15 incredible Windows Phone apps that don't cost a penny
Byline Elissa Loi15 incredible Windows Phone apps that don't cost a single centWindows naysayers would describe the Windows Phone Store as a desolate landscape, void of any form of intelligent app life...
View ArticleKinect for Windows v2 now available for pre-order
Byline Sam KieldsenKinect for Windows v2 now available for pre-orderMicrosoft has made its Kinect for Windows v2 sensor available for pre-order online.The sensor, which will be sent out from 15th July...
View ArticleWindows laptops gearing up to battle Chromebooks for low-end supremacy
Byline Andrew HaywardAcer Aspire ES1Despite grumbles from traditional PC users, low-end Chromebooks are starting to take off—and Microsoft doesn’t want to give away that portion of the notebook market...
View ArticleSharks Cove is Microsoft's answer to Raspberry Pi
Byline Sam KieldsenSharks Cove is Microsoft's answer to Raspberry PiListen up, tiny computer fans! Microsoft has just launched the Sharks Cove, its Windows-based answer to the Raspberry Pi – although...
View ArticleMicrosoft tech turns frantic GoPro footage into slick, stable time-lapse clips
Byline Andrew HaywardGoProGoPro, Google Glass, and other first-person-centric personal video cameras have made it easy to capture your antics and adventures, but having a heap of juddering,...
View ArticleAlienware's new Area-51: a triangle of sheer gaming power
Byline Sam KieldsenAlienware's new Area-51: a triangle of sheer gaming powerThe Triad chassis: coming to bring eye-gouging 4K graphics to a spare bedroom near youAdd to video view WTF is that?It’s...
View ArticleAsus reboots the netbook with Windows 8.1, plus debuts world’s slimmest...
Byline Andrew HaywardAsus EeeBook X205Return of the netbook? That’s not something we expected to say coming out of IFA, but at least in name, that appears to be true: Asus is rebooting its past EeeBook...
View ArticleHP Sprout is a PC with a 3D scanner and huge tactile touchpad
Byline Sam KieldsenHP Sprout is a PC with a 3D scanner and huge tactile touchpadHP has just announced an oddity of a PC, and it’s actually rather exciting.Dubbed the Sprout (no, we’re not quite sure...
View ArticleHP’s slim Omen gaming laptop sets its sights on the Razer Blade
Byline Andrew HaywardHP OmenEver since announcing its company split, HP has shown renewed gusto. The 3D-modeling Sprout desktop is fascinating and new, but even a gaming laptop is fresh territory for...
View ArticleCES 2015: HP unveils Mini Desktops: cheap Windows 8.1 PCs you can hold in the...
Byline Andrew HaywardHP Stream Mini DesktopHP made good on its promise to have a sub-US$200 Windows laptop in stores before Christmas, and now it’s going one step further: a tiny desktop computer...
View ArticleCES 2015: Intel’s Compute Stick looks like a Chromecast, but puts a Windows...
Byline Andrew HaywardIntel Compute StickThe Google Chromecast, Roku Streaming Stick, and Amazon Fire TV Stick have made full set-top boxes less essential for media streaming, and now Intel wants to do...
View ArticleWindows 10 will be a free upgrade - even for Windows 7 users
Byline Andrew HaywardWindows 10 conferenceWindows 10 is such a big upgrade to the operating system that Microsoft skipped a whole version number in naming it. And the company will reward anyone that...
View ArticleVaio revives Z series with a pair of transformable laptops
Byline Andrew HaywardVaio Z CanvasLast February, Sony sold off its Vaio PC line - while always distinctive, it had lost a step with consumers. But now under the rule of Japanese Industrial Partners...
View ArticleStandard Surface 3 with full Windows reportedly launching soon
Byline Andrew HaywardMicrosoft Surface RTWindows RT has more or less been kicked to the curb, as Microsoft revealed that devices running the half-baked operating system won’t get the Windows 10 upgrade...
View ArticleFully Charged: Halo on iPhone, Cyanogen aligns with Microsoft, and GTA5 in VR
Byline Andrew HaywardHalo: Spartan StrikeFriday’s here, but the week isn’t done yet: let our morning news roundup get your day rollingAdd to video view Halo games come to iPhone and iPadEmbedded...
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