MediaTek's Helio P40 is coming in style next year
MediaTek is set to make a push up the market ladder in 2018, with its upcoming Helio P40 to offer stiff competition to Qualcomm's mid-range offerings.
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Samsung Bixby 2.0 might arrive this week
Although the current version still has to add support for a few widely used languages, Samsung Bixby 2.0 is apparently on its way and the updated virtual assistant is expected to come with improved third-party integration and supp...
Lenovo ThinkPad E470 (HD-Display, HD 620) Laptop Review
Display from the Stone Age. Lenovo's ThinkPad E470 is an affordable ThinkPad with its largest user base among students and home office users. We have already reviewed this laptop in review earlier this year. However today we are reviewing a model with slightly worse hardware in order to explain, why you should not get this notebook in this particular configuration. Ever!
Intel Core i5-7200U | Intel HD Graphics 620 | 14.00" | 1.9 kg
Intel Core i5-7200U | Intel HD Graphics 620 | 14.00" | 1.9 kg
Blackberry teases us with a first look video of the new Blackberry Motion
Blackberry has also given more information on phone specifications and confirmed that they will continue to make phones with physical and virtual keyboards.
Qualcomm trying to get iPhone sales banned in China
Qualcomm has filed several lawsuits in China in an attempt to block iPhone sales over patent disputes.
Alltab underwater tablet now official
The Finnish-made Alleco Alltab is an Android tablet based on the Galaxy Tab S2 8.0 that can operate down to 90 meters (TechRec version) or 150 meters (MilPro variant) and targets commercial and military divers.
T-Mobile to eliminate unlimited LTE roaming in Mexico and Canada next month
Less than three years after introducing the "Mobile without Borders" program that offered unlimited LTE roaming in Mexico and Canada, T-Mobile has decided to reduce this amount of full-speed LTE data to just 5 GB.
Asus VivoBook Pro 15 (i7-7700HQ, GTX 1050) Laptop Review
Stylish and elegant, but still a bit buggy. The new VivoBook is supposed to be the more affordable ZenBook sibling for the mainstream. Is it a success, or has Asus cut too many corners?
Intel Core i7-7700HQ | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Mobile | 15.60" | 2 kg
Intel Core i7-7700HQ | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Mobile | 15.60" | 2 kg
40 TB+ hard drives by 2025 thanks to Western Digital's new microwave-assisted writing technology
Western Digital's new microwave-assisted magnetic recording technology allows for huge increases in data density. Capacities of 40 TB plus should be reached within 8 years.
HP and Lenovo make up almost half of all PCs shipped worldwide
Q3 2017 market data reveals a largely stable PC market with Asus suffering the most losses out of the big 5 makers.
Liberty secured: Purism's Librem 5 Linux-based smartphone meets crowdfunding goal
The Librem 5, a smartphone currently in development by Purism, recently reached its USD$1.5 million crowdfunding goal. The device will be designed with privacy in mind and will run a mobile flavor of Purism's own PureOS.
Nvidia unveils post-Volta GPUs powering the Drive PX Pegasus board for driverless cars
The Drive PX Pegasus board will power future self-driving cars and provides the highest level of autonomy for AI-driven vehicles. The 500 W TDP board comes with 2 Xavier SoCs that integrate 16 ARM processors, two Volta iGPUs and t...
Future Samsung notebooks could recognize contactless user gestures
You'll be able to wave 'hi' to your laptop to turn it on if Samsung brings this patent to life.
Galaxy Note 9 will likely have an onscreen fingerprint reader
Sources close to Asian supply chains say Samsung is already receiving production samples from multiple component manufacturers.
iPhone 7 was the most purchased phone internationally in the first half of 2017
Market intelligence firm, IHS Markit, have released their research showing the most popular models for the first half of 2017. The top 10 contains five Samsung models, four Apple models, and one Oppo model.
Lenovo ThinkPad 25 – Missed Opportunity?
A big premium for an old keyboard. The ThinkPad 25 was supposed to be a highlight for ThinkPad enthusiasts, but all we got is a more expensive ThinkPad T470 with a retro keyboard. It is still a good laptop, but we were underwhelmed. We have a closer look at the device, the expectations, and missed opportunities.
ViewSonic unveils new XG gaming monitors, interactive displays and e-posters
Celebrating 30 years of existence, ViewSonic reveled a host of new products including gaming monitors, interactive 4K 75-inch flat panels, and e-posters.
Asus quietly puts up the FX503 on their website
Asus seems to have quietly put up the FX503 multimedia and gaming notebook on its website. The FX503 is just a slight incremental update to the already good FX502 with RAM options up to 32 GB, choice of GPU VRAM, and an overall le...
Huawei to focus on Indian market in bid to topple Samsung and Apple
CEO of Huawei India, Jay Chen, has reportedly identified the Indian market as one with a potential for massive growth. The company's launch of the Honor 9i there may be identified as an attempt to gain a strategic stronghold in th...
Midrange Blackberry Motion officially announced, no physical keyboard but it has a home button
Kicking off GITEX today, Blackberry has announced their new keyboardless phone, the Blackberry Motion.
Alphabet's 'Project Loon' balloons will restore cell service to large parts of Puerto Rico
The FCC has granted Alphabet, Google's parent company, permission to use their Project Loon balloons to provide cellular service to Puerto Rico. Two weeks after Hurricane Maria there is still as much as 83 percent of the populatio...
25th ThinkPad Anniversary, Part 2: The Crises of the 2000s and the Transition to Lenovo
In the second part of our 25th ThinkPad anniversary series we take a look at the 2000s. We cover why IBM ended up selling the ThinkPad brand to Lenovo and what happened in the first few years under Lenovo's reign.
This December AIM will follow the dial-up modem into the sunset
AOL has announced officially that AOL Instant Messenger (AIM) will be switching off their servers on December 15, marking the end of 20 years of instant messaging. AOL was the dominant instant messaging service in North America du...
Dell XPS 13 vNext gets teased ahead of CES 2018
Dell showed off a sneak peak of the upcoming XPS 13 way ahead of its official CES 2018 announcement. The new XPS 13 seems to sport new color choices and ditches all legacy USB ports in favor of USB Type-C.
Lenovo ThinkPad E570 (7200U, HD Display) Laptop Review
Disappointing screen. With the ThinkPad E570, Lenovo delivers a quiet, enduring office machine that serves with a good keyboard and lightning-fast NVMe SSD. The HD screen is a complete disappointment.
Intel Core i5-7200U | Intel HD Graphics 620 | 15.60" | 2.3 kg
Intel Core i5-7200U | Intel HD Graphics 620 | 15.60" | 2.3 kg
Lenovo ThinkPad 25 Anniversary Edition Laptop Review
Retro rewind. What's old is new again in this special anniversary ThinkPad that throws out the AccuType keyboard in favor of the classic layout and design. Outside of the new keyboard, there isn't anything particularly new about the ThinkPad 25 that we haven't already covered on the ThinkPad T470.
Intel Core i7-7500U | NVIDIA GeForce 940MX | 14.00" | 1.7 kg
Intel Core i7-7500U | NVIDIA GeForce 940MX | 14.00" | 1.7 kg
Ditch the desktop: Clevo debuts the world's first gaming notebooks powered by Intel 'Coffee Lake-S' 95W CPUs
Clevo has announced the availability of new laptops powered the latest Intel 'Coffee Lake-S' CPUs. Initial benchmarks of the Core i7-8700K found in the highest end P870TM notebook shows up to a 45% increase in multi-threaded perfo...
Samsung Galaxy Note 8 is tied with the iPhone 8 Plus in the camera department, Google Pixel 2 steals the crown
With an overall DxOMark score of 94, the Galaxy Note 8 and the iPhone 8 Plus were the best handsets until a few hours ago, when the Google Pixel 2 claimed the crown awarded by this well-known French website.
HP announces refreshed Spectre 13 featuring 8th gen Intel CPUs and a redesigned chassis
The refreshed HP Spectre 13 ultrabook features the Intel 'Kaby Lake-R' Core i7-8550U CPU and slimmer design than its predecessor. Along with the upgraded internals, the ultrabook features a choice of a 4K or FHD display and a bigg...
AMD announces low-voltage Polaris-based embedded Radeon E9170 GPUs
The latest E9170 embedded GPUs target thin IoT devices and the smart applications market. Based on the Polaris architecture, and matching the desktop Radeon RX 550 specs, the E9170 GPU will come in MCM, MXM and PCIe form-factors, ...
All 3 billion Yahoo user accounts were involved in the 2013 data breach
If you held a Yahoo account in 2013, then you were almost certainly involved in the data breach. At 3 billion user accounts affected, this announcement sets the record for the largest known data breach.
What can you do with a Chromebook?
Chromebooks, which run on Google's ChromeOS, have quickly become one of the major drivers of mobile computing as they provide an easy way to access the web without worrying a lot about deployment, administration and configuration. Although ChromeOS is an almost online-exclusive OS, Chromebooks can still be adapted to handle most workflows. In this article, we explore what a Chromebook can do and help you decide if you should be hopping on the Google bandwagon.
Asus has seen motherboard market share hit as high as 45 percent in 2017
Asus's lead as the largest motherboard manufacturer has grown, thanks to strong performance in the Asia-Pacific region. Market share is particularly large in the more profitable high-end and gaming segments.
Xiaomi scores another win - 10 million units shipped in September
Xiaomi CEO Lei Jun has posted an image celebrating the company's new record, an all-time high 10 million smartphone shipments in September.
Samsung will make a lot of money... from the iPhone X?
As the sole supplier of the OLED displays used in the upcoming iPhone X (and one of the main suppliers of NAND flash memory used in the phone), Samsung is poised to make quite a bit of money on total sales if the iPhone X is as su...
Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Smartphone Review
Back to being best. The Note 8 shines with a big, superb Infinity screen, high performance and, for the first time, with a dual-camera. As usual, the S-Pen that can be inserted into the casing is included. Whether Samsung has developed the ideal phablet after the Note 7 disaster will be clarified in the test.
Update: new update improves security and adds new Wi-Fi features.
Update: Information concerning PWM, display response times, temperatures and power consumption has been added.
Samsung Exynos 8895 Octa | ARM Mali-G71 MP20 | 6.30" | 195 g
Samsung Exynos 8895 Octa | ARM Mali-G71 MP20 | 6.30" | 195 g
Asus ZenScreen MB16AC (15.6, FHD, IPS) Monitor Review
Portable USB monitor. No recharging, one cable, light and slim. Asus' portable monitor is neither matte nor particularly bright. Although the poor color space will deter professionals, the very high contrast will certainly appeal to everyone.
Good luck finding an iPhone X this Holiday season
Analysts are forecasting pre-orders of up to 50 million on a production supply of only about 12 million before the end of 2017. Most may have to wait until early 2018 or pony up several hundred Dollars more on eBay to secure a uni...
Lenovo: ThinkPad 25 will likely be announced on October 5, only available in certain markets
This week, the announcement of the first ThinkPad notebook will be exactly 25 years ago. Lenovo, the PC-OEM who develops ThinkPads since 2005, will host a small even on Facebook on that day - and likely announce the ThinkPad 25 th...
Gigabyte WILL release custom RX Vega 64 cards in late October, other AIBs to shortly follow suit.
Gigabyte hopes to release custom Vega 64 cards in the later half of October. This is somewhat of a relief to AMD fans in anticipation of custom graphics cards from AMD's Add-in-Board (AIB) partners, who claim to have issues with V...
Alcatel Idol 5 heading for Cricket Wireless
The VR-ready, MediaTek Helio P20-powered Alcatel Idol 5 is scheduled to hit Cricket Wireless at the end of October 2017. The price tag of the handset reads US$199, but the UNI360 VR Goggles accessory is not included in the package...
Samsung Galaxy S8 Active might reach T-Mobile soon
Although all Galaxy Active handsets that were launched by Samsung so far were AT&T exclusive devices, it seems that the Galaxy S8 Active might be the first one to break this rule by joining T-Mobile's portfolio as well.
Apple purchases Regaind, a French photo analysis company with a powerful API in development
According to TechCrunch, Apple silently acquired a French start-up which specializes in an API for photo analysis and assessment. Apple declined to comment on their plans for the acquisition.
Motherboard manufacturers claim the new 12nm Ryzen will arrive in February 2018
AMD motherboard partners have revealed that the planned launch for the new 12nm version of Ryzen is in February 2018, with 400-series motherboards to follow. AMD has seen large increases in revenue in 2017 and expects to account f...
Twitter set to increase character count limit
Twitter is set to increase the character count limit in tweets to 280 characters, a move that's supposed to allow users express their thoughts better. Users in China, Korea, and Japan will not be getting the upgrade, though, with ...
Huawei MateBook D (i7-7500U, GeForce 940MX) Laptop Review
Wallet-friendly mainstream..business? Huawei's 15.6-inch mainstream laptop surely looks the part, but while the build quality is good and the overall performance decent, the MateBook D suffers from a few significant shortcomings.
Intel Core i7-7500U | NVIDIA GeForce 940MX | 15.60" | 1.8 kg
Intel Core i7-7500U | NVIDIA GeForce 940MX | 15.60" | 1.8 kg
Rumor | Leaked slides reveal AMD's 2-year roadmap, 'Raven Ridge' delayed till 2018
Leaked slides reveal AMD's plans for client CPU and GPU offerings in 2018 and 2019. Towards the end of 2018, we will likely see more information regarding Zen 2 and Vega 20. The slides also reveal an increased performance of Ryzen...
The AMD Radeon-powered Ataribox could launch in spring 2018 for US$250
The Ataribox is a highly customizable console, which runs on Linux and is powered by a custom AMD Radeon chip. The console is all set for a crowdfunding campaign on Indiegogo and is likely to launch sometime around spring 2018 for...
Intel presents its first self-learning neuromorphic processor codenamed Loihi
Intel's self-learning Loihi processor is built using the 14 nm manufacturing process and integrates 130,000 artificial neurons that can develop up to 130 million synapses. The chip can perform training and inference tasks, so it a...
HP Elite x2 1012 G2 (i5-7200U, 256 GB, 8 GB) Convertible Review
The Elite in the business sector! The G2 now follows the G1. It is based on the meanwhile widely distributed Kaby Lake processors. A keyboard dock and active stylus still belong to the bundle. We present the elegant business companion that had to pass through our test course as usual in this report.
Intel Core i5-7200U | Intel HD Graphics 620 | 12.30" | 1.2 kg
Intel Core i5-7200U | Intel HD Graphics 620 | 12.30" | 1.2 kg
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