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Deals of the week: IPS displays, graphics cards, storage, and games
— 5:14 PM on May 17, 2013

We've gathered a pretty nice selection of deals this week. We've got a heavily discounted 23" IPS monitor, a Radeon that's on sale and bundled...

Type: News story Tags: Graphics Storage Displays

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Release roundup: Flash drives, Thunderbolt, and an arcade controller
— 5:09 PM on May 16, 2013

This week on the roundup, we've got news about flash drives from Adata, a Thunderbolt-enabled Haswell mobo from ASRock, and an arcade-style fighting game controller...

Type: News story Tags: Motherboards Storage Input devices

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Report: Windows 8.1 expected in late October
— 11:35 AM on May 16, 2013

Earlier this week, Microsoft announced that Windows 8.1 would be a free upgrade for Windows 8 users. We also learned that a public preview...

Type: News story Tags: Operating systems Windows

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Deal of the week: 4TB for $184, and other goodies
— 5:49 PM on May 10, 2013

We'll keep this week's deal post short and sweet, starting with a few hardware bargains: Seagate's Desktop HDD.15 4TB hard drive...

Type: News story Tags: Power Storage Displays Gaming

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WD explains hybrid tech behind Black SSHDs
— 2:22 PM on May 8, 2013

Ever since WD announced its first SSHDs last month, we've wondered about...

Type: News story Tags: Storage Software

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It's official: Windows Blue public preview coming in June
— 9:11 AM on May 8, 2013

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

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Seagate enters consumer SSD market, adds new enterprise drives
— 10:54 AM on May 7, 2013

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

Type: News story Tags: Storage Servers Workstations

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Microsoft: 100 million Win8 licenses sold, Windows Blue is coming
— 9:17 AM on May 7, 2013

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

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Acer shunning Windows RT—for now
— 6:00 AM on May 6, 2013

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

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Corsair SSD tools help with migration, monitoring
— 11:52 AM on May 3, 2013

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

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Release roundup: Mobo audio, bay adapters, and superclocked Titans
— 5:15 PM on May 2, 2013

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

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IHS iSuppli: Most ultra-slim notebooks to feature hybrid storage configs
— 11:09 AM on May 1, 2013

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

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Intel intros 80GB version of its 335 Series SSD
— 9:04 AM on April 24, 2013

In October of last year, Intel introduced its 335 Series solid-state drive, a SandForce-powered offering based on 20-nm IMFT flash memory. The drive was...

Type: News story Tags: Storage

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WD ships ultra-slim notebook drives, first hybrids
— 7:00 AM on April 23, 2013

WD has begun shipping its first 5-mm notebook drives, and there are hybrid...

Type: News story Tags: Storage

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WD XE hard drive has 10k-RPM spindle speed, 6Gbps SAS interface
— 11:21 AM on April 22, 2013

Western Digital has a new hard drive for the server crowd. The...

Type: News story Tags: Storage Servers

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Rumor: Windows 8.1 will have a Start button, but no Start menu
— 9:10 AM on April 22, 2013

Well, this is a little disappointing. Remember that rumor about Windows 8.1 bringing back the Start button? According to The Verge, which quotes "sources...

Type: News story Tags: Operating systems Windows

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Microsoft confirms mini Windows tablets
— 6:00 AM on April 22, 2013

The rumor mill has been predicting the arrival of smaller Windows tablets for a while. Microsoft lent weight to those predictions when it lowered...

Type: News story Tags: Mobile computing Windows Personal tech

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Deal of the week: A GTX 660 Ti for $255, an SSD for 69 cents/GB, and more
— 5:16 PM on April 19, 2013

Nvidia began bundling Metro: Last Light with higher-end GeForce graphics cards earlier this week. As luck would have it, Newegg has one of those...

Type: News story Tags: Graphics Storage Gaming

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