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Dell Deal: Business or Legacy?

, Feb 6th 2013 Discuss [0]

The temptation to draw parallels between Michael Dell and Apple’s Steve Jobs is a compelling one. Both founded technology companies that went on to great success; both left their position at the helm for some time, and then returned with great fanfare. However, Dell is not Jobs, and while the Apple CEO died leaving a vastly successful, hugely grown, and even fashionable company, Dell has struggled to do the same. Now, with Dell – along with a little financial help from some friends – wrenching back control of his eponymous company, the question remains: how much is righting the Dell ship with good business strategy, and how much is preserving the legacy of the business he gave his name.

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Hard drive market set to decline significantly in 2013

, Feb 5th 2013 Discuss [0]

Market research firm iSuppli recently reported that revenue in the hard drive market is expected to decline in double-digit percentage during 2013. The research firm says that the decline of the hard drive market is thanks to significant increases in the number of tablets, smartphones, and SSDs that have been chipping away at the market share for the traditional hard drive. iSuppli predicts that revenue will decline to $32.7 billion for 2013. Read The Full Story

NVIDIA Project SHIELD demos Borderlands 2 in live PC gaming stream

, Feb 4th 2013 Discuss [0]

This week the folks at NVIDIA have unleashed a new demo video depicting their Project SHIELD mobile gaming device playing none other than Borderlands 2. The reason this is a monstrous feat, for those of you that don’t know, is the fact that this game is a high-powered PC game that otherwise only exists on the most fabulous of gaming PC builds. This game is shown here streaming on a home-based wireless network from a Falcon Tiki PC working with a GeForce GTX 680 graphics card – it’s a top-level PC gaming experience streamed to a mobile device in the palms of your hands!

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Dell buyout could come as early as Monday tips source

, Feb 1st 2013 Discuss [0]

We mentioned a few days ago that Dell Inc. was looking for a way to take the company private. One of the avenues that sources said was being pursued in taking Dell Inc. private again was a significant investment of between $1 billion and $3 billion from Microsoft. Over the last few days, new details have surfaced including a source who claims that Dell Inc. founder Michael Dell would combine his current ownership stake and as much as $1 billion of his own money to become the majority owner. Read The Full Story

Dell XPS One 27 Review: a real touchscreen Windows 8 All-in-One hero

, Jan 29th 2013 Discuss [0]

Here in the first few months after Microsoft introduced Windows 8 to the world, we’re still looking for the perfect set of homes for this touch-friendly operating system – and in the Dell XPS One 27 (Touch Screen enabled model 2710), we may have found the best all-in-one solution yet. This beast works with a 27-inch 2560 x 1440 pixel resolution (Quad HD) display ready for 10-finger touch on an articulating stand. This stand will allow you to move 60 degrees, nearly flat to an ever-so-slightly forward-leaning position – your choice!

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SlashGear Morning Wrap-up: January 29, 2013

, Jan 29th 2013 Discuss [0]

This morning it's all about the next generation of productivity with the release of Office 2013 as well os Office 365 for online excellence. We've got a review of Office 365 Home Premium and are pumped up about the future of cloud connectivity right this minute! There's been an announcement of an HTC event hitting NYC on the 19th of February that we'll certainly be at and Verizon has revealed a brand new $20 LTE mobile hotspot by the name of Jetpack MiFi 5510L. Read The Full Story

Acer: Chromebooks good, Windows 8 bad

, Jan 29th 2013 Discuss [0]

Acer expects Chrome OS to play an increasing role in its fortunes moving forward, as “Windows 8 itself is still not successful” according to the Taiwanese company’s president. 5- to 10-percent of Acer’s US shipments were Chromebooks such as the C7 ultraportable, Jim Wong told Bloomberg, and the company is confident that Chrome OS can sustain consumer interest in the face of what it sees as waning Windows 8 demand.

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Genius redesigns Pen Mouse to work on just about any surface

, Jan 29th 2013 Discuss [0]

Genius has been making the Pen Mouse for a while now. This mouse looks like a fountain pen. The company has announced a new updated version of the mouse under the official name the Wireless Comfortable Pen Mouse. Read The Full Story

HGST launches 1.2 TB Ultrastar 10,000 RPM hard drive

, Jan 29th 2013 Discuss [0]

HGST was formerly part of Hitachi and is now a Western Digital company. HGST has announced a new enterprise class hard drive that is the industry's highest capacity 10,000 RPM unit. The new drive offers 33% more capacity and is designed for tier 1 mission-critical cloud, enterprise server, and storage system use. Read The Full Story

HP ENVY 23 TouchSmart Review

, Jan 28th 2013 Discuss [0]

HP dove into the Windows 8 ecosystem without hesitation, and the results of that effort are tons of new laptops and desktop computers, some of which are the company’s new ENVY TouchSmart all-in-one series of Windows 8 machines, which we first heard about back in September. They have an entry-level 20-inch model, as well as a 23-inch variant that we took for a spin. It has a fast quad-core processor, quick graphics, a lot of system memory, and a huge hard drive, not to mention the 1080p touchscreen. It’ll cost you, though: around $1,700 for this particular build, but the ENVY 23 TouchSmart (model d060qd) definitely has all the specs to make anyone happy. However, is it right for everyone? Let’s find out.

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Intel SSD 525 mSATA range promises 550MB/s through 6GB/s pipe

, Jan 28th 2013 Discuss [0]

Intel has launched a new mSATA drive, the SSD 525 Series, targeting ultrabooks and other compact systems that want high-speed solid-state performance. Packing a 6Gb/s connector - the first mSATA model in Intel's range to do so - the new SSD is a mere 10g but is goo for up to 550MB/s read rates and 520 MB/s write rates. Read The Full Story

SlashGear Morning Wrap-up: January 28th, 2013

, Jan 28th 2013 Discuss [0]

Here at the start of 2013 we've got a whole lot of color changes going on, today's being the Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 7.0 and its switch-over to Garnet Red - sound like a Valentine's Day winner to you? You'll be able to have a peek at the newest trailer for BioShock Infinite as well as see the death of a patent troll by the hands of NewEgg. The teams at Ford, Daimler, and Renault-Nissan are letting the world know that fuel-cell cars will be a reality by 2017. And there's a monkey in Iran that's been to space and back. Read The Full Story
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