Asus mini-PCs pack Skylake chips, 4K video capabilities

From PC World: There is a lot to look forward to in Skylake PCs, if mini-PCs from Asus showed on the Computex show floor are an indicator.

Lying in one corner of the Asus booth were two mini-desktops based on Intel’s upcoming sixth-generation Core processor. With the powerful processors, a host of...

AMD takes aim at the notebook market with new 12-core processors

From CNET: Announced Wednesday at Computex, AMD's latest A-Series processors will come in 3 flavors and are designed for serious online streaming and gaming. The 3 variants come packing discrete graphics cores in the form of a Radeon R6 or R7 for better visual performance, and the chips in range...

Intel cranks up speed of Thunderbolt 3, builds in support for USB

From InfoWorld: Intel is giving Apple and other laptop makers a reason to put its Thunderbolt high-speed data ports back in their next ultrathin laptops: Thunderbolt 3.0 ports will use the same Type C connector as USB 3.1 -- but when connected to other Thunderbolt devices, will run up to four times...

Dell warms to AMD processors in new laptops, desktops

From PC World: Dell’s PCs largely use Intel chips, but the company is once again warming to AMD processors for its new Inspiron laptops and desktops.

The Inspiron 5000 laptops with 14-inch, 15-inch and 17-inch screens contain AMD’s new A-series chips, code-named Carrizo. The laptops are now...

Samsung's 5.5-inch Galaxy S6 Plus rumored to be coming soon

From CNET: Samsung Galaxy S6 phone buyers waiting for a version with a 5.5-inch screen might get their wish fairly soon.

The Korean mobile phone maker is reportedly planning to unveil the Galaxy S6 Plus, a variant of the Galaxy S6 with a bigger screen and other enhancements, according to Italian...

Microsoft throws open the doors for Cloud Foundry on Azure

From InfoWorld: Cloud Foundry, the open source PaaS that's become a major part of IBM's Bluemix offering, is now showing up in an unlikely place: Microsoft Azure.

In a blog post released earlier today, Ning Kuang, senior program manager for Microsoft Azure, provided word of the first public...

Aptly named Asus Zenfone Selfie packs a 13-megapixel front camera

From PC World: Asustek Computer has built an Android smartphone with 13-megapixel cameras front and back for the selfie lover.

The phone seems nearly identical to the Zenfone 2, which launched a month ago in the U.S., but Asus upgraded the front-facing camera and touted the phone’s photo editing...

Intel to buy Altera for $16.7B

From CNET: Intel agreed to buy fellow chipmaker Altera for about $16.7 billion in cash, giving Intel more capabilities in its data-server and Internet of Things businesses.

Intel said Monday it will pay $54 per Altera share and expects to close the deal in six to nine months. Altera's stock has...

Microsoft's Windows 10 finally has a release date: July 29

From CNET: Microsoft has set a release date for Windows 10 to arrive in the summer.

The software maker announced Monday that it will begin offering its newest software to power PCs and tablets as a free upgrade on July 29. Windows 10 Mobile, the company's companion software designed to power...

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