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HGST Expands Notebook Drive Capacity to 1.5TB

Posted 05/21/2013 at 8:52am | by Paul Lilly

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Big storage, little drive.

HGST, a wholly owned subsidiary of Western Digital, announced on Tuesday what it claims is the highest storage density of any hard drive and highest capacity HDD for the mainstream mobile market, the Travelstar 5K1500. The new Travelstar 5K1500 is purportedly the industry's first 9.5mm to offer 1.5TB of storage capacity, though that's not all it brings to the table. High shock protection and low power performance are also traits of HGST's newest HDD.

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Sony Teases PlayStation 4 Console Reveal Ahead of Microsoft's Xbox Announcement

Posted 05/20/2013 at 12:26pm | by Paul Lilly

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It's 'Game-on' between Sony and Microsoft.

Sony today provided a first glimpse of what its next generation PlayStation 4 (PS4) console will look like, though a quick peek is all you get. The reveal comes in the form of a 39-second YouTube clip that flashes between various different close-ups and a blurry shot of the square-shape console as the camera moves increasingly closer, though never coming into focus. Sony is planning to fully unveil the PS4 at E3 on June 10.

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Retina Smetina, Samsung Showcases 13.3-inch Notebook with 3200x1800 Resolution

Posted 05/20/2013 at 12:03pm | by Paul Lilly

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More pixels than you can shake a MacBook Pro at.

Samsung is taking high resolution displays seriously these days. How serious? Enough to launch a 13.3-inch WQXGA+ laptop at the Society for Information Display's (SID) Display Week 2013 convention in Vancouver. That works out to a 3200x1800 display resolution, packing more pixels per inch (276 PPI) than Google's Chromebook Pixel (239 PPI) or Apple's MacBook Pro 13 (227 PPI).

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Changing PC Landscape Puts the Pinch on BIOS Designers

Posted 05/20/2013 at 9:10am | by Paul Lilly

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Singing the BIOS blues.

It's the little guy that often gets overlooked in various circumstances, and when it comes to computers in general, BIOS makers fit that description, even though their chips and code play a big role in the operation of your PC. Like every other PC player, BIOS designers are feeling the hurt from weakening PC sales, leaving them to find alternative means to flip a profit amid a changing market place.

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Logitech Z323 Review

Posted 05/17/2013 at 2:20pm | by Michael Brown

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2.1-Channel Speaker System offer cheap thrills

Logitech has built more computer speakers over the years than just about any manufacturer, and it’s learned a thing or two about building decent low-cost models. Take the 2.1-channel Z323 system: We could name any number of speaker systems that sound better, but few that are priced better.

Note: This review originally appeared in the March 2013 issue of the magazine.

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Dell's Profits Plunge 79 Percent as PC Maker Mulls Its Future

Posted 05/17/2013 at 9:02am | by Paul Lilly

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Dude, who's getting Dell?

Dell's future is as uncertain as it's ever been, and not just because the PC market is in a slump as consumers flock to mobile devices. The other major unknown is whether Dell will ultimately accept Michael Dell's proposed $24.4 billion buyout offer and go private, or if the board will be swayed by Carl Icahn's alternate deal that would keep the company public. As all this unfolds, Dell (the company) is seeing its profits get sucked into a vortex of uncertainty.

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Velocity Micro Raptor MultiPlex XL Review

Posted 05/16/2013 at 2:30pm | by Gordon Mah Ung

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Is there still room for big a HTPC?

It’s hard to talk about Velocity Micro’s new MultiPlex machine without thinking back more than 15 years ago, to the earliest days of “PC-TVs” and “PC Theaters.”

Note: This review initially appeared in the March 2013 issue of the magazine.

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MiniX Neo X5 Review

Posted 05/16/2013 at 12:14pm | by Gordon Mah Ung

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Meet the android on TV box

We have some bad news for you and you’re not going to like it, as few parents ever want to hear anything negative about their baby. Well, here it is: Your so-called Smart TV really isn’t that smart.

Note: This review originally appeared in the March issue of the magazine.

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Nvidia GeForce GTX 780 Still Headed for a May 23 Release

Posted 05/16/2013 at 8:33am | by Paul Lilly

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Rumors point to the GTX 780 launching next week.

Near the beginning of the month, news and rumor site Fudzilla reported that Nvidia was planning to launch its GeForce GTX 780 graphics card on May 23 at 6:00 AM PDT. That date is now only a week away, and so far, things are looking good. Withing naming anyone, Fudzilla says it's now heard from "multiple sources" that the May 23 launch date is accurate, at which time Nvidia's hardware partners will debut reference clocked cards.

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Lenovo, Best Buy Now Accepting Pre-orders for IdeaPad Yoga 11s Convertible

Posted 05/16/2013 at 7:56am | by Paul Lilly

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Is Yoga in your summer plans?

Lenovo first began showing off its IdeaPad Yoga 11S at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas this past January, and now four months later, you can place your pre-order on Lenovo's website or through Best Buy, the latter of which will carry the hybrid laptop in stores starting June 23. Why is it called Yoga? Simply put, Lenovo's convertible bends in ways that makes our back ache just looking at it.

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