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 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 |
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 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 Todd Haselton |
Amazon on Tuesday introduced new software that will compete with a bevvy of existing cloud-based storage options, including Microsoft SkyDrive, SugarSync, Dropbox, Google Drive and, in some respects, Apple iCloud. The company previously offered the service, but it was only available through a web browser.…
By Maximum PC |
Why hasn’t this already been done? For first person shooters, real-time strategy titles, and most gaming genres outside of sports, using a mouse and keyboard trumps a console controller, hands down. I won’t debate this, but after reading about the Stinky Footboard, I am willing to…
By Maximum PC |
Top 5 participants will be flown to Taipei, Taiwan for a shot at the grand prize. The grand prize is a million New Taiwan dollars. Unfortunately, it ‘only’ works out to about US$33,333, though that’s still a nice chunk of change. Other prizes are up…
By Todd Haselton |
Sony’s VAIO Tap 20 launched in early 2013 and ships on Jan. 16, 2013. It’s billed as a “mobile desktop” due to its ability to serve as both a large 20-inch tablet, or a full PC with a mouse and keyboard attached.,…
By Todd Haselton |
PC shipments fell 4.9 percent to 90.3 million units shipped during the fourth quarter, which is typically a strong period for sales due to the holidays. Why? Well, it wasn’t necessarily because Windows 8 was a flop, but more because users are turning to tablets…
By Todd Haselton |
The Raspberry Pi is best known as a circuit board computer with a $35 price tag. The product was the baby of the Raspberry Pi Foundation, which had hopes of delivering affordable computers into school systems that couldn’t otherwise afford them. The hacker community, however,…
By Jon Rettinger |
The VAIO Tap 20 is a totally unique product. It’s half a Windows 8 desktop computer and half a portable laptop. But how portable is 20-inches for a tablet really? Not at all, I’d wager. Still, it’s a powerful product with an Intel Core i7…
By Todd Haselton |
Is it a tablet? Is it a table? Is it a computer? It’s all three! Technically. Lenovo recently unveiled its huge, massive and gargantuan IdeaCentre Horizon Tabletop PC. It looks like an oversized tablet for giants, but it’s actually an all-in-one PC that’s being marketed…
By Todd Haselton |
Apple CEO Tim Cook revealed yesterday that Apple will begin to manufacture some of its Mac products in the United States next year. Then Foxconn, Apple’s largest manufacturer, said that it plans to do the same. Today, DigiTimes said that Lenovo also has plans to build…
By Joey Davidson |
Forget the top-down antics you’re used to in traditional Pokémon games. One fan has decided to take the world of Pokémon Gold and Silver and turn it into a 3D Poképaradise, or something. Pokémon is now in first-person, and it’s bizarre. The developer working on the project is Nils Drescher (or…
By Todd Haselton |
Sales of consumer electronics in the U.S. fell 5.6 percent year-over-year on Black Friday, according to new research published on Tuesday by The NPD Group. Televisions, Android tablets and PCs were the most purchased items, accounting for 58% of all consumer electronic sales on the…
By Eric Frederiksen |
On a fanciful whim, TechnoBuffalo’s Senior Gaming Editor Joey Davidson asked me, “Would you like to stare at a spreadsheet for 8 hours?” Well of course I said yes. But no, I wasn’t playing Disgaea. Instead, I was data-mining Wikipedia’s various lists of games by platform…
By Roy Choi |
Thursday, new data regarding PC sales are down from the same period last year, 25 percent to be exact, Macs are forecasted to be down 7 percent. Even with Windows 8 hitting the shelves and being heavily pushed through marketing and offering free copies to…
By Killian Bell |
Thinking of treating yourself to a new computer this Christmas? Get it from HP and you’ll receive a free Nook Simple Touch as well. The company is giving away the $99 e-reader with every PC purchase — no matter how much you spend. The Verge reports…
By Ron Duwell |
Bethesda doesn’t have enough good things to say about Dishonored. The game has been “exceeding expectations,” as PR Chief Pete Hines recently said to Destructoid, and he couldn’t be happier because great news for his game means less work for him. What’s the great news?…
By Ron Duwell |
Shame, shame on anyone who says a new IP can’t work during this transition phase into the next console generation. Dishonored is one of the biggest feel good stories of the year, and it is poised to pummel the pessimism out of the nay-saying analysts who doubted…
By Killian Bell |
Samsung has begun rolling out its Android 4.1 Jelly Bean upgrade to the Galaxy Tab 2 7.0 Wi-Fi-only model (GT-P3110). The software appears to be reaching users in France initially, who are now available to download it over-the-air, and via Samsung’s Kies app for Mac…
By Ron Duwell |
Hey guess what! Hitman: Absolution is coming out this week! Lost between the mega launches of the Wii U and Call of Duty: Black Ops II, Square Enix’s stealth assassination game seems to have slipped under a lot of radars. Just to remind you, Square…
By Ron Duwell |
And here we thought Halo‘s resurgence into the record books was impressive. $300 million sales worldwide on the opening week is nothing to scoff about, and I’m glad they got to enjoy that feeling for just a week. Unless you are Activision, though, sales records…
