• Samsung promises up to 1400 MB/s with XP941 ultrabook SSD

  News - yesterday at 12:19 PM

  Samsung has announced to have started mass production on PCI-Express-based SSDs for the next generation of ultrabooks. The first samples of this compact XP941 SSD were shipped to laptop manufacturers earlier this year, and the storage modules are now being produced in large quantities. The XP941-series will consist of 128 GB, 256 GB and 512 GB models, each of which will be available later this year. Because ultrabooks are all about a compact design, the three SSDs will be using the M.2 form fac... Read more

• AMD 'Richland' A10-6800K processor overclocked to 8 GHz

  News - yesterday at 11:03 AM

  AMD's new 'Richland' A10-6800K processor, which we extensively reviewed earlier this month, has been elevated to an impressive 8 GHz clock frequency by Finnish overclocker 'The Stilt'. At this speed, the chip is currently the record holder (#58) of all A-series APUs on the world ranking list. The absolute number one on the list is also an AMD processor, the FX-8150. About a year ago, this chip was overclocked to a record 8.7 GHz. The overclockability of Richland APUs comes as good news for AMD.... Read more

• Dell Inspiron 15 and 15z review

  Review - yesterday at 09:58 AM

  

  15.6 inches. For years it's been the most popular screen size for laptops, so there is lots of choice in this segment.  Dell has the Inspiron 15 at the bottom end of the spectrum, and at the opposite end the Inspiron 15z Ultrabook, also for consumers. Today we take a closer look at both.

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• Super Talent combines SSD and HDD on PCIe-card

  News - yesterday at 08:28 AM

  Memory manufacturer Super Talent recently introduced a new hybrid storage device that is to combine the best of a solid-state drive with that of a traditional hard disk. The Super Hybrid, as the final product has been aptly named, is a PCI-Express expansion card containing both an SSD and a hard drive. The manufacturer claims that this combination offers high performance at relatively low cost, though exact prices remain unmentioned for now. As is common for this type of hybrid solutions, the S... Read more

• ASUS publishes more details of VivoPC

  News - yesterday at 05:36 AM

  At Computex, ASUS showed its new VivoPC, a compact system that was specially designed for use as a HTPC. Unfortunately, at the time of presentation, the technical details of the device weren't revealed. The manufacturer has now published the specifications on a special web page. ASUS' VivoPC has dimensions of 190 x 190 x 56 mm, making it slightly larger than Intel's NUC DC53427HYE and the Gigabyte Brix GB-XM11-3337. The VivoPC is based on an unspecified Intel processor with integrated GPU and c... Read more

• AMD: FX-9000 processors only available to OEMs

  News - yesterday at 03:41 AM

  Last week, AMD officially unveiled its FX-9370 and FX-9590 processors, two octa-core chips based on the Piledriver-architecture. Two things stands out on these FX-9000 processors, namely the Turbo Core 3.0 speed of 5 GHz, and the somewhat shocking TDP value of 220 watts. Comments on the chips were also rather mixed. AMD has now confirmed to Tech Report that these chips won't be available to consumers separately (at least not at launch), and that they will instead be used by OEM manufacturers. A... Read more

• Sony NWZ-W273 review: waterproof Walkman

  Review - yesterday at 12:58 AM

  

  Sony can pride itself on being the inventor of portable audio devices, and it's still active in this segment. The NWZ-W273 is a Walkman designed for active people, and we tested it for a period while jogging. Not to get too much ahead of ourselves, but we're quite positive about Sony's latest compact and waterproof music player. 

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• Specifications of new Intel Haswell processors surface

  News - Monday 06/17/2013 - 01:20 PM

  

  Now that Intel has officially launched its Haswell platform and the first chips have become available, it's time for us to move on and see what else the manufacturer has in store for us. Leaked slides reveal a Core i7 4771 processor, clocked at 3.5 GHz and just a tad faster than the i7 4770. The processor is basically an i7 4770K without an unlocked multiplier.

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• Nvidia GeForce GTX 760 available later this month?

  News - Monday 06/17/2013 - 11:14 AM

  

  According to the latest rumours, Nvidia will launch its GeForce GTX 760 graphics card in week 26. It's expected that the card will make its debut June 25. We earlier reported that that GTX 760 is based on the GTX 660, an OEM card with 1152 shader units. The GTX 760 Ti will be using the same 3D-chip.

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• Buffalo DriveStation DDR3 review: external disk on steroids

  Review - Monday 06/17/2013 - 09:58 AM

  

  Almost every part of computers have evolved rapidly over the past few years, with the exception of conventional hard disks. The performance of processors, graphics cards and other components has increased significantly, but the speed of hard disks has been a bit stagnant. Buffalo attempts the break the mold with its new DriveStation DDR3, an external hard disk with USB 3.0 and 1 GB of DDR3 RAM.

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• Google Glass taken apart

  News - Monday 06/17/2013 - 08:39 AM

  Two early Google Glass adopters have completely taken the device apart to discover which hardware was used. Since the Google Glass is rather compact, it was quite a chore to disassemble, though not impossible. With a simple Torx screwdriver, the hardware could be removed from the glasses. The plastic was then removed carefully, revealing the sensors. Further disassembly required the plastic to be cut. The motherboard is kept in place with some adhesive paste and features a TI OMAP 4430 processo... Read more

• Regular Haswell chips no longer have adjustable multipliers

  News - Monday 06/17/2013 - 06:04 AM

  Intel's special 'overclocker' processors always had the 'K' suffix, indicative of an unlocked multiplier. Intel's regular processors can also be overclocked slightly, which some motherboard manufacturer use in special Turbo modes. Processors without the 'K' suffix already had the option deactivated to choose between base clock (bClk) frequencies of 125 MHz, 167 MHz and 250 MHz. Intel has now removed adjustable multipliers from these Haswell chips altogether, allowing regular processors to be ove... Read more

• New PNY SDXC memory cards write at 65 MByte/s

  News - Monday 06/17/2013 - 03:37 AM

  PNY has introduced a new line of SD memory cards. These SDHC and SDXC cards come in Premium, Performance, High Performance and Elite Performance, with capacities ranging from 4 GB to 128 GB. The entry-level Premium series has a Class 4 label and reads at up to 15 MB/s. The Performance cards have specified speeds of 27 MByte/s and 20 MByte/s for respectively reading and writing. The High Performance SDXC models are Class 10 UHS-I compliant and have maximum speeds of 50 MByte/s and 35 MByte/s. PN... Read more

• Dell UltraSharp U2913WM review: 21:9 super widescreen

  Review - Monday 06/17/2013 - 12:58 AM

  

  At the end of last year we reviewed LG's 21:9 monitor, the 29EA93-P. It was the first super widescreen monitor using a panel from LG Display from LG Electronics, and it was only a matter of time before more manufacturers would introduce their first 21:9 monitors. We've seen announcements from AOC and Philips, but it was Dell that was able to deliver theirs next. Today we take a closer look at the Dell UltraSharp U2913WM.

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• Last Nokia smartphones with Symbian have shipped

  News - Sunday 06/16/2013 - 11:09 AM

  Nokia has shipped its final batch of smartphones featuring the Symbian operating system. After these units have sold, Symbian-based smartphones will officially become unavailable. For years, Symbian was the largest operating system for smartphones. It was conceived in a collaboration between Ericsson, Motorola, Nokia and software developer Psion back in 1998. At the time, Psion's 32-bits EPOC operating system, which was used for PDA devices, was transformed into Symbian. In early 2002, Nokia la... Read more

• Intel Haswell-E slides published; DDR4 and octa-cores

  News - Sunday 06/16/2013 - 08:18 AM

  Although Intel's Haswell-E chips won't be available until next year, VR-Zone has acquired some exclusive presentation slides on the new platform. The most important news is that Haswell-E will have support for DDR4 and that only processors with either 6 or 8 cores will be featured in the series. The platform is slated for the second quarter of 2014 and will replace Ivy Bridge-E as the most high-end consumer chips Intel has to offer. Like the Ivy Bridge-E chips, the 22nm Haswell-E processors wil... Read more

• 'Allways Control' laptop cooler by Thermaltake

  News - Sunday 06/16/2013 - 06:17 AM

  Thermaltake has developed a new laptop cooler, the Allways Control. The new cooler doubles as a stand, providing a more ergonomic work environment. It has dimensions of 36 x 82.8 x 5.3 cm and, thanks to a construction of aluminium and plastic, weighs 820 grams. Two 70 mm fans are present, each ranging in speed between 1300 and 2100 RPM. An integrated fan controller allows users to determine the fan speed, or even disable them altogether. The Allways Control laptop cooler is compatible with 10" ... Read more

• Images of HTC Butterfly successor have leaked

  News - Sunday 06/16/2013 - 03:59 AM

  The first version of HTC's Butterfly smartphone is only just available in some parts of the world, but it seems that the Taiwanese manufacturer has already developed a successor. Images of this new handset have leaked through VR-Zone. The new device is called HTC Butterfly S and is expected to be officially announced June 19th. The new Butterfly improves on the existing smartphone, with a number of new features from other HTC models. It's expected that the new smartphone will feature the 'Ultra... Read more

• Sennheiser PC 363D 7.1 and PC 350 Special Edition review

  Review - Sunday 06/16/2013 - 12:58 AM

  

  We tested two of Sennheiser's new gaming headsets, the PC 363D featuring 7.1 virtual surround sound and the foldable PC 350 Special Edition. Both are intended for gamers looking for a comfortable headset with a balanced sound. They're not cheap, costing 270 euros and 199 euros, respectively.

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• MSI unveils powerful 14-inch GE40 gaming laptop

  News - Saturday 06/15/2013 - 11:49 AM

  MSI has introduced a new 14-inch gaming laptop, the GE40. The new system seems to be a direct competitor to Dell's new Alienware 14, as the hardware of the two bears a lot of similarities. The GE40 has a 14-inch matte screen with a resolution of either 1600x900 or 1920x1080 pixels. It's powered by an Intel 'Haswell' Core i7 4702MQ quad-core processor. Nvidia's GTX 760M graphics card is featured, which has 2 GB of GDDR5 memory. MSI has opted for 8 GB of RAM, which can be expanded up to 16 GB. Ot... Read more

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