Asus ZenPad Z300M Android tablet Tablets not named “Surface” or “iPad Pro” have hit a rough patch, especially Android models, but that isn’t stopping Asus from updating its ZenPad family of slates. Two new ZenPads will be arriving soon that offer an array of features that put the emphasis on the user’s experience rather than […]
HP EliteBook 1030 business laptop HP is expanding its EliteBook family of premium laptops with the new 1030, which naturally sits between the 1020 and 1040 in the lineup. Like its predecessors, the business notebook offers a sophisticated design — with a correspondingly high-class price tag. The company says it’s squeezed a 13.3-inch screen into […]
AMD teased the Radeon Pro Duo last month as a graphics solution powerful enough for the forthcoming Assassin Creed movie’s virtual reality experience, but waited a few weeks to launch the dual-GPU card in a semi-official manner that mirrors its “tweener” status in the graphics board market. Instead of the usual release hoopla that includes […]
Last month Acer released its first 14-inch Chromebook, and it must think highly of the form factor, as it’s quickly followed that up with a new model with the same size — but with more bells and whistles. As its name suggests, the Chromebook 14 for Work possesses a feature set that Acer hopes will […]
With Microsoft’s decision a couple of years ago to offer Windows at a much cheaper price to manufacturers as a way to entice them to create lower-priced devices that run the OS, a new generation of bargain-priced and modestly spec’d laptops — first running Windows 8, then Windows 10 — have become popular. So popular, […]
Five years ago IBM Watson came to the attention of the world thanks to Jeopardy. The real achievement of Watson, however, wasn’t its victory over Ken Jennings, said Rob High Jr., an IBM Fellow and head of the Watson Group, during his keynote at the GPU Technology Conference. Rather it was Watson’s ability to digest […]
The idea of using GPUs for more than just fun and games is nothing new. It started with niche high-performance computing applications such as seismic data processing for oil and gas, fluid dynamics simulations and options pricing. But now Nvidia thinks it has found its killer app in the form of deep learning. “I think […]
The masochists at iFixit are back at it. After recently prying open the new iPhone 5SE, the teardown specialists have labored over the new iPad Pro 9.7-inch edition — with the usual results for an Apple tablet. It’s no secret that iPads — like many of Apple’s products — are difficult to repair, which is […]
While others have fallen by the wayside, Acer continues to support the Chromebase all-in-one PC platform, but with its latest Chrome-running desktop, the company is shifting its approach from the home to the enterprise. Dubbed Chromebase for meetings, the system has been fine-tuned to support video conferencing. The unit features a 24-inch touchscreen full HD […]
Acer comes right out of the CES gate with a slew of new PCs, including a desktop and laptop that deepen the company’s commitment to Google’s Chrome operating system. Acer (along with LG) has stayed the course with its Chromebase all-in-one (AIO) PC while others have quietly abandoned desktops based on Chrome. A few months […]