Traditionally companies like Asustek Computer and MicroStar International were focused on designing competitive mainboards, graphics cards and other computer components. However, in the recent years the DIY market began to stagnate, which is why the manufacturers started to look at alternative revenue sources. Recently Asus and MSI began to concentrate on own-brand …
Read More »Dell gives free tablet with PC or electronics purchase
For a limited amount of time the Dell Venue 7 media tablet will cease to be a product and will become a competitive advantage of Dell. The PC maker on Wednesday kicked off a campaign that grants every U.S. student who purchases a personal computer, a large display, or a …
Read More »Intel, Dell, Samsung, others to develop new wireless tech
Six major high-tech industry companies on Tuesday said they would jointly develop a new wireless communication technology for various devices. The new interconnection will utilise existing and emerging wireless standards and will be designed to be compatible with a variety of operating systems Atmel Corp., Broadcom Corp., Dell, Intel Corp., …
Read More »Dell to make PCs of plastics obtained from recycled electronics
Dell this week announced two new eco-friendly initiatives that should significantly reduce the impact that manufacturing of personal computers have on the environment. Next month Dell will offer a line of all-in-one PCs made entirely of plastics obtained from recycled electronics. In addition, Dell will use the so-called carbon-negative packaging …
Read More »Dell XPS 12 2-in-1 Ultrabook Review
Today we are going to look at one of the latest, and perhaps most interesting notebooks in Dell’s range, the XPS 12. This aluminum convertible Ultrabook offers a ‘flip and fold' motion and features a Corning Gorilla glass screen with Full HD Display. Dell refer to the XPS 12 as …
Read More »Dell XPS 15 9530 Review
Today we take a look at a 2014 model laptop from Dell. The DELL XPS 15 9530 is a pretty standard looking 15″ laptop, but it incorporates an ultra high QHD+ resolution touch-screen (3200 x 1800 pixels), a quad core i7-4702HQ CPU with 16GB of DDR3 and a Nvidia GT 750m. …
Read More »Dell licenses Android-, Chrome- and Xbox-related patents from Microsoft
Dell and Microsoft this week announced a patent licensing agreement that covers a broad set of intellectual property and also causes a lot of questions. Under the terms of the deal, Dell will obtain licenses to use Microsoft IP that covers Google Android and Chrome platforms. Moreover, Dell may get …
Read More »OcUK kicks off special weekend with 4K monitors from £539
If you think that 4K image quality is something that you'd love to have, but you don't have the heart to get a second mortgage, then Overclockers' weekend special could be just what your inner gamer/designer ordered. KitGuru stands amazed. Can you really get a 4K monitor for £539? It …
Read More »Dell to integrate wireless charging into laptops, tablets, smartphones
Dell this week joined the alliance for wireless power (A4WP), a wireless power standards setting organization that currently has over 80 members. Dell is the world’s first major PC maker to join the association. The company has already announced plans to integrate wireless charging capabilities into its future products, which …
Read More »Shipments of 4K desktop monitors to reach two million in 2014
Thanks to dropping manufacturing costs leading to declines in average selling prices (ASPs), shipments of ultra-high-definition (UHD) desktop monitors with 4K resolution are expected to increase steadily this year. In the coming years, displays with UHD will continue to lose price and gain adoption, according to NPD DisplaySearch. Unfortunately, 4K …
Read More »Dell forms research division, set to invest more into R&D
Dell, a leading maker of personal computers, servers and other hardware that is trying to diversify its businesses these days, has quietly formed a research division for the first time in its history. Traditionally, Dell approached research and development (R&D) in a very minimalist way since for years it had …
Read More »ARM and partners reveal initial server platform standard
Data centers demand standards-based software and hardware offerings to ensure ease of deployment and manageability. ARM Holdings and its partners on Monday released the first standard for servers based on ARMv8-A 64-bit micro-architecture. The guidelines will help server makers to build similar machines. ARM ‘server base system architecture' (SBSA) platform …
Read More »Qualcomm thinks that 4K smartphones will be the next big thing
Smartphones went from 720p to 1080p very quickly and now, according to chipset manufacturer, Qualcomm, we are due to up the resolution on our phones once again. Tim McDonough, Qualcomm’s Vice President of Marketing, in an interview with Trusted Reviews said that 4K is is one of the primary focuses …
Read More »Dell, Lenovo in talks to acquire x86 server business from IBM
For IBM, many of its low-margin business units are no longer important since they do not bring desired revenues and in many cases make losses without providing any strategic advantages. But there are companies, who are interested in acquiring select IBM’s businesses in order to boost their market shares and …
Read More »Alienware’s Steam Machine to cost as much as an Xbox One
Alienware's Steam Machine has probably been the most exciting one so far, according to Gabe Newell himself, it's the one to watch and could be considered the flagship Steam Machine. Since its announcement people have been sceptical on the price and with good reason, Alienware PC's don't come cheap but …
Read More »Dell’s new 4K display will cost $699, will hardly please gamers
Ultra-high-definition (UHD) is incoming for both video games and movies thanks to designers of graphics processors, developers of video games and Hollywood. Looks like the UHD hardware eco-system is also beginning to build up. Dell announced this week that its first affordable display with support for 4K (3840*2160) resolution will …
Read More »Dell apologises for leaving NSA backdoors in hardware
Earlier this week at the 30th annual Chaos Communication Congress, Dell, among other US based tech firms, was accused of leaving deliberate backdoors in its software and hardware, to make it easier for the NSA to install malware and viruses on the machines and gain access to the information stored …
Read More »Dell’s 4K monitors priced
Are any of you guys looking for a 4K display? You might want to wait a while because Dell is about to bring the price of 4K down again with its new monitors. The Ultra HD resolution has been pushed hard this year with prices coming down from $35,000 to …
Read More »eBuyer offers Dell network laser printers for FREE – apparently
Anyone of a certain age will remember the Baked Bean wars of the 80s, where rival supermarkets began all out war – based solely on the price they could achieve for a tin of baked beans. It got so bad that legal changes were made to try and prevent such …
Read More »Biggest Dell shareholder calls for opening of books
The biggest shareholder outside of Dell, Southeastern Asset Management (SAM), has called on the computer firm to out its yearly books, making its financials available to all – ahead of what many are thinking will be a return to private ownership. SAM currently owns eight per cent of the PC …
Read More »Aria cuts prices to tempt even more spending
While the UK is still looking forward to the credit card bills that will accompany a record breaking Boxing Day push of £2.6 billion, online retailers are not giving up hope that us consumers will consider one last wafer-thin-mint. KitGuru says ‘Better. Better get a bucket'. Shakespeare wrote of Cleopatra, …
Read More »Dell retires from the smartphone arena, without really being in it
Dell has never been overly active or popular in the smartphone arena. Their only modern day attempts have been the Android powered Streak series and the Venue Pro Windows Phone 7.x device. None of these devices ever gained traction in the highly competitive smartphone market. At the recent Dell World …
Read More »Dell PC sales drop, profit falls 18%
Dell have reported poor second quarter profits and the Wall Street Journal claim that there are tough times ahead for the company as they move away from selling personal computers. The profit for fiscal period ending August 3rd dropped 18% as revenue also dropped 8%. Dell added that their projection …
Read More »4k screens are £1,000 an inch, but not for long
We work with some of the world's leading technology companies, especially when it comes to graphics cards. During a recent video shoot with one of the biggest, we were discussing that wonderful thing called ‘the future' and the discussion moved to image quality, preparedness and the cost of glass. The …
Read More »Green pioneers direct current data centre with HP
While Dell is packing big and bad with the news that it has a brand new line up of tiny and powerful Copper servers with ARM technology, HP has not been resting. Instead, its engineers have been working with the biggest IT/communications service providers in Switzerland, to try and save …
Read More »Dell ramps up 15 watt ARM multi-core servers
Go back far enough, and servers were mini-computers or even mainframes. Even something as humble as a 200MB hard drive was the size of a washing machine and it would thud and thunk as the read/write head flew across a massive spinning disk. Then came Apricot’s 486 servers and things …
Read More »Dell’s XPS 13 Ultrabook goes on sale
Dell has cut it fine in delivering on its promise to bring the XPS 13 Ultrabook to market this February. It is now available for purchase from Dell's website with shipments commencing as of now at a base price of $999 US. The XPS 13 is a 13.3-inch sized Ultrabook …
Read More »Kitguru Lite presents the Alienware M18x with Extreme Edition
At Kitguru we know a portion of our audience won't want to read 30-40 page reviews on the latest technology. With this in mind we are starting a new series of videos which demystify all the tech talk and lay out the cold hard facts. Kitguru Lite is tech without …
Read More »Dell rise to number 2 PC maker position, thanks to Apple
Dell have been having a good couple of months, as they rise past Acer to the number 2 position in the world, behind Hewlett Packard. Analysts have claimed that Acer have been having a tough time, thanks to Apple's iPad success, which has damaged the network and notebook markets in …
Read More »Dell triple income in Q4 results due to corporate spending
Dell has had a good week, showing investors that their fourth quarter results for 2010 were extremely positive indeed. Their net income tripled compared to the same period the year before and much of this is based on corporate spending. Dell's statistics highlight that consumer markets are stagnating a little, …
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