The Chinese company Lenovo has been working on two new ultrabooks that will belong to the IdeaPad line. The upcoming models will be known as U330 and U430 and will replace the current U310 and U410 models. As expected the U330 and U430 ultrabooks will run Windows 8. The IdeaPad U330 will arrive with a 13.3-inch display that works at 1366 x 768 pixel resolution but there will ...
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Apple plans an affordable iPhone
14 June 2013 | Smartphones
A new media report on Apple products claims the famous US company will release an affordable version of the iPhone this fall. The new device will arrive along with the high-end iPhone 6, but will cost less making it possible for millions of people to obtain their first Apple product. Up until now Apple followed a different business model – the latest iPhone model was the company’s flagship...
The future of the cloud
14 June 2013 |
The cloud business model is doing well. Public cloud services are generating revenues of over $110 billion dollars a year and software as a service (SaaS) hit around $15 billion in 2012. Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) is also growing at a pace. In some ways cloud computing is considered to be a little abstract and mysterious. It is true to say that many people are deeply suspicious and even...
AMD releases Athlon X4 760K Richland CPU
13 June 2013 | PC
Just a day after the official release of the rumoured 5 GHz processors by AMD, the US company has added another interesting processor to its price list – the Athlon X4 760K. The new chip belongs to the latest Richland APU family and supports the new FM2 and the upcoming FM2+ sockets. A peculiarity of the new Athlon X4 760K is that it comes without an integrated GPU. Otherwi...
Seasonic works on 1200-watt PSU
13 June 2013 | PC
The Taiwanese power supply unit (PSU) maker Seasonic has announced it will ship a new 1200-watt PSU later this year. The new company product, known as SS-1200XP3, will offer 80 Plus Platinum efficiency and will be capable of working at full load for extended periods of time with no problems whatsoever. Furthermore the new PSU will be fully compatible with the latest AMD FX an...
Nokia quits Symbian OS
13 June 2013 | Smartphones
The mass acceptance of iOS and Android, along with Windows Phone has led to an interesting yet rather logical conclusion – the Finnish Nokia, once a proponent of the operating system Symbian, has officially announced that it will no longer ship smartphones based on this operating system starting this summer. This is the end of a rather unpopular OS that has been on the mark...
Samsung has started work on Galaxy S5
13 June 2013 | Smartphones
Despite the recent release of the Galaxy S4 flagship smartphone the Korean tech company Samsung has reportedly started working on the upcoming Galaxy S5 version, expected next year. The Galaxy S5 is expected to be a radical departure compared to previous Galaxy S smartphones, which were deemed to be following the designs of Apple’s iPhone. One of the ways to distinguish the...
Sony reveals final PlayStation 4 details
12 June 2013 | Gaming
The Japanese tech giant Sony has presented the final specs of its upcoming PlayStation 4 gaming console. The new device measures 162 x 52 x 98 mm and weighs 210 grams. The PlayStation 4 will bet on a minimalist design and will come in a chassis that will include shiny and matte plastics. The PS4 will be based on an eight-core AMD chip with AMD Radeon graphics core that will r...
AMD officially launches FX-9000 series processors
12 June 2013 | PC
The rumored 5 GHz chips by AMD have finally become reality – the US chipmaker has officially unveiled the AMD FX-9000 series line of processors that offer staggering clock speed. Much of the specs are known already – the FX-9000 line consists of two chips – the FX-9370 and FX-9590. Both chips feature eight Piledriver cores, AMD Turbo Core 3.0 technology, support for soc...
Mad Catz presents S.T.R.I.K.E.3 gaming keyboard
12 June 2013 | PC gaming, Peripherals/Accessories
The US company Mad Catz, specialized in making gaming peripherals and various hardware, has unveiled a new gaming keyboard – the S.T.R.I.K.E.3. The new gaming keyboard is fully modular and consists of three parts – two main modules and one additional that serves as a wrist stand. The three modules are also flexible and allow the end user to adjust the keyboard in many way...
Samsung presents Galaxy S4 Zoom
12 June 2013 | Digital cameras, Smartphones
The rumored Galaxy S4 Zoom hybrid device has been officially unveiled by its creator Samsung – a few days before the official launch date of June 20. The Galaxy S4 Zoom is a device, which combines a smartphone with a digital camera. The camera comes with a BSI CMOS sensor with sensitivity of 16 MP and has a 10x optical zoom with an image stabilization system and a special â...
