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Apple keeps 8 year lead in US satisfaction rankings

, Sep 20th 2011 Discuss [2]

Apple has again scooped top spot in the American Customer Satisfaction Index 2011, maintaining a now eight year lead ahead of its computing rivals. The Cupertino firm climbed a single point from its 2010 score, to 87, and finished nine points ahead of its closest rival, HP. The ACSI credits Apple’s “winning combination of innovation and product diversification” for its success.

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LG slashes capital expenditures thanks to sagging demand for TVs and Notebooks

LG has announced that it is slashing the investment plan it has for capital expenditures for 2012 to a three year low. The cut in expenditure is a sign that the demand for flat screen TVs and computers is sagging. We already knew this from the poor sales of notebooks at some of the major makers. LG also announced that it has no plans to build a new LCD factory in 2012. Read The Full Story

LG to unveil new E91 and D237IPS computer monitors at IFA 2011

IFA 2011 will kick off in Berlin very soon and at the show LG will be unveiling a pair of new LCDs including the E91 and the D237IPS LCD screens. The E91 is very thin at 7.2mm thick taking up as little space as possible on the desk. The bezel of the screen is 4.35mm thick giving the screen a slick and almost borderless style. The display also uses hanger type stand to allow for precise adjustment for viewing angles when using the screen. Read The Full Story

XFX announces Deus Ex Human Revolution Radeon video card bundles

Years ago I really, really liked the first Deus Ex video game, it was one of the first shooter style games that I really go into. I have been waiting with anticipation for the next installment in the franchise to land. The new game is called Deus Ex Human Revolution and should be cool. From what I have seen of the graphics in the game, if your computer is older you might miss some of the cool effects. Read The Full Story

Mac sales soar on Asia appeal: June up 67% in China

, Aug 17th 2011 Discuss [2]

Strong demand for Mac computers in China has seen Apple's sales growth soar in Asia, it's reported, with Mac shipments growing at over 67-percent in June, far outpacing their PC counterparts. In a new investor note, Needham analyst Charlie Wolf, quoted by AllThingsD, claims that the incredible uptick in Chinese sales "represents a perfect storm between an iconic brand and a rapidly growing middle class that’s more brand conscious than consumers in virtually every other region of the globe." Read The Full Story

Chinese dude takes fake MacBook Air into real Apple Store for support

I'm not sure what to think of this Chinese dude that took a fake MacBook Air to one of the only real Apple Stores in the country for support. Either the man is a moron that thinks his cut price FauxBook Air is real or he has the biggest balls of them all. The weird part is the Apple Genius at the store the dude made an appointment with actually helped him. Read The Full Story

Rude Gameware announces Fierce 3500 wireless gaming mouse for pre-order

Generally computer gaming and wireless mice are not things that go together in the same sentence. Over the last year or so some nice wireless gaming mice have started to show up that have no lag to affect your game. One of these mice is the Rude Gameware Fierce 3500 wireless gaming mouse. Rude has announced that the mouse will be shipping soon and that it is up for pre-order now. Read The Full Story

White MacBook and new Mac mini to launch soon according to rumor

Yesterday we reported a rumor that new MacBook Pro and MacBook Air notebooks were coming this week. Apparently, that rumor was false and rather than the Air and Pro notebooks, what will be coming this week is some new updated MacBook machines in white and several new mini computers. This time around, the rumor comes from 9to5Mac's Mr. X source and the source claims the updated MacBook will be part number MC914LL/A-J59. Read The Full Story

MSI Windpad 110w AMD Z-Series Dual-Core Tablet Officially up for Pre-Order at Amazon

MSI has finally came out and officially unveiled the pricing and pre-order information for their dual-core Windows 7 tablet known as the Windpad 110w. In case you forgot the specs include a 10" display with a 1280x800 resolution, 4GB of fast DDR3 RAM. Onboard you have a 32GB SSD hard drive, as well as HDMI, two full-size USB ports and all this is powered by Windows 7 and AMD's new dual-core Z-Series processor. Read The Full Story

Shuttle H3 6700P SFF computer revealed

Shuttle has been around for years and years with some really cool small form factor computers that allow users to save space on their desktop and still use the normal monitor they already have. The latest computer in the SFF series from Shuttle is called the H3 6700P and this machine is aimed at professional users. Read The Full Story

NEC and Lenovo joint computer venture in Japan announced

The computer market is very competitive with so many of the machines having the same or very similar features many consumers look at notebooks as a commodity today. The effort to grow business and market share at times comes down to how cheap computers can be sold. One key for makers to sell cheaper is to buy components cheaper, which means larger quantity purchases are needed. Read The Full Story

Acer Predator G5910 gaming desktop debuts

Acer has been offering up quite a few new notebooks recently with a pair of new Acer Ethos notebooks for the US getting detailed yesterday. If you aren't the notebook type Acer also has a cool new desktop computer that you might find interesting aimed at gamers and enthusiasts. The new gaming desktop is the Predator G5910 and it has a lot of options on the hardware side. Buyers can opt for Intel Core i5 processors up to the i5-2500 and Core i7 up to the i7-2600. Read The Full Story

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