Which is better: Microsoft Surface Pro 3 or Apple MacBook Air?
If a new laptop in in your future and you aren’t picky about your platform, what do you buy? Link: Which is better: Microsoft Surface Pro 3 or Apple MacBook Air?
View ArticleDirectX 12 delivers 50% less power drain in latest Microsoft demo
DirectX 12 won’t just make your games look better – Microsoft and Intel have demonstrated how it could also improve power consumption by a dramatic 50%. At the SIGGRAPH show in Los Angeles the Windows...
View ArticleMicrosoft shows off DirectX 12, kicks ass in performance and power consumption
The next version of DirectX 12 won’t just make your games look better, Microsoft and Intel just demonstrated it could also improve power consumption by a dramatic 50-percent. At the SIGGRAPH show in...
View ArticleIn depth: Build your first gaming PC: 5 tips from a first-time builder
Why it took me so long to build a PC Hey everyone, my name is Joe, Reviews Editor for TechRadar, and I’ve never built a PC. Until now. Yes, I work for a technology media outlet and have never tangled...
View ArticleNexus 9 leak reveals tablet is in for a 64-bit Tegra K1 treat
Well, what have we here? Yet another eagerly anticipated mobile device is being outed by benchmark tools, and this time it appears to be a new member of Google’s Nexus tablet family. TKTechNews...
View ArticleNexus 9 leak seemingly confirms 64-bit Tegra K1 processor on board
Well, what have we here? Yet another eagerly anticipated mobile device is being outed by benchmark tools, and this time it appears to a new member of Google’s Nexus tablet family. TKTechNews managed...
View ArticleIn Depth: Intel Core M: everything you need to know
Similar to its great buddy Microsoft, Intel found itself horrifically late to the tablet party. Both companies had tried to push the form factor before. The 2002′s Tablet PC was a thick and clunky...
View ArticleMicrosoft’s Xbox One controller for Windows isn’t its only new plaything
Microsoft was clearly unsure how to follow up the bombshell news that it acquired Minecraft developer Mojang for a couple of billions, but announcing a few boring new accessories is probably as good a...
View ArticleAnalysis: Core M benchmarks: Why this CPU is the perfect candidate for the...
The first Broadwell processors from Intel may well have been rather heavily delayed, but we’ve tested the new 14nm Core M CPUs and they some of the most impressive mobile silicon we’ve ever seen. The...
View ArticleAnalysis: Core M benchmarks: Why this CPU is the perfect candidate for the...
The first Broadwell processors from Intel may well have been rather heavily delayed, but we’ve tested the new 14nm Core M CPUs and they some of the most impressive mobile silicon we’ve ever seen. The...
View ArticleGetting Ready for the Software-Defined Data Center
The Software-Defined Data Center (SDDC) is at an early stage in its development but software and hardware vendors are already lining up to sell you SDDC products. EMC recently released its Federation...
View ArticleAnalysis: Pentium FDIV: The processor bug that shook the world
This week we celebrate the 20th anniversary of the FDIV bug, an error in the then-new Intel Pentium processor. It was discovered by Thomas Nicely, a professor of mathematics, on 19 October 1994 and...
View ArticleAutodesk to invest $100m in 3D printing startups
Just a few months after it announced its plans to produce and sell a 3D printer based on its own open-source 3D printing platform called Spark, Autodesk has revealed that it will be investing $100...
View ArticleOpinion: What a spreadsheet taught me about the future of 3D printing
This was supposed to be a hands-on of our first 3D printer here at TechRadar. Instead it turned out to be an eye-opener into how far away we are from user-friendly, plug-and-play 3D printers...
View ArticleInterview: Software-defined storage evolved: from scale-out architecture to SSDs
Introduction Software-defined storage (SDS) is stil a relatively new concept. While its definition varies among vendors it is centred around decoupling storage intelligence from the hardware that data...
View ArticleInterview: Is VDI in need of a health check-up?
Introduction Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) can help businesses in numerous ways. By deploying thin clients to end users and running desktops on virtual machines, rather than on PCs, they allow...
View ArticleIntel CEO vows to make Edison platform even smaller and run on 3V battery
Intel will launch a new version of Edison, one that is likely to be much smaller than the current version and may be unveiled by the end of next year. Speaking at the company’s "Make It Wearable...
View ArticleToshiba expands its wearable device processor lineup
Toshiba subsidiary Toshiba America has expanded its lineup of application processors for wearable devices. The new processor, the TZ1021MBG, is an update of the TZ1001MBG, which Toshiba launched in...
View ArticleThe new Raspberry Pi Model A+ is smaller and cheaper, but just as tasty
Raspberry Pi is getting predictable in its naming schemes, but we won’t complain about that when it results in the smaller and cheaper new Raspberry Pi Model A+. The A+ follows the Raspberry Pi Model...
View ArticleNow you can 3D print your own Raspberry Pi-powered laptop
Ever fancied building your own laptop? Following the launch of the world’s first 3D-printed laptop, which houses a Raspberry Pi micro-computer inside, that dream is now a reality. The crowd-funded...
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