Chromebooks could be on sale for under $100 during Black Friday 2016. With the rise of online shopping, Black Friday has lost a bit of its luster — or insanity, depending on your point of view. But despite Amazon extending the shopping holiday to the whole month of November, and Cyber Monday rivaling its brick-and-mortar […]
Moore’s Law may be coming to an end, but chipmakers are not slowing down. Chipmaking has never been easy. But for much of the last 50 years, the recipe was relatively straightforward: shrink the transistors at a steady pace, and use the increased density to either boost performance (and reduce power) or add new features. […]
InFocus Kangaroo Notebook Last year, InFocus — best known for its projectors or other collaborative tech products — launched the Kangaroo Mobile Desktop, a tiny $99 Windows 10 PC that could connect to any screen and fit in your shirt pocket. Earlier this year, it followed that up with the Mobile Desktop Pro, a more […]
The Google Nexus 7, previously manufactured by Asus. The tablet market might be on a downswing, especially for smaller slates, but that doesn’t seem to be deterring some major tech names from continuing to invest in the form factor. Amazon has just released a new Kindle Fire HD 8 that integrates its Alexa voice-recognition software, […]
Razer Blade gaming laptop It may not have done anything as crazy as launch a $5,000 21-inch notebook with a curved screen, but Razer continues to refine its gaming laptop lineup, announcing updates to its Razer Blade and Blade Stealth systems at this week’s IFA tradeshow in Berlin. While the Blade received a graphics boost, […]
Intel’s DC P3520 SSD for data centers with 3D NAND technology 3D NAND technology — which allows cells to be stacked vertically, improving density and increasing capacity in smaller confines — has quickly moved from the cutting-edge of solid-state storage to an increasingly mainstream feature of new drives. Samsung is using it in the mega-capacity […]
New applications are driving demand for faster and more efficient vision processing. (Source: Ceva) The Hot Chips conference, now in its 28th year, is known for announcements of “big iron” such as the Power and SPARC chips behind some of the world’s fastest systems. But these days the demand for processing power is coming from […]
HP Omen X Desktop It’s been nearly a decade since HP purchased VoodooPC as a way to bring a boutique touch to its desktop lineup. In the subsequent ten years, Voodoo’s signature Omen brand, logo, and aesthetic have grace a number of systems, even going “Pro” in the form of a mobile workstation last year. […]
HP Stream x360 convertible laptop HP launched the Stream line of laptops a couple of years ago as Microsoft started its push to get Windows into lower-cost devices. At the $199 price point and with its thin, colorful chassis, the Stream notebooks was designed to compete with the emerging Chromebook threat. The original Streams shipped […]
The Mi Notebook Air is Xiaomi’s first laptop. A quick Google search for “Xiaomi” and “Apple” gives a hint at how the Chinese manufacturer is perceived compared to the U.S. tech giant: “Xiaomi Apple clone,” “Xiaomi Apple copycat,” and “Xiaomi Apple ripoff” are related searches that are suggested for users seeking further information. With its […]