Windows 8 will need less time to install when compared to Windows 7 Microsoft representatives have said at a software forum held in Australia. (more...)...
PC
NVIDIA releases GeForce GTX 650, GTX 660
13 September 2012 | PC
NVIDIA has officially launched what seem to be the last Kepler architecture members – the GeForce GTX 650 and GTX 660 video cards. The new additions will cover the lower end market with Kepler chips and will allow NVIDIA to compete better in this market segment. As to gamers on a budget they will also have the opportunity to experience the latest and greatest NVIDIA architecture. (more...)...
Intel details Haswell at IDF 2012
12 September 2012 | PC
Chip giant Intel has detailed its next generation Haswell architecture at the ongoing IDF 2012 in the USA. (more...)...
Western Digital unveils first 5 mm hybrid hard drive
12 September 2012 | PC, Tablets, Ultrabooks
Western Digital has officially unveiled the world’s first 5 mm hybrid hard drive at the ongoing IDF Tech Showcase. The new drive promises new heights in performance and power savings and will surely appeal to tablet and ultrabook makers. (more...)...
Gigabyte offers Radeon HD 7850 with 1 GB of VRAM
11 September 2012 | PC
The Taiwanese hardware maker Gigabyte has introduced a new Radeon HD 7850 graphics card that features just 1 GB of VRAM, down from the 2 GB specified by AMD for this type of card. The new model is known as GV-R7850OC-1GD and comes with other tweaks too. (more...)...
Intel launches two new budget LGA1155 processors
11 September 2012 | PC
Ivy Bridge has finally made it to the budget market segment with Intel launching two new Ivy Bridge-based Pentium processors – the Pentium G2100T and Pentium G2120. (more...)...
VIA to release Pico-ITX board with quad-core CPU
11 September 2012 | PC
You may not have heard of VIA for a long time now but the Taiwanese company’s still here – and it has the guts to offer cheap but rather interesting hardware solutions every once in a while. Today is such a day and VIA has another one of this breed – a new Pico-ITX board that offers support for quad-core processors! (more...)...
Intel launches Core i3 Ivy Bridge processors
5 September 2012 | PC
After saturating the CPU market with higher end Core i7 and Core i5 processors based on the latest 22 nm Ivy Bridge architecture, Intel has finally released budget-oriented Core i3 processors based on the same technology. (more...)...
Microsoft will allow Windows 8 downgrade
5 September 2012 | PC
Customers purchasing a new Windows 8-based PC will have the right to downgrade the OS to Windows Vista or Windows 7 without paying for two copies, the Windows 8 EULA says. (more...)...
NVIDIA to launch GeForce GTX 660 and GTX 650 on September 12
5 September 2012 | PC
NVIDIA has pretty much covered the entire graphics card market with its Kepler solutions except for a certain market segment – the low-mid end where the Radeon HD 7750/7770 reign. This will however change on September 12 this year. (more...)...
Windows 7 finally overtakes XP
3 September 2012 | PC
According to the latest information by the web tracking company Net Applications Windows 7 has finally overtaken Windows XP in popularity with the event taking place last month. (more...)...
