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The Very Flexible Lenovo IdeaPad Yoga

David on 2012-01-13
In Laptops

Lenovo are introducing a new concept to the world of ultrabooks, it is called the IdeaPad Yoga for good reason, because this is a laptop that can get into all sorts of different positions, from standard laptop to tablet and a few in between too.

HP Shows off the Envy 14 Spectre

David on 2012-01-12
In Laptops

HP have made a serious attempt to crack the ultrabook market with their latest addition to their range the Envy 14 Spectre, it offers plenty of features and a whole range options for the buyer to choose from, making this a very interesting laptop indeed. There are so many features to talk about that we had better just go straight into what the Envy 14 Spectre has to offer.

Dell shows off the XPS 13

David on 2012-01-11
In Laptops

Dell has launched its first ultrabook; they have named it the XPS 13, not to be confused with the XPS Studio 13, which is different. However, this new step into the world of the ultrabook is a clever move for Dell considering that they recently announced the discontinuation of the Dell Mini range netbooks.

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Lenovo Launches The IdeaPad S200 and S206

David on 2012-01-10
In Laptops

Lenovo have come out with a whole range of computers including a pair of netbooks, the IdeaPad S200 and S206. However, they are not expected to be going on sale until June, which is a bit strange and something of a disappointment for buyers will be the four hour battery life and the choice of processors.

PC Koubou launches the Lesance BTO CLG667 TYPE-GXR

David on 2012-01-09
In Laptops

PC Koubou may not be one of the most famous laptop brands in the global arena, but at home in Japan this is brand to be seen with, their laptops and PC’s are legendary with the Japanese gamer market and now the company is about to unleash the Lesance BTO CLG667 TYPE-GXR 15.6 inch laptop!

LG to launch new an all new 3D Ultrabook

David on 2012-01-07
In Laptops

Next week on the 10th January, the CES 2012 will open its doors in Las Vegas and it seems that the Ultrabook will be featuring heavily this year in the laptop sections. One manufacturer LG, have already spoke of their intentions with Press Release that officially announces the LG P535 Cinema 3D notebook to the media and gaming community.

News

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 [...]

Laptops

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

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 [...]

Offbeat

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 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 [...]

Software

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 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 [...]

Mobile

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 [...]