Hardware

[More from Mashable: Intel Set-Top Box Uses Face Recognition to Target Ads to You [VIDEO]] Another interesting fact about Vizio’s machines: None of them have optical drives — not even the all-in-ones. As Apple and others have pointed toward, this … Continue reading →

Compatibility with Mac OS X Time Machine also makes the MiniStation Thunderbolt … flexibility and simplicity to personal computing said Jason Ziller, Intel’s director of Thunderbolt marketing, “Products like the Buffalo’s MiniStation Thunderbolt …

In a move that can only be good for consumers, Intel is apparently putting pressure on Ultrabook component suppliers to minimise the costs of super-slim laptop production. With Apple lowering the cost of it’s new Sandy Bridge-powered MacBook Air line-up … Continue reading →

Microsoft reportedly concluded that it must have its own tablet and is involved in the hardware design too. The Wrap reported it is a “Microsoft-manufactured tablet,” that would “put the company in direct competition with giant rival Apple.”

Demand for tablet computers is growing faster than earlier forecasts, driven by strong demand for the iPad from Apple SAN FRANCISCO: Demand for tablet computers is growing faster than earlier forecasts, driven by strong demand for the iPad from …

giving competition to features of both Apple iPad and Macbook Air simultaneously. Intel unveiled a wireless charging feature, whereby a smartphone kept near an Ultrabook could be auto- charged. Greg Bryant, Intel’s Asia Pacific GM, declined to …

Like Apple did with its Mac Mini, Vizio has opted to drop the optical drive in the all-in-one desktops, as well as its laptop PCs. The two all-in-one desktops can be configured with a dual-core Intel Core i3 or 2.5-GHz … Continue reading →

It boasts a 2,880×1,800-pixel resolution Retina Display screen, an HDMI port (an Apple first), USB 3.0, discrete Nvidia graphics, and the requisite Intel Ivy Bridge CPU, and Thunderbolt connections. However, starting at a whopping $2,199 …

NEW YORK: Samsung and Apple have captured more than half the global market for smartphones and over 90 per cent of its profits, a research firm said Friday. ABI Research said global smartphone shipments grew 41 per cent year-over-year to … Continue reading →

This just in: Apple (NAS: AAPL) really, really doesn’t want you tinkering with its beautiful hardware. OK, maybe that’s not a huge shock. Cupertino has a long history of locking down both hardware and software to protect the integrity of … Continue reading →