Microsoft’s modular PC patent is as clever as it is unrealistic
Microsoft dreams of a modular PC that makes replacing hardware components a breeze. We've heard this one before.
Microsoft dreams of a modular PC that makes replacing hardware components a breeze. We've heard this one before.
Users who have Dell Windows-based laptops, desktops, tablets and other devices that were bought before August should check if their systems have the self-signed eDellRoot certificate that can compromise their private communications.
Intel is carving out a lot more room for storage in its "Next Unit of Computing" bare-bones PCs.
With Windows 8 bearing a good share of the blame for the declining PC market, HP is falling back on Windows 7 for its latest marketing push. The world's second largest computer maker recently began promoting PCs loaded with Windows 7 on its U.S. website, buoyed by an email marketing push.
You've bumped your phone, you've bumped your speaker, and you may have even bumped your laptop or printer, but you've never been able to bump your desktop--until now. Asus has announced the M70 PC, a tower the company claims is the first NFC-enabled desktop PC. (We'll give 'em the nod for being the first NFC-enabled tower PC, but HP's Spectre One all-in-one had NFC all the way back in January.)
Something ominous occurred earlier this week: Amid all the talk about the Windows 8.1 release date, Lenovo quietly announced that it shipped more mobile devices than desktops and laptops in the second quarter.
Samsung has expanded its Ativ PC line with new tablets, thin-and-light laptops, and just a touch of Android.
HP's consumer PC sales continue to languish, but the game's not over yet--certainly not on the company's new Envy Rove, a 20-inch all-in-one that can lay flat for multiplayer games. The company also announced a raft of other all-in-ones and desktops today.
Smartphones and tablets are taking over our lives, but don't forget about the PC.
Some of the features that set these PCs apart are speed, upgrade flexibility, and performance
AMD has announced that processors based on its much-anticipated Piledriver architecture are now available to the public, in a move that marks the company's competitive return to the world of high-end desktop PCs.
AMD has introduced its mainstream processors, the Fusion A-series, as part of its accelerated processing unit (APU) range which the vendor claims will revolutionise the computers industry.