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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

Intel has named its new CEO. Current Chief Operating Officer Brian Krzanich...

Type: News story Tags: CPUs Mobile computing

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

If you know where to look, you can already find some pretty inexpensive Windows 8 notebooks with touch screens. There's the Asus VivoBook X202E we...

Type: News story Tags: Mobile computing

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

AMD's next-generation Temash SoC is coming soon, and one system based on the...

Type: News story Tags: CPUs Mobile computing

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

Last week, Intel CEO Paul Otellini revealed that touch-friendly notebooks based on the firm's upcoming Bay Trail Atom refresh would cost as little as...

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

One of the downsides of today's Ivy Bridge-powered convertible tablets is their mediocre battery life. For example, the Samsung ATIV Smart PC Pro 700T we...

Type: News story Tags: Mobile computing

Corsair is known for its large, roomy enthusiast cases, but it hasn't dabbled in smaller form factors. That's changing today with the new Obsidian...

Type: News story Tags: Cases

Market research firm Strategy Analytics has released tablet shipment numbers for the first quarter of 2013. The overall market continues to expand, with shipments of...

Type: News story Tags: Mobile computing Personal tech

Last week, Microsoft CFO Peter Klein confirmed the impending arrival of mini Windows tablets. Few specifics have been made public, but thanks to French...

Type: News story Tags: Mobile computing Personal tech

With the demand for traditional towers dwindling, a lot of the action in the desktop PC industry seems to be focused on all-in-one systems similar...

Type: News story Tags: Systems Mobile computing

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

Type: News story Tags: Storage Servers

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