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Zotac has beefed up its Zbox lineup with two new models based on Ivy Bridge processors. Until now, the company's most powerful mini PC...

Type: News story Tags: CPUs Systems

Microsoft is getting awfully chatty about Windows Blue this week. Yesterday, company CFO and marketing chief Tami Reller teased the upcoming OS update. Now,...

Type: News story Tags: Operating systems Windows

Traditional hard drive makers have been slow to get into the SSD business,...

Type: News story Tags: Storage Servers Workstations

How's Windows 8 selling? About as well as Windows 7 did three years ago, judging by numbers posted this morning on the official Windows...

Type: News story Tags: Windows

Since their debut five years ago, Intel's Atom microprocessors have relied on the same basic CPU core. Next-gen Atoms will be based on the...

Type: Feature article Tags: CPUs Mobile computing Personal tech

Valve's collection of Linux-friendly games has grown. On Friday, the developer announced a Left 4 Dead 2 beta for the alternative OS. ...

Type: News story Tags: Gaming Operating systems

Windows 8 tablets keep getting cheaper. The latest models are available for well under $500, and if that early listing we saw last week...

Type: News story Tags: Mobile computing Windows

Swapping out a mechanical drive for an SSD is usually pretty easy. Transferring your OS installation can be more difficult. Fret not, though, because Corsair...

Type: News story Tags: Storage

Add another image to the growing pile of shots teasing Gigabyte's upcoming Haswell motherboards. So far, we've seen board close-ups and an

Type: News story Tags: Motherboards

Oh Paperwhite, my sweetest Paperwhite In softness clad, and black as moonless night Submerged in...

Type: Blog post Tags: Personal tech

This week in our look at miscellaneous tidbits and announcements, we bring you fresh news from ASRock, Cougar, Noctua, Scythe, and Zotac: ...

Type: News story Tags: Graphics Motherboards Power Cooling Storage

Gigabyte continues to tease us with brief glimpses of its upcoming Haswell goodies. A handful of tightly cropped board shots were released a...

Type: News story Tags: Motherboards Software

Market research firm IHS iSuppli has peered into its crystal ball and made some predictions about notebook storage. Hybrid configurations that combine mechanical...

Type: News story Tags: Storage Mobile computing

Now that the Google Glass Explorer program is in full swing, we're starting to learn more about the device. A few days ago, developer...

Type: News story Tags: Mobile computing Personal tech

This Windows 8 tablet has an Atom processor, solid battery life, and a $430 price tag. Is it compelling as a tablet, and can...

Type: Feature article Tags: Mobile computing Personal tech

Earlier this morning, Fortune posted a story saying Corsair was about to...

Type: News story Tags: Multimedia Cases Cooling Input devices

Modern tablets come in all shapes and sizes, and even more variety may be on the way. SamMobile has published purported details on...

Type: News story Tags: Mobile computing Personal tech

Despite their bargain-basement prices, Chromebooks just don't seem to be that popular. Web tracking firm NetMarketShare says the Chrome OS-powered machines make up...

Type: News story Tags: Mobile computing Operating systems