Posts Tagged ‘ hardware ’

iPad 3 May Launch in March with 4G LTE

January 13, 2012
iPad 3 May Launch in March with 4G LTE

Apple’s first iPad tablet launched in the U.S. on April 3, 2010., while the iPad 2 came out less than a year later on March 11, 2011. It’s a small sample size, to be sure, but following the 11-month release cycle, we wouldn’t be surprised to see the iPad 3 come out in February, though [...]

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Razer Revs into CES Waving a Radical PC Gaming Tablet Design

January 10, 2012
Razer Revs into CES Waving a Radical PC Gaming Tablet Design

Tablet PCs have flirted with mobile gaming, and there are some fun titles out there that are playable on higher end Android and iPad devices. But it’s not a true gaming platform, at least not yet. Give Razer a chance to shake things up. The gaming peripheral maker is throwing its hat into the tablet [...]

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Glasses? LG’s DX2500 3D Monitor Doesn’t Need No Stinkin’ Glasses!

December 2, 2011
Glasses? LG’s DX2500 3D Monitor Doesn’t Need No Stinkin’ Glasses!

One of these days, 3D glasses will be obsolete and a dorky reminder of how things used to be. Kind of like rotary phones. We’re not quite there yet, but we’re getting closer by the day. LG Electronics is doing its part by expanding its glasses-free 3D monitor lineup with the introduction of its 25-inch [...]

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D-Link DIR-657 Review

November 8, 2011
D-Link DIR-657 Review

D-Link markets this single-band (2.4GHz) router as particularly well suited for gaming and media streaming, and it is endowed with very good quality-of-service features, but QoS can’t magically render the 2.4GHz frequency band any less crowded. And given our relatively pristine test environment, the best word to describe the DIR-657’s range and TCP throughput is [...]

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Razer BlackWidow Stealth Edition Mechanical Plank Won’t Wake Your Spouse

August 30, 2011
Razer BlackWidow Stealth Edition Mechanical Plank Won’t Wake Your Spouse

Part of the fun at hammering away on a mechanical keyboard is the audible click that emanates with each keystroke. The downside? Those around you might not appreciate an obnoxiously loud plank as much as you do. Razer’s new BlackWidow Stealth Edition is a mechanical keyboard utilizing silent key switches, giving users similar tactile feedback [...]

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Does Microsoft Job Notice Really Hint at New Xbox Console?

March 9, 2011
Does Microsoft Job Notice Really Hint at New Xbox Console?

Microsoft may be looking for help developing a successor to the Xbox 360 console. The Redmond outfit posted a job notice on its Careers website looking for a graphics hardware guru in its Interactive Entertainment Business division. News of the positio…

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AMD Radeon HD 6990 Performance Preview

March 8, 2011
AMD Radeon HD 6990 Performance Preview

Double the GPUs, double the performance, at almost double the price.
AMD’s dual GPU cards have come a long way in the past several years. The original Radeon HD 3870 was noisy, ran hot and didn’t always perform up to snuff. Since then, AMD’s Cata…

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No Windows for Tablets Until 2012

March 7, 2011
No Windows for Tablets Until 2012

Microsoft’s Windows Phone 7 platform was fashionably late to the smartphone party, but in the slate shindig, Microsoft’s Windows platform is just going to be late. Citing “people with knowledge” of Microsoft’s plans, Bloomberg reports there won’t be a …

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