By Todd Haselton |
Apple’s executives, including CEO Tim Cook, recently swooped in on Capitol Hill for a Senate subcommittee hearing related to its corporate tax practices. We’ve covered many of the events in detail already, but Cook revealed one compelling tidbit of information during his speech: where Apple…
By Todd Haselton |
Recent rumors suggest that Apple’s MacBook Pro and iMac computers won’t receive massive design overhauls this year, but we definitely expect new internal hardware. Among the possible changes to the iMac is a new 802.11ac Gigabit Wi-Fi card. Oddly, however, photos of the card were…
By Brandon Russell |
As companies continually improve smartphone and tablet displays, the next battleground is slowly moving toward high resolution laptop screens. And not even Google’s Chromebook Pixel, which has a resolution of 2560 x 1700-pixels, has the highest PPI around. That distinction belongs to Samsung with its…
By Maximum PC |
There’s a new mobile sheriff in town. Mobile gamers rejoice, for AMD hasn’t forgotten about you. On the contrary, the Sunnyvale chip designer just unveiled its Radeon 8970M, which AMD claims is the fastest laptop GPU on the entire planet. And not only is it smoking fast,…
By Brandon Russell |
MacBook Air supplies are becoming constrained ahead of Apple’s World Wide Developers Conference, indicating the beloved laptop is in for a refresh. A number of top resellers, including Amazon and MacMall, are all seeing dwindling availability, particularly the high-end 13.3-inch models. Low inventory is typically…
By Maximum PC |
The 700-series graphics cards share the same cooling solution. The rumored Nvidia GeForce GTX 780 and GTX 770 graphics cards, which were said to be arriving in late May as of last week, have allegedly had their pictures leaked to the Web. The said pictures were posted on…
By Brandon Russell |
In addition to detailing iOS 7, Apple is expected to announce new MacBook Air models sporting Intel’s Haswell processor. That’s great, and means you’ll be able to pick up a slick piece of hardware with even better internals. Frankly, if you’re in the market to…
By Maximum PC |
Select Haswell parts will feature Intel’s supercharged Iris graphics. Nobody brags about integrated graphics, and that’s because there’s not much there worthy of boast. That’s fine, but if manufactures insist on pushing thin and light platforms on the masses and shrinking the desktop, then is…
By Todd Haselton |
We know that Apple’s Worldwide Developer Conference will focus on iOS and OS X, as it does every year, but that doesn’t mean we won’t be treated to new product announcements. Even though Apple CEO Tim Cook said we won’t see any new products until…
By Maximum PC |
Tiny drives for ultraportables. Western Digital, a major player in the storage space, today announced it’s begun shipping what it claims are the world’s first ultra-slim 2.5-inch, 5mm hard drives and solid state hybrid drives (SSHDs) designed for space constrained devices, such as Ultrabooks and…
By Todd Haselton |
Apple will no doubt refresh its MacBook Pro and iMac computers sometime this year, but sources in the supply chain expect that Apple won’t be making any major industrial design changes. The company will instead reportedly focus on hardware upgrades, such as faster processors, additional…
By Maximum PC |
New graphics cards from Nvidia could be set for a summer debut. Summer is just around the corner, and with it is the Computex computer expo in Taipei, Taiwan. Are you wondering what the event will introduce to the computing world? So are we, and…
By Todd Haselton |
The PC industry is in a sharp decline as consumers gravitate more towards smartphones and tablets. Intel hopes to change that trend, largely blamed on Windows 8 itself, by introducing its new Bay Trail processors that will enable low cost Windows 8 machines. How cheap?…
By Brandon Russell |
HP will try and get a leg up on the competition later this summer by bundling Leap Motion’s controls right into its computers. The two companies on Tuesday announced a partnership that would see the standalone motion device, which is set for a May retail…
By Brandon Russell |
When Windows 8.1 hits, commonly known as Windows Blue, users will be able to bypass the software’s tile interface and go straight to the traditional desktop. Testing is allegedly ongoing inside of Microsoft’s labs, where attempts are being made to “appease desktop users who wish…
By Maximum PC |
Is there a market for high priced Ultrabooks? Sometimes you have to throw caution to the wind and hope everything works out, which is exactly what Samsung’s doing with its new Series 9 Premium Ultrabook. It’s a $1,400 Ultrabook that flies in the face of conventional wisdom…
By Todd Haselton |
The PC industry’s decline isn’t shaping up anytime soon, according to a new report from IDC. In fact, PC unit sales saw the largest decline out of any quarter ever as consumers turn to tablets and smartphones for most of their Internet needs. The industry…
By Brandon Russell |
A report out of MacDailyNews claims Apple is planning to unveil a Mac Pro update as early as this month, finally appeasing fans who have longed for the Cupertino company to address the fading desktop line. “A source who has been correct about Apple product…
By Maximum PC |
Even with prices going up, it’s still a great time to be a PC gamer. Are you planning to build a gaming PC for the summer? If so, you might want to get started early in order to get the most bang for your buck.…
By Brandon Russell |
A new report from Gartner announces what we’ve expected for the last year, probably more. PCs sales are falling, and tablets are flying off the shelves that much faster. As a result, Gartner expects tablet shipments to eclipse that of desktops and laptops combined as…
By Adriana Lee |
Digital hoarders take note: Yesterday, Seagate announced that it’s now shipping a brand-new, high-performance 4TB Desktop HDD. And, says the company, this version offers “the lowest cost per gigabyte in the industry.” In laymen’s terms, the capacity is enough to store more than 1,000,000 songs,…
By Todd Haselton |
The Google Chromebook Pixel is a beautiful device, even if it does clock in at a relatively expensive $1,449 at the high end. Unfortunately, until today, we weren’t sure when the model with Verizon 4G LTE was going to ship from Google. Now we know.…
By Sean P. Aune |
A new trojan is making the rounds for Macs, but it requires the user to actively download it for it to infect your system. Dr. Web is reporting that a new trojan known as “Trojan.Yontoo.1″ is making its way around the Internet, hunting for unsuspecting…
By Brandon Russell |
You can get an iPad running the latest version of iOS, or you can get a fully working OS X tablet. The Modbook Pro, which is essentially a 13.3-inch MacBook Pro, is an actual existing product that’s basically a converted mid-2012 model but in tablet…
