With the curtains drawn on this year’s Consumer Electronics Show, we take a look at some of the key highlights from the expo. Continuing on last year’s trend, the consumer electronics industry remains focused on tablets, smartphones and laptops. Intel returned to the expo with renewed focus on processors for mobile computing devices and forging significant alliances with the likes of Lenovo and Motorola to take on ARM in the mobile phone sector. A lot of this hardware revolved around Microsoft’s upcoming Windows 8 operating system that is being developed for both desktop and mobile computing. So, it appears that year 2012 will be all about Wintel, which means that its rivals have their work cut out for them. All images courtesy of Reuters Continue Reading »

Samsung has given a taste of things to come, ahead of this year’s Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. The Korean electronics giant has made some of the best displays out there and by the look of things it is going to continue to do so. First up is the Samsung Series 9 quad-HD monitor that is crafted using a Plane Line Switching (PLS) panel. Continue Reading »

As part of its preview ahead of this year’s CES, Samsung has teased us with the Series 7 Smart Station (CB750) that is a follow up to the Central Station. The product has been designed by Samsung as Part HD monitor, part wireless docking station with the ability to find a laptop equipped with the included wireless USB adapter, within a 5-foot radius. Continue Reading »

All tech enthusiasts are eagerly waiting for CES 2012, which will kick off next Tuesday in Las Vegas. It would be interesting show where gadgets makers will reveal their latest products and give us a brief about their product roadmap for 2012. Here is a quick look at a few platforms and technologies that will take center stage at CES 2012. Continue Reading »

According to a report by DigiTimes, Intel has notified its partners (OEM) that it plans to reduce price of processors based on its Sandy Bridge architecture. The processors that will be affected by this price-cut carry the marketing moniker of Core i3 and Corei5 series. According to notebook vendors, this will bring down the price of some Corei3 and Core i5 processors by 10-15%, which will in turn bring down the retail price of notebooks based on these processors. Continue Reading »

Western Digital has developed one terabyte capacity hard-drives for laptop computer that are lightweight and low on power consumption. Dubbed the WD Scorpio Blue, these 9.5mm hard-drives are composed of just two platters with 500GB capacity each. Continue Reading »

There are a wide range of accessories aims at just laptop or notebook users, most of these products help you improve the overall experience of your portable computer. But as most of the products not all these accessories are worth using. Hence, we have listed some essentials which would make using a laptop quite a lot more convenient. Continue Reading »

An often ignored portion of building a new desktop is the cooling and air-flow inside the cabinet, which houses most critical and expensive components of a setup. This process starts with picking the right kind of cabinet; however, that is a discussion for another day. Today we look at some of the cooling options available for desktop computer that can help avoid the detrimental effects of over-heating of components. Lead image courtesy: © Thinkstock photos / Getty Images Continue Reading »

ASUS has launched two new X79 motherboards in the market. One of these mobos is the company's first which features Intel's XMP certified Socket LGA 2011 board. Continue Reading »

Singapore's A*STAR will start shipping a pair of USB devices called iTwin that lets users transfer files between two computers, over the internet. Each of the two USB devices needs to be plugged into the USB port of two computers and both the computers need to be connected to the internet. Continue Reading »