Whether you love them or loathe them, Apple have always adopted good screens into their products. Recently I made a walk around in PCWORLD and was immediately impressed with the quality of the screens on the Apple Macbook computers. It hasn't came as a surprise that analysts claim a lot …
Read More »200 Million Office 2010 sales in 18 months
Microsoft have announced record quarterly revenue for the quarter ending December 31st 2011. This is a 5 percent increase on year on year. Operating income, net income, and diluted earnings per share for the quarter were $7.99 billion, $6.62 billion, and $0.78 per share, compared with $8.17 billion, $6.63 billion …
Read More »Wikipedia claim millions speak out for free internet
As we reported yesterday, many leading websites shut down for a day to protest anti piracy bills now in Congress. On the website on Thursday morning was a message which read “Thank you for protecting Wikipedia. We're not done yet.” When clicked, the message took the reader to a thank …
Read More »Alienware announce new console styled X51 desktop system
Alienware yesterday announced one of the most surprising new additions to their range, the console styled X51 system. This small form factor PC is certainly eye catching and is going to be priced at only $699 in the US. As expected, this is for the base model configuration, so adding …
Read More »Yahoo Co Founder Jerry Yang resigns from board
Jerry Yang, the co founder of Yahoo has resigned from the board. He founded the company in 1995 and has been the chief executive from June 2007 to January 2009. His resignation hits two weeks after the company hired former Paypal executive Scott Thomson to take over as CEO. Yang …
Read More »Apple get lifelike doll of Steve Jobs removed from sale
We reported a while ago on the company who were creating a lifelike doll of the late Apple leader Steve Jobs. When Apple got wind of the project, they threatened legal action against the company. As we expected, Apple have managed to get the doll pulled from sale, even though …
Read More »Asus Overclocking Masters UK – win great prizes!
Overclocking is all about getting something for nothing. It's about making impossible speed, possible. To celebrate the dark art of the overclocking, the world's leading component manufacturer has teamed up with Kingston Technology, Multiplay and the UK's fastest growing technology news and review site, KitGuru, to bring you a unique …
Read More »Can you overclock? Win with ASRock
Are you any good at overclocking? then you might want to enter the new competition held by ASrock which features sponsors Kingston, Sparkle and Roccat. The world leading motherboard brand ASRock announced today to organize 2012 Global OC Competition with Futuremark®, the creators of the world's most popular benchmarks and …
Read More »Rupert Murdoch attacks Google over ‘piracy’
Twitter is the new launching pad for celebrities to air their views online, and the latest comes from Rupert Murdoch who has used his Twitter account to attack Google. He has accused the search engine giant of highlighting free links to the Mission Impossible film, causing piracy concerns. Google have …
Read More »Win Steelseries Fnatic Limited Edition and Konnet goodies!
Another year, and some more great prizes to be given away to our lucky readers. Seven lucky people will end up with some tasty hardware next month. Today we are giving away some very nice Steelseries branded Fnatic goodies and 5 Konnet iCrado Plus stands for Apple products! We have …
Read More »IBM break Moore’s Law, bit size cut to 12 atoms
IBM announced yesterday that after five years of work that they have been able to reduce to number of atoms required to create a bit of data. Computerworld have reported on this and spoke to Andreas Heinrich, IBM research Staff member who said “Looking at this conservatively … instead of …
Read More »Super high resolution televisions dominate CES
CES this year seems to have a strong focus on television sets, and new super high resolution 4k screens are stealing the show. LG Electronics are getting high priority this year as they have announced a new 55 inch OLED screen, that is 3/16 of an inch thick and their …
Read More »Razer Core i7 powered ‘Project Fiona’ gaming tablet
Razer have been highlighting a new device at CES this year, a gaming tablet powered by Intel's Core i7 processor. The ‘Project Fiona' tablet has been designed to play the most popular PC games with an “intuitive control setup for a phenomenal on-the-go gaming experience.” Thanks to a pairing with …
Read More »Sony Prototype TV with 6 million ‘real’ LEDs
Sony have announced a new television which they are showcasing at CES in Las Vegas. This 55 inch screen uses miniature light emitting diodes in place of pixels. Current LED televisions are based on LCD technology with an LED light behind. The new Sony television uses 6 million LED's, 2 …
Read More »Arctic announce new Xtreme 7970 Cooler
It didn't take long for Arctic to announce their latest cooler for AMD's HD7970 high end graphics card. The Accelero Xtreme 7970 looks to be a huge improvement over the reference cooling solution, it also comes with a whopping six year warranty. Specially compatible with AMD 7970/50 series Unmatched cooling …
Read More »Asus claim 70% of X79 motherboard market share
Asus are highly regarded for the quality of their motherboards worldwide and are claiming to have gained a 70% marketshare for models equipped with the Intel X79 Express chipset. Their report also shows that their Z68 and P677 series motherboards have reached a global market share of 50-60%. According to …
Read More »Toshiba prototype ultrabook with Windows 8
Slashgear have managed to get a hands on with a prototype Toshiba ultrabook which features Windows 8. The laptop is based on an Intel Core i3 1.3ghz processor which 4GB of memory and a 128GB SSD drive. They claim that Windows 8 runs on integrated graphics within this machine but …
Read More »Apple under channel attack due to unfair treatment of partners
Apple seem to be in the limelight this weekend as several organisations take legal action against them. The ChannelWeb site have reported that Apple are facing action from French Apple Premium reseller eBizcuss saying that they favour their own stores when sending supplies of products. This action by eBizcuss has …
Read More »Apple take offense to Steve Jobs doll, threaten legal action
A few days ago we reported on the ultra realistic Steve Jobs doll which was due to go on sale in the coming months. Apple have gotten wind of the product and have taken offense, threatening legal action if the product is not removed. The 12 inch figurine is an …
Read More »Nikon D4 officially announced, to replace D3S
Camera fanatics will be pleased to hear that Nikon's new top of the range D4 should be released in the near future. There were rumours circulating about this camera months ago and now Nikon have officially announced, with some detailed information. According to a magazine overview the new camera will …
Read More »Lenovo add Thunderbolt to new Thinkpad range
Lenovo have announced today that they will be producing new Thinkpad laptops with upcoming third generation Intel Core processors and the new lightning quick Thunderbolt interconnect, currently found primarily on Apple Macbook machines. The new machines – the ThinkPad X1 Hybrid and the Thinkpad S430 will include Thunderbolt. Lenovo claim …
Read More »RIM to cut prices of PlayBook tablets
Research In Motion are going to cut the prices of their flagging PlayBook tablet. Sales have not been good in 2011 and they hope the price drop will reinvigorate sales. The price for the tablets will drop from February onwards. In a rather unusual move, all three tablets can be …
Read More »Win DDR3 memory Kits courtesy of ADATA!
Well we decided to start 2012 with a competition to win some high quality gaming memory from ADATA. We have 20GB of memory to give away from the company, in the shape of three 4GB kits of 1600mhz DDR3 memory and two 4GB kits of 2000mhz DDR3 memory. We held …
Read More »New Year Competition Winners! start the year with a bang
We hope you aren't suffering too badly today from a hangover caused by the New Years celebrations. If you are, then perhaps we have the cure today! Are you one of the lucky winners of some of our December competitions? First up, we have the winner from our Intel Founders …
Read More »Video Interview with Colin Johanson, Lead Content Designer for Guild Wars 2
Are you a die hard Guild Wars gamer? If so, then this video today will be of particular interest as we had some time to talk to Colin Johanson the Lead Content Designer for Guild Wars 2. In our revealing video interview he talks about the differences between Guild Wars …
Read More »Video interview with Enrico from IN-WIN
IN-WIN have been making some unusual cases now for years and Tech TV recently had some time to talk with Enrico from the company. In the interview Enrico discusses the product range and their latest designs. They held a competition at the Multiplay Insomnia 44 Gaming Festival to win chassis, …
Read More »LG 3840×2160 84 inch HDTV to showcase at CES
For those of you not happy with the current batch of 1080p televisions, the upcoming release from LG of the ‘ultra definition' 3840×2160 84 inch model will be sure to tick all the right boxes. LG are set to showcase the panel at CES in Las Vegas early in 2012 …
Read More »Google activate 3.7 million Android devices over Christmas
Google have reported very strong sales over the Christmas period and a company executive spoke out, claiming 3.7 million Android activations over December 24th and 25th alone. Andy Rubin, senior vice president of mobile at Google tweeted yesterday that 3.7 million devices were activated over their network in a 48 …
Read More »Windows Phone marketplace reaches 50,000 app milestone
The Windows Marketplace has reached a milestone of 50,000 applications. This achievement however is only one tenth of the Apple iOS store, and much less than the 400,000 applications on the Android Market. Microsoft will be pleased with the quick growth, taking only 14 months of operation to reach the …
Read More »LG to showcase world’s largest OLED screen
LG are set to highlight their latest, and world's largest OLED panel at CES in January. This ‘organic' LED tv panel is 55 inches in diameter and just 5 millimeters thick. CES in Las Vegas is often the prime location for showcasing new and upcoming products. Organic LED technology is …
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