I admit it. I drooled a little when I first heard about the Dell XPS 15z. And that’s not small praise, coming from me. (Let’s just say that I’m not what you’d call a Windows PC fan.) But the promise of a beautiful, thin, powerful laptop with an attractive price point is awfully hard to resist. Dell finally unveiled its Z series “ultra thin” line of notebooks, putting to rest all the...
Having gained major marketplace and mindshare traction already this year with their Tegra 2 dual-core chipsets, NVIDIA this morning announced a new addition to their mobile processor portfolio. The Silicon Valley company says it plans to acquire Icera, a maker of baseband processors for 3G/4G mobile devices. The $367 million deal is expected to be completed in 30 days, and will give...
T-Mobile's G-Slate with Google is the first 4G tablet computer to ship, believe it or not. Verizon's Motorola Xoom hasn't yet been upgraded to work with the carrier's LTE network, Sprint's WiMax-equipped HTC Evo View isn't shipping yet, and AT&T hasn't yet announced a 4G tablet. The LG-built G-Slate is also the first 8.9″ tablet to ship with Android 3.0 "Honeycomb," the first...
What? The decade’s over? Oh my. That means it must be time for some good old fashioned retrospection. For our first look-back story, Maximum PC asked me to identify the biggest tech goofs and/or missteps. I decided to take the task personally. I make no apologies or attempt to take a big look at industry failures. This is my personal look at the events, products, and non-products...
With the release of Motorola’s Atrix and Xoom last week, the age of dual-core processor powered devices is officially upon us. It was really inevitable that dual-core processors would make their way into our mobile devices. When they first came to computers, people immediately flocked to them thinking they were going to see massive increases in productivity and speed. However, just...
With NVIDIA's quad-core "Kal-El" processors already announced, has the company effectively killed the sales of dual-core devices? At CES last month in Las Vegas, you couldn't walk more than ten feet without someone talking about how they had a new product coming out with NVIDIA's Tegra 2 dual-core processor. From tablets to phones, it seemed like everyone was prepping some sort of...
Today was certainly a hectic day in the world of technology to say the least. We've compiled a list of TechnoBuffalo's top headlines for today to help you make sense of it all. 1. Apple Rumor Roundup Apple is always the talk of the tech universe, and today was no exception. Will the iPhone 5 be bigger or smaller? That is the question on our minds, as the Wall Street Journal reported...
Just when you thought it was safe to gloat about your gadgets, the dual-core phone you pre-ordered, but haven’t actually used yet, is yesterday’s news. NVIDIA just showed me quad-core for mobile. Kal-El is Superman's Kryptonian name ... the new chips will look nothing like this. NVIDIA announced their Tegra roadmap for the next three years, starting with codename “Kal-El,” a quad-...
Today was certainly a hectic day in the world of technology to say the least. We've compiled a list of TechnoBuffalo's top headlines for today to help you make sense of it all. 1. An Apple a Day Keeps the Doctor Away We begin analyzing today's news by taking a good, obligatory look at what is going on in Cupertino. Apple pushed out an advertisement last week that is not biased towards...
Today was certainly a hectic day in the world of technology to say the least. We've compiled a list of TechnoBuffalo's top headlines for today to help you make sense of it all. 1. Are You Addicted To Facebook? Are you dependent on your Facebook account? Statistically there is a very good chance that you are. We posted an infographic earlier today made by The Inquisitr that proves it...