Apple debuts refreshed MacBook Air lineup to fight declining PC market
Phil Schiller, Apple’s senior vice president of worldwide marketing, on Monday took the wraps off of the company’s new MacBook Air computers at its Worldwide …
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New MacBook Airs to reportedly launch at WWDC next week
While this year’s WWDC may not be as exciting as those in years past, it should still deliver a much-anticipated refresh of Apple’s MacBook Air …
Video: Windows 8.1 to include new customization, improved search and more
Microsoft on Wednesday posted a video walk-through of its new Windows 8.1 operating system highlighting improvements to the Start screen, search function and more. Microsoft’s …
Seven months after Windows 8’s launch, Vista still more popular and Windows 7 gaining share
We saw plenty of promise in Windows 8 when we first previewed it back in 2012, but consumers and businesses weren’t blown away and PC …
Acer chairman knocks Windows RT yet again
Acer doesn’t seem to be able to make up its mind about Microsoft and its new platforms. Top executives from the company have called Windows …
Next-gen Intel ‘Haswell’ processors with 50% better battery life coming June 4th
Intel’s next-generation processors have been built from the ground up to deliver both improved performance and battery life. Intel’s Haswell platform is based on the …
Leak may confirm new MacBooks from Apple at WWDC
Apple is sure to announce a variety of new products at its Worldwide Developers Conference next week and a recent leak from 9to5Mac confirms that the …
Redesigned Retina MacBook Pro, other new Macs set to debut next week
Apple is expected to debut a number of updated Mac computers during its annual WWDC show this year, and a new report suggests a redesigned …
Google and Raspberry Pi donate to ‘schools of the future’ in Ireland
Google is always looking to push technology forward and in its latest effort has donated €1.5 million, roughly $1.95 million, to Trinity College in Dublin. …
PC shipments projected to crater in 2013, keep declining in 2014
The PC market is in rough shape and new projections from IDC show that we’re probably not even close to hitting bottom yet. According to …
iPad, low-cost Android devices to push tablet sales ahead of notebooks this year
The PC industry is expected to see negative growth for the second consecutive year as consumers continue to favor tablets over notebooks. Research firm IDC …
Samsung to unveil new Android, Windows devices at June 20th press conference
Samsung on Monday said it plans to hold a press conference in London on June 20th to debut several new devices. The company issued invitations …
Next wave of laptops will have 50% better battery life
Windows 8 hasn’t done much to entice people to upgrade their laptop and desktop computers, and PC makers are hurting as a result. While Microsoft’s …
Microsoft’s Kinect comes to Windows next year
With all the emphasis that Microsoft is giving to its redesigned Kinect sensor as a key feature of the Xbox One, it’s not surprising that …
Video: Leap Motion makes the leap to Windows
BGR took an in-depth look at Leap Motion’s revolutionary motion-control PC accessory last year, and we loved the accuracy and shocking reliability of Leap’s technology. The controller …
Leak points to ‘5G Wi-Fi’ in next-gen Macs
It has been reported that Apple’s next-generation MacBooks will support gigabit Wi-Fi connectivity, evidence of which was discovered in a recent OS X developer build. The …
Touch is taking over: Touchscreen laptop shipments climbed to 4.57 million in Q1
Microsoft’s Windows 8 platform hasn’t exactly been the catalyst PC makers were looking for as sales continue to slide, but the new operating system does …
Samsung takes on Google and Apple with highest-resolution notebook display in the world
Samsung on Monday announced a new super-high resolution display for laptop computers. The company revealed a 13.3-inch QHD display with a resolution of 3200 x …
Dell’s experimental ‘computer-on-a-stick’ shipping to developers in July
One of the most intriguing concepts for the future of the PC industry we’ve heard lately has been Dell’s Project Ophelia, a USB thumb drive-sized …
Video: Raspberry Pi camera accessory available now
The Raspberry Pi foundation on Tuesday announced the availability of a $25 camera module for its popular Raspberry Pi computers. The module can be purchased …
Samsung will reportedly launch an Android notebook in the coming months
Earlier reports have indicated that Google and its partners are preparing to launch Android-powered notebooks that could debut later this year. Ming-Chi Kuo of KGI Securities …
Acer execs dial back the Windows 8 hate as Microsoft preps ‘Blue’
Acer president Jim Wong has been highly critical of Microsoft and the Windows 8 operating system over the past year. The executive previously bashed the …
Microsoft confirms Windows 8.1 preview to be available by the end of June
Windows chief Julie Larson-Green announced at the Wired Business Conference on Tuesday that Microsoft will release a preview of Windows 8.1 — also known as Windows Blue — at …
Asus plans to beat PC malaise with mix of Chromebooks, Android tablets
With the PC industry in decidedly bad shape lately, PC vendors have been looking for alternative ways to generate revenues in a computer market that’s …
PC market continued to tumble in April
A recent report suggested Windows 8 may have hurt the declining global PC market rather than helped it, and new inside data points to a …
2013 is shaping up to be the year of the Chromebook
A handful of companies are said to be preparing new Chromebook models that will launch later this year. According to a report from Digitimes, both …
New devices said to debut at WWDC, but no iPhone 5S in sight
While software is expected to take center stage at Apple’s WWDC keynote this year, a new report claims that we’ll still see some new hardware …
Intel confirms $200 Android notebooks are on the way
Google hasn’t had much luck so far with selling many Chromebooks but the company is hoping to have better luck selling super-cheap notebooks based on its …
MacBook shipments seen growing 10% in Q2 despite declining PC market
Shipments of Apple’s various MacBook laptop computers are expected to grow 10% sequentially in the second quarter this year. Digitimes on Thursday reported that unnamed …
Study: The MacBook Pro with Boot Camp is the world’s most reliable Windows PC
Here’s something that should embarrass Microsoft’s OEM partners: The most reliable Windows PC in the world wasn’t even designed to run on Windows. ZDNet reports …
