admin @ December 27, 2008 # No Comment Yet
Aren’t Christmas presents brilliant? Well, some are…
You may dream of console games and compact, yet state-of-the-art GPS systems, but novelty socks and Homer Simpson tankards are the dire reality that most of us wake up to on Christmas morning.
Thankfully, we’re here with a timely round-up of tips on taking things back to the shop.
So, [...]
admin @ December 13, 2008 # No Comment Yet
Microsoft has been developing Windows 7 under a shroud of secrecy worthy of Apple, and it’s led to a rash of rumours and unfounded expectations.
So let us state for the record: Windows 7 doesn’t have a new kernel, it doesn’t run in the cloud and it’s not based on Midori (a research project focused [...]
admin @ December 1, 2008 # No Comment Yet
You’ve heard of high definition, you know about standard definition, but what about ‘near HD’?
It’s a term coined by manufacturers of systems designed to increase the quality of SD images to make them look closer to hi-def. Fans of near high definition say it really can improve the viewing experience, but can you make [...]
admin @ November 19, 2008 # No Comment Yet
Forget the tabloid horror stories, satnavs are a genuinely useful addition to any traveller’s armoury – whether you’re setting out by car, by bike or on foot.
They can shave precious minutes off your journey time, help you avoid traffic snarl-ups and even point you in the direction of your nearest petrol station (or bar). And [...]
admin @ October 22, 2008 # No Comment Yet
DirectX 11 is on its way, but with the slow take up of DX10 in both the home and in the development houses what is it that we should be getting excited about with this new revision? Well, from the looks of things quite a lot, as we learned from Microsoft’s Kevin Gee at the [...]
admin @ October 21, 2008 # No Comment Yet
Light a candle and bake a cake, then pop down to the shop to pick up a hilarious card – your CPU has just turned 30! While its best years aren’t behind it quite yet, it could do with cheering up.
In 1978, Intel released its first 16-bit microprocessor, the 8086. Although it was the cheaper, [...]
admin @ October 20, 2008 # No Comment Yet
DirectX 11 is on its way, but with the slow take up of DX10 in both the home and in the development houses what is it that we should be getting excited about with this new revision? Well, from the looks of things quite a lot, as we learned from Microsoft’s Kevin Gee at the [...]
admin @ October 16, 2008 # No Comment Yet
Forget the fact for a minute that the new MacBook and MacBook Pros are the best-looking, most darn powerful laptops Apple has ever made. Wonder instead about how – and why – they made them look that way.
To address power, performance, environmental concerns and good looks, Apple decided to come up with an entirely new [...]
admin @ October 6, 2008 # No Comment Yet
Windows 7, the next version of Windows, is closer than you might think, with early copies already in the hands of OEMs and trusted partners. Bill Gates and Steve Ballmer demonstrated an early version of its user interface at the D6: All Things Digital conference in May but Steven Sinofsky – who took over Windows [...]
admin @ September 24, 2008 # No Comment Yet
It’s been nearly a year since Google announced plans for a new open-source mobile phone OS. But will Android hit the jackpot for the search engine giant once again, or is it more developer’s dream than consumer cool? We’ve got the complete lowdown on Android…
What exactly is Android?
Without getting too geeky, Android is the name [...]