Asus shows off the new ZENBOOK UX31E-RY256S

Asus shows off the new ZENBOOK UX31E-RY256S

The Taiwan based computer maker Asus simply cannot stop bringing out new models and designs, they are like a machine that just keeps going and the firms latest offering the ZENBOOK UX31E-RY256S is yet another example.

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LG will release the Z430 Ultrabook during Q1

LG will release the Z430 Ultrabook during Q1

LG have raised the stakes when it comes to ultrabooks with the new Z430 laptop, this is a real smart looking machine finished in polished metal and as light as a laptop could be. The Z430 is not currently available but is definitely worth the wait to see if is actually does live up to the standards that LG claim.

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Take a look at the new HP Pavilion dm4-3000

Take a look at the new HP Pavilion dm4-3000

The newly released Pavilion dm4-3000 from HP is one of those laptops that offers so many options and upgrades that is difficult to see where an average set up would be. So in this case are using the suggested HP package as base, but this is not by any means the top of the range or even the entry level machine.

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Massive savings on Lenovo ThinkPad X130e

Massive savings on Lenovo ThinkPad X130e

Now before we start here on the smart looking Lenovo ThinkPad X130e, we have an issue that will concern many consumers and it is about price. Lenovo have this practice of having an advertised price and a web price, in the case the advertised price starts from $938, yet the web price is merely $429 that is a saving of $509! What is that all about? We know that there are marketing gimmicks and of course, offers to encourage pre-ordering. But that is one big drop in price for laptop that has not even been launched yet.

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Asus Expands Its Range With The Eee PC 1225B

Asus Expands Its Range With The Eee PC 1225B

The thing about launching a new 11.6 inch laptop into an already busy marketplace is always going to be a challenge, but if anyone can do it, Asus can. The Eee PC 1225B is smart looking piece of kit and it has the added bonus of being powered by AMD’s most powerful E-series accelerated processor the Brazos E-450. This laptop has nice clean lines and comes in a choice of colour, Matte Gray, Red or Silver and Glossy Black or White, other than that it looks very similar to other Asus models still available.

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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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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 [...]

Eurocoms Panther 4.0 is a monster

Eurocoms Panther 4.0 is a monster

When Eurocom announce a new laptop, it is something that cannot be missed for any reason and the Panther 4.0 will make you pleased that your took time out to take a look for like its name the Panther 4.0 is a real beast of a machine. The first that you will notice is the [...]

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 [...]

Modern Language Wars: A Look at PHP, Python and Ruby on Rails

Modern Language Wars: A Look at PHP, Python and Ruby on Rails

The world of programming has a wide variety of languages, as different from one another as English and Greek. Sites such as Google and YouTube were built in Python, which dates back to 1991, while Twitter and Hulu were built on Ruby’s rails (1995) and Wikipedia and Facebook were constructed in PHP (also introduced in [...]

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 [...]

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). But are tablets really taking over? Will they replace the laptop as the mobile computer [...]