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We're going to keep this week's deal post short and sweet, thanks to the magic of HTML lists—and because writing lists in prose is, like,...

Type: News story Tags: Storage Memory Mobile computing Gaming Personal tech

Samsung revealed its next-generation Galaxy S4 smartphone yesterday. Ars Technica has the goods on the new Android flagship, which seems to be more...

Type: News story Tags: Mobile computing Personal tech

Amazon has fired the latest shot in the ongoing tablet price war. This...

Type: News story Tags: Personal tech

This week in our roundup of miscellaneous announcements, we have news of fresh products from Corsair and Thermaltake. We also have the skinny on an...

Type: News story Tags: Cases Cooling Miscellaneous Memory

Although Steve Jobs derided 7" tablets in public, he was apparently more enthusiastic about the idea behind closed doors. Jobs believed there would...

Type: News story Tags: Mobile computing Personal tech

I've been spending a fair bit of time with Windows convertible tablets lately. I reviewed the Samsung ATIV Smart PC Pro 700T last week,...

Type: Blog post Tags: Mobile computing Windows Personal tech

Wearable computers are apparently the future. We have smartphones in our pockets nearly all of the time, so we're not far off already. ...

Type: News story Tags: Personal tech

There's a new PCI Express standard on the way, and it's tailored specifically for mobile devices like smartphones, tablets, and ultra-thin laptops. Dubbed Mobile PCI...

Type: News story Tags: Mobile computing Personal tech

This Windows 8 convertible has x86 ultrabook guts, an 11.6" 1080p display, and speedy solid-state storage. Attach it to the bundled keyboard dock, and...

Type: Feature article Tags: Mobile computing Personal tech

At the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona this week, Lenovo introduced three new Android-based tablets due out in the second quarter of the year. ...

Type: News story Tags: Mobile computing Personal tech

Likely thanks to Intel's new Clover Trail+ Atom processor, you may soon be able to buy a smartphone running the full-fat version of Windows...

Type: News story Tags: Mobile computing Personal tech

The Mobile World Congress is still raging on in Barcelona, and the flood of related announcements isn't showing any signs of receding. Today, we're knee-deep...

Type: News story Tags: CPUs Graphics Mobile computing Personal tech

At the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain today, Intel rolled out some...

Type: News story Tags: Mobile computing Personal tech

Everyone was expecting HP to unveil an Android tablet. Well, here it is. This isn't the Tegra 4-powered contraption we were told about, though....

Type: News story Tags: Mobile computing Personal tech

For a little while, I've been casually watching the development of quadrocopters like the Parrot AR.Drone. The camera-equipped, iPhone-controlled Parrot is a pretty...

Type: News story Tags: Miscellaneous Personal tech

Smartphones are true marvels of modern technology. Although inherently limited by their...

Type: Blog post Tags: Displays Mobile computing Personal tech

Well, that leak was pretty much right on the mark. Google has made the Chromebook Pixel official, and the system indeed has a high-DPI...

Type: News story Tags: Mobile computing Personal tech

Convertible tablets are here to stay. Heck, I'd expect them to become the norm rather than the exception, at least as far as Windows 8...

Type: News story Tags: Mobile computing Personal tech