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A laptop battery pack is your dream travel companion
Introduction and design We’ve all been there: you’re sitting at a coffee shop trying to crank out a presentation at the eleventh hour when all of a sudden, your laptop blares out a warning that you...
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10 PC peripherals to treat yourself to this Christmas
Introduction Read too much into the mainstream press and you could easily think you can do everything on your phone. Of course, that’s not really true. Want to try playing The Witcher 3 on an iPhone...
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CES 2016: Building an AMD desktop PC just got a lot easier
AMD has made some big changes with its architecture at CES 2016 including announcing a new efficient Polaris-based mobile graphics chip and now it has a new standard socket for its desktop processors....
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AOC’s ‘immersive’ 35-inch monitor boasts huge curve and 160Hz refresh rate
AOC has produced a new monitor for gamers, and it’s a big one indeed, with the C3583FQ rocking a 35-inch curved display. Its maker notes that the desktop-hogger has a more pronounced curve than most...
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Intel’s new Core vPro CPUs promise blistering performance and tighter security
Intel has launched new sixth-generation Intel Core vPro processors which the company claims will transform business computing and boost user productivity considerably – not to mention making some...
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Intel’s new Core vPro CPUs boast blistering performance and tighter security
Intel has launched new sixth-generation Intel Core vPro processors which the company claims will transform business computing and boost user productivity considerably – not to mention making some...
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Intel slams door on Skylake overclockers who were juicing up cheap CPUs
Intel has made a move to stop the overclocking of its standard (i.e. not unlocked ‘K’ model) Skylake processors. News that such overclocking was possible first emerged last December, when Asrock...
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Got a spare $3,000? Microsoft has opened HoloLens dev kit pre-orders
Microsoft has set up a webpage inviting developers to pre-order the developer version of its HoloLens headset, which is powered by an unspecified 32-bit Intel processor. Essentially a Windows 10...
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Opinion: Why Apple was right not to refresh the 12-inch MacBook
As the curtain closed on Apple’s iPhone SE (or is that iPad Pro 9.7?) event, I felt a pang of indifference at the lack of an updated 12-inch MacBook. I won’t have been the only one. In fact, except...
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Acer’s widescreen projector blasts 120 inches of game onto your wall
Gaming monitors? Pah, says Acer, as the company unveils its new gaming projector which allows for the latest and greatest shooter to be played on a 120-inch screen. Acer claims that the Predator Z850...
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AMD’s latest APU beefs up laptop graphics, brings 4K and FreeSync support
AMD has lifted the lid on its 7th-generation accelerated processing unit (APU), named Bristol Ridge. If you’re thinking about picking up a laptop for streaming 4K (or Ultra HD) video and delving into...
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GDC 2016: AMD’s Radeon Pro is the first graphics card tailor made for virtual...
AMD is going to send its dual-GPU Radeon Pro Duo graphics cards to developers at universities, so they can get to work on producing (and enjoying) virtual reality (VR) content. The company has...
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Logitech’s G610 keyboard offers a choice of switches and backlighting tricks
Logitech has announced a pair of new gaming keyboards which benefit from LED backlighting and a choice of mechanical switches. You get two choices here: the G610 Orion Brown and the G610 Orion Red,...
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BMW straps on the HTC Vive to speed up car development
BMW chose the HTC Vive as its virtual reality headset of choice for its vehicle development workstations, proving that VR is more than just for gaming. The company plans on incorporating VR in the...
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Apple’s 12-inch MacBook refresh adds an extra hour of battery life
Today, Apple has made available a new 12-inch MacBook complete with updated hardware within the same ultra-thin chassis. The refresh adds more performance, more battery life, and a brand new color to...
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Razer’s magnetic lapboard pulls PC gamers into the living room
PC gaming on the couch is still a working struggle especially if you want to do it properly with keyboard and mouse. Now Razer believes it has come up with the perfect solution with the Turret, a...
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Best PC gaming headset: top 5 headsets we’ve tested
Best PC gaming headset No PC gamer worth their kill/death ratio would skimp on a decent headset. Arguably more important than a mechanical gaming keyboard or a weighted mouse, a worthy pair of cans...
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The best multi-device keyboard just got a useful upgrade
Logitech’s K380 multi-device keyboard was a boon for mobile device owners who wanted to quickly switch between typing into their main computer and a smartphone or tablet. The peripherals giant has...
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Updated: What mouse? 10 best mice 2016
Introduction In the fifty-odd years since its invention we’ve seen the humble mouse improve considerably, with the addition of weight systems, laser sensors and masses of buttons and flashing lights....
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Quantum computers just took a huge logical leap forward
Quantum computing researchers at the University of Oxford have developed a logic gate with a precision of 99.9%. That’s not only a new record, it also hits the theoretical benchmark necessary to build...
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