Acer doubles down on hybrids, aims for sub-$50 smartphones next year

From CNET: Acer is keeping the hybrid faith, unleashing a slew of new half-laptop half-tablet gadgets upon the world, including the new hinge-swivelling Aspire R13 series.

The R13 (shown above) brings a swivelling hinge to the mix, of the kind we've seen before from the likes of Dell. By swinging...

AMD's new eight-core FX chips based on aging Piledriver architecture

From InfoWorld: Advanced Micro Devices is targeting mid-range desktops with its latest high-end FX chips based on the Piledriver architecture.

The three new FX processors each have eight cores. They chips are designed for home PC builders looking to make their own desktops for just under US$1,000...

Windows 8.1 continues to inch along

From CNET: Windows 8.1 carved out more of the desktop OS market last month, though its progress remains slow.

For the month of August, Windows 8.1 eked out a 7.09 percent market share based on all the desktop OS traffic seen by Web tracker Net Applications. That number was up slightly from 6.56...

ASUS' ZenWatch to Arrive Wednesday, Feature Sub-$200 MSRP

From DailyTech: When the Android Wear operating system was first unveiled in March, the clear [hardware] star of the show was the Motorola Moto 360 smartwatch with its classic, round face. Since that time, some rather forgettable designs have hit the market in the form of the LG G Watch and the...

SteelSeries Sensei Wireless Review (Page 1 of 4)

Some questions have obvious answers. For example, what is the difference between a dress and a skirt? Uhh... actually, I am a guy, so I really did not know the difference until someone told me three months ago. As it turned out, my colleague Aaron was no exception; he actually found out just last week. If you have not searched up the difference yet, basically, a dress is full body, whereas a skirt only covers up to the waist. Therefore, to make...

Tesoro Tizona G2N Elite and G2N-P Elite Review

This is an excerpt from a poem in Cantar de Mio Cid or The Poem of the Cid, and it describes the great power of the Tizona. Even before Ferrán González was struck by the Tizona, he knew immediately that he was finished, just by the sight of this mighty sword. Now you may be wondering, what is the Tizona? You might think of the game Terraria, where the Tizona was one of the strongest swords in the console version of this game. But the Tizona is...

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