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Lenovo ThinkPad Helix and IdeaPad Yoga 11S revealed to flip for Windows 8

, Jan 6th 2013 Discuss [0]

The Lenovo notebook lineup is vast here at the start of 2013 at the Consumer Electronics Show, and what with the ThinkPad Helix offering a whole new way to work with a convertible PC, the Windows 8 era appears to be in full swing. With the ThinkPad Helix you've got not just a new tablet, not just a new Ultrabook, but a machine that acts as both with a third way to utilize the Windows 8 touch universe in a whole new way. Then there's the IdeaPad Yoga 11S, an upgrade of the Yoga lineup from 2012, here bringing tiny lightning claps in a whole new set of colors, too, including Cotton Candy Pink. Read The Full Story

Lenovo Erazer X700 PC hands-on: beastly gaming in a sharp tower

, Jan 6th 2013 Discuss [0]

This week the folks at Lenovo have brought forth a beast: the Lenovo Erazer X700 takes on the gaming universe with a hammer-like appearance. This machine is taking on everything Lenovo knows about making the casing and surrounds a set of innards that includes dual-graphics support for NVIDIA GeForce or AMD Radeon HD GPUs, 3rd Generation Intel Core CPUs, and a massive amount of RAM: 32GB for the win. Have a peek at this machine up close and personal right here at CES 2013: Unveiled. Read The Full Story

Lenovo IdeaCentre Horizon Table PC makes family gaming gigantic

, Jan 6th 2013 Discuss [0]

You may have read the word "Tablet" in the title of this post, but this unit from Lenovo is actually called a "Table" because of its massiveness. This is the Lenovo IdeaCentre Horizon Table PC, a machine that "can lie flat on any surface" with its 27-inch display for use by two or more people at once - perfect for multi-player games. This machine also works as a desktop machine, but because of the unique nature included in the gaming angle on this beast, Lenovo's created a new word for the cross-over between physical and digital interaction: "phygital". Read The Full Story

Vizio Windows 8 PCs get AMD and touchscreen refresh for 2013

, Jan 6th 2013 Discuss [0]

The full Vizio PC line has gotten a boost for 2013 with what's essentially the same great industrial design we saw first in 2012, coming on this time with AMD internals and full touchscreen displays. Perhaps the most interesting of these updates is the CT14 notebook being refreshed as the CT14T, coming in two models with one on AMD and the other with an Intel Core i7, both of them with the same sharp industrial design to keep them looking nice. Read The Full Story

Vizio Tablet PC leads the CES 2013 charge with 11.6-inches of Windows 8

, Jan 6th 2013 Discuss [0]

This week the folks at Vizio have unleashed the full barrage of Windows 8 machines you'd expect from a burgeoning new manufacturer of such devices, starting with the Vizio Tablet PC. The thing is though, Vizio isn't new, they're only just entering the PC market now, having released several rather aesthetically pleasing (and rather nice to use) machines over the past year. Here during CES 2013, they've jumped in on the tablet market as well. Read The Full Story

Microsoft enticing iOS developers to build apps for Windows

, Dec 28th 2012 Discuss [0]

Both iOS and Android have a ton of apps to choose from -- over 700,000 each, to be exact. However, Windows 8 and Windows RT aren't quite there yet as far as having a rounded out app store. The Windows Store only has 100,000 apps available so far, but Microsoft is working hard to raise that number, to the point where they're wooing iOS developers to build Windows apps. Read The Full Story

Windows Blue reportedly keeps Windows 8 Metro interface

, Dec 26th 2012 Discuss [0]

If you're not a big fan of the Metro-style interface found in Windows 8, then we've got bad news for you. As it turns out, the controversial interface might not be changing much as we move into Windows 9 - yes, Windows 8 has only been available for a couple of months, but that's not stopping the Windows 9 rumors from popping up. According to one poster over on the Taiwanese PCBeta forums, Windows 9, which has been codenamed "Windows Blue," will keep the Metro train rolling whether you like it not. Read The Full Story

Former Microsoft exec Steven Sinofsky gets teaching job at Harvard

, Dec 19th 2012 Discuss [0]

Shortly after the launch of Windows 8 and Windows RT, Steve Sinofsky left Microsoft after spending six years heading up the company's Windows division. However, he announced today that he's returning to Harvard to teach at the university's business school this spring. Previously, Sinofsky served as a "visiting scholar" there in 1998. Read The Full Story

Nokia 10-inch Windows RT tablet due February 2013 tip sources

, Dec 19th 2012 Discuss [0]

The persistent rumor of a Nokia Windows tablet has reignited, with claims that a 10-inch model running Windows RT is in the pipeline for a February 2013 reveal. According to the insiders, Nokia has been in talks with Qualcomm around using the Snapdragon S4 processor for the slate, with a previous 2012 launch schedule put on ice, DigiTimes reports, after Microsoft itself waded into the Windows tablet market.

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Windows Store now accepting PEGI 18 games

, Dec 13th 2012 Discuss [0]

After initially announcing that the Windows Store would not accept "mature content," Microsoft today announced that they're now accepting PEGI 18 games in the Windows Store. This means that popular games such as Mass Effect 3, Dishonored, Deus Ex, and The Walking Dead are now available for purchase directly from Microsoft's store. Read The Full Story

Plex launches native app for Windows 8

, Dec 5th 2012 Discuss [0]

If you've never quite been happy with Microsoft's own Media Center offering for their Windows platform, there's a ton of third-party alternatives. Plex is one of the few that stands out, though, and they have just launched a native app for Windows 8 that takes advantage of the OS's modern UI (a.k.a. Metro). Read The Full Story

VLC launches Kickstarter campaign for Windows 8 app

, Nov 29th 2012 Discuss [0]

VideoLAN, the team behind the popular video player VLC, has launched a Kickstarter campaign in order to raise money to build a native app for Windows 8 and Windows RT. Currently, VLC runs in the desktop mode of Windows 8, but the team is hoping to create a new version that will use the "Metro" style of Microsoft's new operating system. Read The Full Story
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