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Zotac's Zbox Nano AD10 nettop won an Editor's Choice award back in August. Take one look at the thing, and it's easy to...

Type: News story Tags: Systems

Last night's news of Steve Jobs' death has produced a bunch of tributes of various types. For a straightforward obituary, one could do...

Type: News story Tags: Mobile computing Operating systems Mac Personal tech

About an hour ago, as of this writing, Apple posted this simple statement on their website: Apple has lost a visionary and creative genius, and...

Type: Blog post Tags: Miscellaneous Mobile computing Mac Personal tech

Apple founder and former CEO Steve Jobs has died. A tribute page on the Apple website delivers the news, along with a brief note:

Type: News story Tags: CPUs Graphics Systems Miscellaneous Internet Software Mac

We've long complained about the lack of high-density displays in modern laptops. Just about everything from 11.6" ultraportables to 15" desktop replacements seems to be...

Type: News story Tags: Displays Mobile computing

Asus' Eee Pad Transformer is rather unique in the world of tablets, not only because it docks into a keyboard with a built-in battery and...

Type: News story Tags: Mobile computing Personal tech

Surely, at $199, the upcoming Kindle Fire can't be much of a cash cow for Amazon. Or can it? IHS iSuppli has put together an...

Type: News story Tags: Mobile computing Personal tech

Ultrabooks are undoubtedly the next big thing in the laptop world, and all the major PC makers seem to be falling in line. Dell, too,...

Type: News story Tags: Mobile computing

HP is clearly overcome with buyer's remorse over its acquisition of Palm, and the future of the former mobile company and its webOS software...

Type: News story Tags: Mobile computing Personal tech

With a $199 price tag and a 7" display, Amazon's freshly announced Kindle Fire couldn't be more different than the iPad. Amazon may not have...

Type: News story Tags: Mobile computing Personal tech

Recently, I supplemented my desktop's arsenal of hardware with a stand-alone Asus Xonar DX sound card. This upgrade was something of a shot in...

Type: Blog post Tags: Multimedia

This week's release roundup is a doozy. We've got news from Asus, Be quiet!, Cooler Master, NZXT, and Thermaltake. Asus unveils...

Type: News story Tags: Cases Power Cooling Systems

Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos took a page from Steve Jobs's playbook at a keynote in New York City this morning, where he played up the...

Type: News story Tags: Mobile computing Personal tech

A price war is brewing in the nascent ultrabook market, according to CRN. The publication has come upon an early listing for a laptop...

Type: News story Tags: Mobile computing

Here we have our first example of a genuine, honest-to-goodness consumer laptop powered by AMD's latest and greatest accelerated processing unit. How does it...

Type: Feature article Tags: Mobile computing

A senior member of the 3DCenter forums has posted what look like slides revealing AMD's mobile roadmap through 2013. As is usually the...

Type: News story Tags: CPUs Chipsets Mobile computing

No need to dig around rumor sites to try and figure out when the first ultrabooks will show up. Asus has taken care of that...

Type: News story Tags: Mobile computing

If you thought the dramatic ousting of Leo Apotheker would shift HP into reverse, think again. In her first interview as HP CEO, Meg...

Type: News story Tags: Systems