Toshiba and Western Digital announced a deal today in which the two companies will essentially swap some manufacturing equipment with each other — though which is getting the better deal is debateable. Western Digital has agreed to sell Toshiba certain assets related to the production of 3.5″ hard drives “to address the requirements of the…

AMD’s CEO, Rory Read, has made no secret of his plans to take the company in new and different directions, but the company’s server announcement today caught the market by surprise. Sunnyvale has purchased SeaMicro in a deal worth ~$330 million, the majority of which ($281M) will be paid in cash. The acquisition brings AMD’s [...]

NVIDIA’s Tegra 3 has come alive at Mobile World Congress, first popping into select handsets in HTC’s new “One” line of smartphones, and now, it’ll be making its way into tablets that use Windows 8. At the trade show today, NVIDIA confirmed today that it is working with Microsoft on a program to distribute Windows [...]

Warpia is building a lineup of intriguing streaming products, each with its own niche. The latest from the company is the StreamEZ, a wireless HDMI steaming kit that streams content from your computer–or any device with an HDMI port, including set-top boxes, Blu-ray and DVD players, and game consoles to your TV. The StreamEZ is [...]

We’ve hit the mid-week mark, and just like clockwork, our friends at LogicBuy are at the ready with a fresh batch of HOT deals for you all. On the menu this rainy (if you’re in the NE) Wednesday morning, we have deals on a Dell Vostro notebook, a ZAGGfolio Bluethooth iPad keyboard, a Plantronics headset, [...]

While many of today’s better smartphones offer dual-core processors and 1GB of RAM, alongside plenty of onboard storage, one of the easiest differentiating points between smartphones today has become the screen–size, resolution, and screen technology are all considerations. Samsung is pushing the former limits of smartphone screen sizes with…

One of the biggest issues with home theater projectors is dealing with ambient light, which makes a lot of projectors less than ideal for upstairs living rooms and better suited for basement home theaters without windows. Acer’s H6500 home theater projector is designed to produce good color fidelity even in brighter environments, thus…

It’s never been a foregone conclusion that Sony’s PlayStation Vita would be a success, and in fact there were/are several factors working against it. For one, the device’s launch in the U.S. ended up being delayed, and while it was released on time in Japan, there were complaints of glitches that drummed up bad publicity [...]

Toshiba is planning to launch its new Excite 10 LE tablet on March 6, just one day before Apple is expected to reveal the newest addition(s) to its popular iPad line. The Toshiba Excite 10 LE tablet is a super-thin 10.1-inch tablet that comes with 16GB ($530) or 32GB ($600) of onboard storage.     When [...]

Totally silent computing isn’t exactly the Holy Grail of PC enthusiasts, but it is a worthy challenge that carries just as much geek cred as overclocking. Companies are making it easier to get the job done. Take Sapphire, for instance, which just announced what it claims is the “first totally silent card to embody all [...]