The new R731/W5UE notebook from Toshiba

The new R731/W5UE notebook from Toshiba

Toshiba has always gone for the high end of the market and with the introduction of the new R731/W5UE notebook; it is safe to say that there is no change there. The R731/W5UE is a premium notebook offering the buyer the highest quality, but as ever this sort of quality comes at a price. The R731/W5UE is a nice looking piece of kit and will work for professionals, those in education and of course gamers too as it offers the high end specs expected by these buyers.

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HP bring out Mini 1104 for pro users

HP bring out Mini 1104 for pro users

HP have brought out a new version on the Mini 110 and Mini 210, it is the Mini 1104 and has been developed with business and education users in mind, it is slightly more expensive than its close relations, but it does come with a whole host of premium features such as the Trusted Platform Module 1.2 embedded security chip.

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Cedar Trail Powered Aspire One Pre-order On Amazon

Cedar Trail Powered Aspire One Pre-order On Amazon

Back in December Acer launched the Aspire One AOD270-1834 it comes with high level Specs for a netbook and it offered the latest Cedar Trail version of the Intel 1.6 GHz Atom N2600 processor! Nevertheless, the delivery of the Cedar Trail chips was delayed, which stopped the Aspire One AOD270-1834 in its tracks.

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The MSI GT783 gaming laptop close up

The MSI GT783 gaming laptop close up

While many of the main laptop manufacturers have been designing laptops that are thin and light in order to compete in the new ultrabook range of computers, MSI have gone the other way by bringing out its latest gaming laptop the GT783.

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Are Tablets Taking Over?

Are Tablets Taking Over?

It’s hard to go to any tech event these days without seeing dozens of people swiping a finger across a tablet screen, playing Angry Birds in glorious HD or live-tweeting on what’s basically a really large smartphone (minus the phone).

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Lenovo launches the ThinkPad T430u ultrabook

Lenovo launches the ThinkPad T430u ultrabook

The world of new laptop computers is dominated by a flood of light, slim and fast starting ultrabooks forget about big and bulky laptops, you can even forget about your desktop PC now for the ultrabook is here now and it seems that consumers like the idea of a highly portable yet powerful computer.

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How Social Media Technology Is Shaping Our Lives

How Social Media Technology Is Shaping Our Lives

Sometimes we forget that there’s a whole lot of technology behind our favorite social media sites. Sometimes it’s a platform, sometimes it’s an app, sometimes it’s software. But looking at the biggest events in social in 2011, it became clear that social media, and the technology that powers it, has an amazing ability to help [...]

The new Portégé M930 from Toshiba

The new Portégé M930 from Toshiba

At the CES 2012 in Las Vegas, the word was that Toshiba would be showing off a new convertible notebook to be called the Portégé M930 and yet on the Toshiba stand this new machine could not be found, had the industry got it wrong? Well no, because the all new Portégé M930 convertible tablet [...]

The Fusion Garage Grid-10 Tablet with Predictive Tech

The Fusion Garage Grid-10 Tablet with Predictive Tech

Fusion Garage has announced the Grid-10, a 10 inch Android tablet that promises a unique user interface and predictive intelligence technology.  Fusion Garage will be hoping this tablet does better than their debut offering in 2009, which was generally considered to be a flop. The Grid-10 features a gesture based user interface, with the only [...]

Apps to Save Your Sanity During the Holidays

Apps to Save Your Sanity During the Holidays

The last few days before Christmas can be among the most insane of the year. Just try going near a mall today. I dare you. And Saturday? Did you know that the Saturday before Christmas long ago overtook the day after Thanksgiving as the busiest shopping day of the year?  When that day is also [...]

Google Chrome 12 – The Fastest Browser In The World?

Google Chrome 12 – The Fastest Browser In The World?

Google Chrome is apparently the fastest browser in the world. At least this is what the results of a recent test, that measured the loading speed of websites, are showing. The test measured load times on broadband connections and it was undertaken from the perspective of regular users. No less than 1.86 billion individual measurements [...]

Booktrack Create Soundtracks for eBooks

Booktrack Create Soundtracks for eBooks

New York startup Booktrack have some big plans for the future of eBooks, with an iOS app to add ambient noise, sound effects, and music to eBooks titles.  The audio is synchronised to the content of a book, relevant to the setting and story line, and available in three distinct layers. Booktrack are claiming that [...]

A New Type of TV that can Watch You

A New Type of TV that can Watch You

A new type of Internet connected television is coming out soon, with built in software and hardware to enable feedback between users, TV content, and the Internet.  In a very real way, this TV will be able to watch you, with websites able to instantly adapt to TV broadcasts and online ads able to respond [...]

The Rise of the Digital Wallet

The Rise of the Digital Wallet

We’ve all heard the credit card advertisement where the customer is asked, “What’s in your wallet?” With the rise of mobile and online payments, it’s more of a question of “What’s on your smartphone?” The rise of Jack Dorsey’s Square and other mobile payment apps – plus mobile apps from eBay and many retailers, where [...]