HP CEO Meg Whitman is expected to announce a major shift in its business structure today. Henceforth, the Personal Systems Group (PSG), which includes consumer PC sales, and the Image and Printing Group (IPG) will be combined into a single business structure. The move is a curious one, given that it combines what’s typically been [...]
You know it’s frustrating: We have two tremendous technologies in WiFi and mobile broadband that let us connect to the Internet, yet getting the two to work seamlessly together has been a bit if a headache to this point in time. Further adding to the consternation over the whole thing is that an automatic handoff [...]
Despite many Samsung devices packing Qualcomm processors, Samsung’s own Exynos line of chips underpin a few of its products, including the Samsung Galaxy Tab 7.0 Plus. It appears now that Samsung is betting on itself by using more (and better) Exynos processors at the expense of Qualcomm’s offerings. The Korea Times reports that…
A joint study between Microsoft Research and Purdue University has taken a look at how smartphone applications handle power consumption and come to some damning conclusions where energy efficiency is concerned. This is an issue that’s become more important as smartphone specs have skyrocketed without a similar increase in battery life. The…
Western Digital announced the next generation of its My Passport line of portable hard drives, complete with a new enclosure design and up to 2TB in capacity. The new My Passport is now available in five colors with capacities starting at 500GB. The new drives come with WD SmartWare automatic backup software and WD Security [...]
Apple called its first iPad tablet “magical,” as if owning one would turn flatulence into a flowery fragrance and unlock the mystery of double complete rainbows. Instead it entranced millions of people into buying one, even though it lacked basic amenities like expandable storage, built-in cameras, and Flash support (back when people still…
We’ve got a fresh batch of HOT deals for you all on this fine Tuesday morning, courtesy of our friends at LogicBuy. On tap for you all today, we have an AMD A-Series APU based HP dv6 notebook, a dual-Dell LCD monitor bundle, a Logitech 5.1 channel speaker system, an external drive from Lenovo, and [...]
Apple’s mighty proud of its new A5X processor that powers its third generation iPad device, and with a four-core graphics engine capable of driving a 2048×1536 display, who can blame them? At the same time, you can’t help but be a little disappointed that the CPU portion is still a dual-core 1GHz part, the same [...]
Intel unveiled its new Atom CE5300 media processor at the IPTV World Forum in London this week. Codenamed “Berryville,” the Atom CE5300 part is a System on Chip (SoC) designed to power the next generation of set-top boxes and media gateways, Intel says. Details are fairly light at this point, though we do know it’s [...]
Apple this week announced it sold more than three million new iPad devices since its launch on Friday, March 16 through Monday, March 19, an impressive figure that proves there’s still a rabid fan base for these things. The new iPad’s big new feature is its Retina display, one of the main points of emphasis [...]