Author Archive for Chris Davies
Raon Digital’s Everun Note is looking more and more like the holy grail for some mobile users: a super-portable touchscreen UMPC that, when back in the office, can be plugged into the mains and provide enough performance to be your main PC. We’re still waiting for the first full-scale English language review, and it seems like [...]
Google’s Chrome is still gathering momentum - a quick glance at our stats over the last 72hrs show that 6-percent of visitors are using the new browser - but it’s not without its issues. SlashGear readers have been sharing their experiences here, and reporting everything from scrolling problems through Facebook issues and full-on crashes. Perhaps [...]
As company names go, you can’t exactly accuse iBuyPower of disguising their purpose in life. The company has taken the wraps off of its latest gaming PC, the Paladin 998, and while it, too, won’t win any prizes for subtlety it could nonetheless find some fans among gamers. In its standard configuration, inside the Cooler [...]
China is looking to take on Intel, AMD and VIA with their Loongson, or “dragon chip” CPU. Codenamed Godson-3, the new processor is the latest product of a government-run project involving more than 200 researchers at the Chinese Academy of Sciences’ Institute of Computing Technology (ICT). Current US federal law prevents the most current microprocessors [...]
High-end audio manufacturers Phiaton have announced their first headphones to be available in the US. The MS-400 have both a distinctive design and, according to Phiaton, “unmatched audiophile quality”; constructed from carbon graphite fiber, they weigh just 6.5oz despite using “studio grade” 40mm electrodynamic drivers.
If waiting around for a subsidized 3G version of Dell’s Inspiron Mini 9 doesn’t appeal, how about picking up the netbook for just $99? That’s the latest deal on offer from the company, but as you’d expect there’s a catch: you can only take advantage of that price if you also order a Studio 15, XPS [...]
SSDs may be gaining traction and coming down in price, but the cost per GB is still far higher than a traditional platter-based drive. If you prize capacity and affordability a little above speed and energy efficiency in your notebook, then, you’ll be looking for a 7,200rpm 2.5-inch HDD; Tom’s Hardware have put four of [...]
Vodafone has announced that it has secured a deal with Dell to sell 3G-equipped versions of the Inspiron Mini 9. The netbook launched today with a WWAN option physically possible but mysteriously absent in the customization screens; Vodafone, who have supported Dell with WWAN previously, have an exclusive deal to sell the HSDPA netbook in [...]
Apple has submitted a patent application describing a system whereby multitouch input is augmented with input from other media, for instance voice control, facial expression or even biometric data. Entitled “Multi-Touch Data Fusion“, the patent explains a system where sensors could be built into, or around, a multitouch panel, measuring voice, temperature, vibration, light and [...]
A slide detailing AMD’s Q4 2008 roadmap has turned up on a Spanish forum, confirming that the company plans to announce its first Deneb quad-core desktop processors at CES 2009 in January. Closer at hand, though, are the 2.5GHz 95W Phenom X3 8850 and the 2.6GHz 45W Athlon X2 5050e, with single- and dual-core low-power [...]
