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Fujitsu LifeBook U937 (Core i5, Full-HD) Laptop Review

88% Fujitsu LifeBook U937 (Core i5, Full-HD) Laptop Review

Security Business Smaller, slimmer, more secure – this could be the new motto of the top-range ultra-mobile business sector. The U937 is hoping to overtake its competition with a weight of 950 grams (~2.1 lb), a lot of security features and LTE support. Find out if it has succeeded in our detailed review.

Intel Core i5-7200U, HD Graphics 620, 13.3", 950 g

Christian Hintze, 04 Aug 2017 19:42

Confirmed: Lenovo's AMD ThinkPads A275 and A475 are based on the X270 and T470

Confirmed: Lenovo's AMD ThinkPads A275 and A475 are based on the X270 and T470

When the model-names A275 and A475 surfaced a few weeks ago, it was mere speculation. Now we have the confirmation: These two models are based on the enterprise ThinkPads of the T-Series and X-Series.

Benjamin Herzig, 04 Aug 2017 16:35

Moto E4 Plus Android smartphone finally available in the US early August 2017

Moto E4 Plus finally hits the US market

This 5.5-inch handset with a massive 5,000 mAh battery has been available in India for a while, and now it arrives in the US, where it can be acquired for prices starting at US$129.99.

Codrut Nistor, 04 Aug 2017 15:55

Huawei inching closer to Apple as the second largest smartphone manufacturer (Source: Huawei)

Huawei inching closer to Apple as the second largest smartphone manufacturer

Xiaomi has knocked off Lenovo from the top 5 list while Huawei is now a mere 2.5 million away from outpacing Apple.

Allen Ngo, 04 Aug 2017 09:28

Asus Zenfone AR flagship now available on Verizon Wireless

Asus Zenfone AR now available on Verizon

Verizon Wireless customers can get the world's first handset with support for both Google Daydream VR and Tango AR for US$648, but there is also the choice to go with 24 monthly payments of US$27 each.

Codrut Nistor, 03 Aug 2017 16:35

BlackBerry KEYOne Limited Edition Black debuts in India with improved specs

BlackBerry KEYOne hits India with better specs

While the original KEYOne is built by TCL, the Limited Edition Black that retails in India is built and distributed by Optiemus, also featuring more memory and storage (4 GB and 64 GB vs. 3 GB and 32 GB on the TCL version).

Codrut Nistor, 03 Aug 2017 12:02

IBM Research Exploratory Tape Scientist Mark Lantz explains how 330 TB could fit into the cartridge he is holding. (Source: PC Mag)

IBM fits 330 TB in palm-size cartridge

IBM colaborated with Sony and managed to achieve the highest areal density of 201 gigabits per square inch (Gb/in2) for magnetic tape. The 330 TB cartridge capacity could be doubled every two years.

Bogdan Solca, 03 Aug 2017 11:26

Dell Canvas 27 tablet for business with Windows 10

Massive Dell Canvas tablet now up for sale

The Intel Atom-driven, 27-inch Canvas tablet with pen, touch, and dial input support can be purchased starting at US$1,799, but depending on the hardware, software, and services chosen, it can get much more expensive.

Codrut Nistor, 02 Aug 2017 19:51

Microsoft's Surface Plus program lets buyers pay through installment plans (Source: Microsoft)

Microsoft's Surface Plus program lets buyers pay through installment plans

All four Surface devices are eligible so long as users are willing to run through a credit check and agree to a 24-month payment plan with 0 percent APR.

Allen Ngo, 02 Aug 2017 18:54

Nextbit Robin Android smartphone no loses customer support as of early August 2017

Nextbit Robin support shuts down

Razer will no longer provide customer support for this handset from now on, but software updates will continue to arrive until February 2018, as previously announced.

Codrut Nistor, 02 Aug 2017 17:05

LG Q6 Android smartphone launch details now official

LG Q6 coming to South Korea this week

According to the South Korean tech giant, its first mid-range handset to offer a FullVision display is scheduled to hit the local market this week, while the rest of the world should get it "in the weeks to come."

Codrut Nistor, 02 Aug 2017 14:55

Bitcoin gets forked up and now we have a new currency

A minority group who were unhappy with the block size limitations of Bitcoin and the proposed changes to increase transaction speed have performed a hard fork of the cryptocurrency, creating Bitcoin Cash. The new currency has a faster transaction speed and in theory should offer higher profitability for miners.

Craig Ward, 02 Aug 2017 14:50

The microphone and speaker could be integrated in the stand. (Source: GSMArena)

Facebook is working on a video chat device

Prototypes of the video chat device include a 13”-15” screen, “smart camera technology” with wide-angle lenses and AI-powered microphones and speakers. Bloomberg informs that the official launch could occur in 2018 and the device could retail for “a few hundred dollars”.

Bogdan Solca, 02 Aug 2017 10:30

For the first time in years, the iPad saw a resurgence — likely due to the new price options and unique 120Hz displays. (Source: ArsTechnica/Andrew Cunningham)

Apple's third quarter results beat expectations, reveal challenges

Apple's third quarter financial reports show strong performance of the iPad and online Services. Meanwhile, revenue in the Greater China region dipped by 10%, highlighting one of the company's future challenges.

Douglas Black, 02 Aug 2017 08:16

The key feature of the M5520 anniversary edition is the dark anodized aluminum upper and lower surfaces. (Source: Dell)

The XPS 9560's brother, the Precision 5520, just got a special new color

Dell is celebrating the 20th anniversary of the Precision business workstation line with a cool "limited edition" Precision 5520, sporting new packaging, special wallpapers, and (most importantly) a cool dark anodized aluminum finish.

Douglas Black, 02 Aug 2017 06:06

Acer TravelMate P449-G2-M (i5-7200U, FHD IPS) Laptop Review

83% Acer TravelMate P449-G2-M (i5-7200U, FHD IPS) Laptop Review

Bread & Butter. These days, notebooks are considered a bulk commodity, and affordable business notebooks are a dime a dozen. Standing out of the crowd is quite tough, particularly if you are competing against established names and brands. Let us find out whether or not Acer stands a chance in the low-end business market against the ProBooks, Latitudes, and ThinkPads of this world with its TravelMate 449, shall we?

Intel Core i5-7200U, HD Graphics 620, 14", 1.8 kg

Benjamin Herzig, 01 Aug 2017 23:27

Windows Mixed Reality Headsets by Acer (left) and HP (right). (Source: Microsoft)

Windows Mixed Reality headsets now available on the Microsoft Store

The Acer and HP Windows Mixed Reality Headsets are now listed on the Microsoft Store for US$299 and US$329 respectively. The requirements listed are much higher than what was originally promised, but since these are targeted at developers, those might only be the specifications for development.

Craig Ward, 01 Aug 2017 22:48

Facebook buys AI startup Ozlo

Facebook acquires AI startup Ozlo

The Californian startup that managed to build a huge knowledge graph and also created the AI technology to use this large amount of data "to understand real-world nuances" is joining Facebook's Messenger team.

Codrut Nistor, 01 Aug 2017 20:25

HP has created a more toned down version of their Omen VR Backback, aimed at business use (Source: HP)

HP decides that businesses need VR too, announces VR backpack with a Quadro P5200

HP has announced the 'HP Z VR Backpack' designed for virtual reality use in a business environment where red accents and flashing LEDs look out of place. It uses an i7-7820HQ, 32 GB RAM, and a Quadro P5200.

Craig Ward, 01 Aug 2017 17:53

Adobe Flash support officially ending in 2020 (Source: Adobe)

Adobe Flash support officially ending in 2020

Adobe will be shifting efforts into promoting HTML5 through its Premiere Pro and Animate software tools while letting its deprecated Flash Player die a slow death.

Allen Ngo, 31 Jul 2017 23:09

Samsung Galaxy S8 flagship with Alcantara cover, Samsung dominates the Indian smartphone market

Samsung continues to lead the Indian smartphone market

Samsung keeps the first position with a market share of 24.1 percent overall, as well as an impressive 55 percent slice of the premium smartphone pie. Local manufacturers continue to stay out of the top 5.

Codrut Nistor, 31 Jul 2017 21:55

The unlocked Samsung Galaxy S8 is now available in Coral Blue. (Source: Android Central)

Deal | The best deal on the Galaxy S8 is now live — get it now for as low as US$425

The Samsung Galaxy S8 is now available for $150 off the regular price: combine that with Samsung's trade-in program for eligible phones and reap the rewards of the limited period discount.

Vaidyanathan Subramaniam, 31 Jul 2017 21:41

MSI updates WS63 workstation with Quadro P4000 graphics

MSI updates WS63 workstation with Max-Q Quadro P4000 graphics

The new WS63 is now available for a starting price of $3100 USD and is one of the first to ship with a Max-Q Quadro P4000 GPU.

Allen Ngo, 31 Jul 2017 18:44

A glyph representing the iPhone 8 found in the firmware seems to confirm the validity of earlier design leaks. (Source: MacRumors)

iPhone 8 to have infrared face-detection

Developers have found hints inside Apple's early HomePod firmware that point to the iPhone 8 making use of infrared facial recognition. The entries were found in the BiometricKit framework, which is where TouchID also resides.

Douglas Black, 31 Jul 2017 10:17

Ryzen is great — so why are most AMD notebooks embarrassingly bad?

Ryzen is great — so why are most AMD notebooks embarrassingly bad?

With Ryzen, AMD has come back to the desktop market as a major competitor to Intel. But what is going on with the state of AMD-based notebooks? Generally made with absolute bottom-rung components such as 1366 x 768 TN panels and slow storage and RAM, it's clear that AMD needs to get Raven Ridge (Ryzen) into laptops as soon as possible — as well as encourage OEMs to put in a little more effort.

Douglas Black, 30 Jul 2017 13:30

Apple is not the only company forced to either cooperate with the Chinese government or face losing access to the market, but they are the largest. (Source: Shutterstock)

Apple pulls VPNs from Chinese App Store

Apple has pulled a number of censorship-defeating tools from their App Store in China, citing Chinese law. The move to accommodate the Chinese government deprives many in the country of access to information.

Douglas Black, 30 Jul 2017 09:48

Samsung posts record Q2 2017 profits of 10.8 billion Euros

Samsung posts record Q2 2017 profit of 10.8 billion Euros

The South Korean conglomerate has also become the first competitor in 24 years to displace Intel as the world's largest chipmaker.

Allen Ngo, 29 Jul 2017 06:39

Sony announces 20% to 25% increase in price for Playstation Plus in Europe and the UK

Sony is increasing the price of their PlayStation Plus service in Europe and the United Kingdom by 20% and 25% respectively. While the monetary change is relatively minor, the significant change in percentage will have surprised users of the service. Sony haven't commented on the reasons for these changes.

Craig Ward, 28 Jul 2017 23:10

Windows 10 Creators Update ready for business deployment late July 2017

Windows 10 Creators Update now ready for business deployment

The well-known version 1703 that delivered Paint 3D and many other new features arrived back in April, and now the Redmond giant encourages commercial organizations "to begin broadly deploying" this update.

Codrut Nistor, 28 Jul 2017 22:05

Xiaomi Mi 6 Mercury Silver Edition Android smartphone coming soon in China

Xiaomi Mi 6 Mercury Silver Edition coming soon

This limited edition handset has a price tag of around US$445 and, unfortunately, it seems that Xiaomi only plans to sell 100 units in China. Color aside, there are no changed specs.

Codrut Nistor, 28 Jul 2017 15:50

The company aims to ship 150 million smartphone units this year (Source: ValueWalk)

Huawei to make exit from budget market, CEO confirms

Huawei CEO Richard Yu has, in an interview earlier in the day, released some information on the upcoming Mate 10 and the company's business arm.

Ricci Rox, 28 Jul 2017 09:19

Liron Damir, the head of UX, has left Essential. (Image source: LinkedIn)

Lead designer of the Essential phone leaves the company

The head of UX for Essential, Liron Damir, has left the startup to work at Google in the Google Home division. This marks the third departure of a key employee at Essential in as many months.

Sam Medley, 28 Jul 2017 00:09

LG Mobile Communications reported a net loss, despite improving sales compared to the same period last year. (Source: LG)

LG Mobile posts a loss, says premium smartphone sales weaker than expected

LG Electronics posted a second quarter operating income of US$588.2 million, no thanks to the mobile department which recorded a net loss of US$-117.27 million. LG attributes the mobile loss to lower than expected sales of their premium smartphones, despite a 13% improvement in North American sales of their product line.

Craig Ward, 27 Jul 2017 23:56

WhatsApp usage hits a new milestone - one billion users

WhatsApp hits the one billion users mark

After eight years on the market, WhatsApp now provides voice, audio calls, and text messaging services to one billion daily users and 1.3 billion monthly users, more than twice the numbers recorded in early 2014.

Codrut Nistor, 27 Jul 2017 21:45

Fujitsu Stylistic V535 (Z3795,128 GB, LTE) Tablet Review

73% Fujitsu Stylistic V535 (Z3795,128 GB, LTE) Tablet Review

Ruggedized for Tough Work. With these words, Fujitsu advertises the industry tablet Stylistic V535. The 8.3-inch tablet comes with many communication features, large memory capacity, and a 64-bit CPU. The specification appears excellent. However, the reality is different: Passive cooling thwarts any plans.

Intel Atom Z3795, HD Graphics (Bay Trail), 8.3", 550 g

Nino Ricchizzi, 27 Jul 2017 13:26

Nokia 6 Android smartphone coming in silver finish late July 2017

Nokia 6 finally available in silver

The black version has been up for purchase in the US for a while now, and now we see a silver color option on Amazon as well. Those not happy with black or silver can get this handset in blue or copper as well.

Codrut Nistor, 27 Jul 2017 11:45

Guide: How to check a new laptop for issues

Guide: How to check a new laptop for issues

Make sure your new laptop isn't a lemon with our comprehensive checklist to avoiding defects.

Douglas Black & Christian Reverand, 27 Jul 2017 08:59

Foxconn assembly line workers. (Image source: Foxconn)

Foxconn to open new LCD manufacturing plant in Wisconsin

Foxconn, the electronics manufacturer largely responsible for building components used in the iPhone, has announced their intention to construct an LCD manufacturing plant in Wisconsin. In return, the state of Wisconsin will pay the Taiwanese company US$3 billion in taxpayer subsidies.

Sam Medley, 27 Jul 2017 05:41

Google Chromecast is now four years old

Google Chromecast is now 4 years old

Although many consider it a product that completely changed the streaming market for home users, Google Chromecast's fourth anniversary was a quiet one. Sadly, there is no promo to come with this celebration, but there's always the next year.

Codrut Nistor, 26 Jul 2017 22:55

BlackBerry KEYOne Black Edition spotted online, coming to China on August 8

BlackBerry KEYOne Black Edition spotted online

This flagship is currently available only in silver, but a Chinese website has just unveiled the unconfirmed information that a Black Edition is ready to launch locally on August 8.

Codrut Nistor, 26 Jul 2017 21:15

Qualcomm and Apple have been locked in a legal battle since January. Now Intel has joined by throwing their support behind Apple. (Source: recode.net)

Qualcomm hits back at Intel's claims of anti-competitive behavior

Qualcomm has responded to Intel's claims that they are an "anti-competitive bully," by asserting that they aren't specifically targeting Intel's products, just those that infringe on their patents.

Craig Ward, 26 Jul 2017 15:58

Source3 joins Facebook to get content creators paid

Facebook acquires Source3

Thanks to the Source3's technology and this content rights management company's team, Facebook plans to help digital artists monetize their content while staying safe from piracy.

Codrut Nistor, 25 Jul 2017 19:30

SK Hynix is the second largest DRAM chip manufacturer, with a quarter of the worldwide market. (Source: SK Hynix)

DRAM chip manufacturer SK Hynix reports record profit

After recording a record profit in the first quarter of 2017, SK Hynix has broken that record by reporting a second consecutive record profit. Operating profit increased by 24% and net profit by 30% between the first and second quarters.

Craig Ward, 25 Jul 2017 13:12

There is no telling how long Apple will continue to honor the internal policy. (Source: iFixit)

Some 2012-2013 MacBook Pro owners are getting new machines due to battery shortage

Owners of the 2012 or 2013 15-inch MacBook Pro who need their batteries replaced are in luck: due to a supply shortage of the battery parts, Apple is giving users the option to receive a new machine with "equivalent" specs instead of waiting until September for the parts. Users have reported getting 2015 or even 2017 15-inch MacBook Pros as replacements.

Douglas Black, 25 Jul 2017 12:18

Lenovo may be planning an AMD-powered ThinkPad with Raven Ridge APUs

Lenovo may be planning an AMD ThinkPad lineup with Raven Ridge APUs

The rumored ThinkPad A275 and A475 could succeed or supplement the current ThinkPad E series by giving users more AMD processor options.

Allen Ngo, 25 Jul 2017 06:32

The leaked specs are rather exhaustive yet make no mention of hyper-threading. (Source: eTeknix)

Coffee Lake hexa-core desktop chip specs leaked

Specifications have leaked for three upcoming Coffee Lake desktop chips, which operate at 95-watt TDPs for the overclockable CPUs and 65 watts for the non-overclockable.

Douglas Black, 25 Jul 2017 06:05

With the start-up and memory use improvement that "quantum flow" brings we could soon have a more agile fox. (Source: Mozilla)

Firefox 55 reduces startup time by 90 percent and memory usage by 75 percent

A Mozilla developer has tested multiple versions of the browser and found that the current beta version improves startup times by over 90% and reduces memory usage by 75% when compared to the latest stable version. While these results are specific to the extreme test profile and operating system used, they show that we can expect a positive performance improvement from the next release of Firefox.

Craig Ward, 25 Jul 2017 03:22

Microsoft Surface Pro (2017)

90% Microsoft Surface Pro (2017) (i7, 512 GB, 16 GB) Convertible Review

Close, but not quite close enough. We were happy to learn that the Iris graphics card is awake and alert despite SoC-throttling. The Microsoft Surface Pro (2017) cannot be considered a "gamer" however, nor is it a full laptop replacement: Just like in the i5 version, there is significant throttling.

Intel Core i7-7660U, Iris Plus Graphics 640, 12.3", 1.1 kg

Sebastian Jentsch, 24 Jul 2017 18:55

Image source: Fairphone

Fairphone will stop software and hardware support for its first device

The Fairphone, which was meant to be an easily repairable, long lasting smartphone, will no longer be supported. Fairphone, the company behind the device, will no longer sell replacement parts and has halted software development.

Sam Medley, 24 Jul 2017 18:20

YouTube TV extends its reach to 10 new cities in the US, basic package has 48 channels

YouTube TV hits more US cities

Offering 48 channels in its basic package, this service is now available in ten new cities, those interested being able to take advantage of a one-month free trial. After the first payment, users also receive a free Chromecast.

Codrut Nistor, 24 Jul 2017 16:00

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