Hardware

In this race for consumer attention, retailers such as Wal-Mart are suddenly competing against Netflix, Apple and Google … an anthropologist at chipmaker Intel who explores how humans relate to technology. “What’s been remarkable is the extraordinary …

It also keeps hardware costs down. If Apple unveils two iPhones at this week’s event, one of them could be the cheaper version that would be heavily cloud-based. One of the more cryptic teases in Apple’s invite was the “1” … Continue reading →

It also keeps hardware costs down. If Apple unveils two iPhones at this week’s event, one of them could be the cheaper version that would be heavily cloud-based. One of the more cryptic teases in Apple’s invite was the “1” … Continue reading →

Dell is going to go after Apple’s MacBook Air again … That timing would also coincide with Intel’s announcement of its next-generation processor dubbed Ivy Bridge–expected to drive Ultrabook sales from the spring of 2012. Ivy Bridge supports USB …

But Apple persisted and perfected the design (Dell did not … how they define the computing experience and the hardware that makes them tick. He has served as an editor at large at CNET News and a contributing reporter to … Continue reading →

Just ask Microsoft, Dell, HP, Toshiba, Viewsonic, and dozens of other low-cost hardware and software makers on how their cheaper-is-better strategy is working against Apple. The hardware “story” here is no story at all. The news for business users is … Continue reading →

WITH Apple widely expected to release its iPhone 5 on Tuesday … I found that a vibrating phone came in third, behind only the Intel chime and the sound of a baby giggling. Phantom vibration syndrome is the term I … Continue reading →

The modest store in London’s Tottenham Court Road may be a small starting point, but it could be a signal of the internet search engine giant’s intent to take on Apple. Google has … company will give it a “credible … Continue reading →

Between the popularity of Apple’s iPad and the looming threat of Amazon’s Kindle … A set of capacitive navigation buttons rotate from portrait to landscape mode depending on the hardware’s orientation, reducing the chance of accidental presses.

But Apple’s interest in the device has waned–in fact, Apple hasn’t even refreshed the iPod Classic’s hardware since September 2009, which is basically an eternity for an Apple product. Beginning of the End The beginning of the end for the … Continue reading →