1/11/2012
Transformer Prime Gets 4.0.3 (ICS) Update
A couple of days earlier than originally expected, ASUS pushed out an update to its Transformer Prime bringing the tablet up to Android 4.0.3 (Ice Cream Sandwich). I brought...
11 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 1/11/2012
Art Lebedev Studios Expands Optimus Line
Art Lebedev Studios premiered its Optimus Maximus keyboard in 2007; the device featured individual OLED displays for each key and provided a range of customizability never before seen in...
4 by Jason Inofuentes on 1/11/2012_carousel.jpg)
Acer’s Upcoming Laptops: S5 Ultrabook with IVB, TB, and a Motor
We spent some time with Acer this afternoon looking at their upcoming products and we were able to get some hands-on time with many laptops and tablets. We’ll save...
5 by Jarred Walton on 1/11/2012
Gigabyte's 7-Series Ivy Bridge Motherboards at CES
Gigabyte had five of its upcoming 7-series motherboards on display at CES today. While Gigabyte isn't talking about all of the features that will be available at launch, we...
17 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 1/11/2012
Zalman Updates the CNPS Line, Shows Off Cases
Zalman's lineup at this year's CES was more evolutionary than revolutionary, and unfortunately some of the more interesting products (Zalman-branded SSDs and video cards) aren't yet bound for U.S...
1 by Dustin Sklavos on 1/11/2012
More Lenovo Krait Tablet Details: $399 Price Target
We had another opportunity to handle the Lenovo S2110, the first commercial Krait tablet we've seen and had a chance to talk with the product team in a bit...
3 by Jason Inofuentes on 1/11/2012
EVGA Plans to Enter the PSU Market with the NEX PSU
While we won't see final hardware for a couple of months, EVGA is teasing its entry into the power supply market with a 1500W sample of its upcoming NEX...
18 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 1/11/2012
Patriot’s Portable Cloud Storage and Media Streamers
Patriot also has some portable storage solutions and media players on display. Their concept of the portable cloud storage is basically an external USB 3.0 + WiFi enabled HDD/SSD...
1 by Jarred Walton on 1/10/2012
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