Category: Computers
BBC iPlayer users 'should pay licence fee'
BBC viewers who avoid paying the annual licence fee by only watching television via the iPlayer may not get away with it for much longer. Acting BBC Trust chairwoman Diane Coyle said the BBC will propose that those using just…
Microsoft offers to trade your MacBook Air for a Surface Pro 3
Software giant Microsoft seems pretty confident that its Surface Pro 3 is a viable replacement for Apple's MacBook Air. The company is bribing Apple users to switch their allegiance by offering customers in the US, Puerto Rico and Canada up…
How Star Trek predicted the future
Star Trek creator Gene Roddenberry was a visionary man. He foresaw a future in which humanity had learned to live together in peace and harmony. A future in which the people of Earth had joined forces with alien races to…
HP to axe thousands of jobs
Up to 16,000 more workers at computer-maker Hewlett-Packard face job losses after the company posted one per cent drop in quarterly revenue. Reuters reports that HP has struggled to maintain its grip on the shrinking PC market while protecting profit…
Can you fit an operating system in 25mb? PiCore thinks you can.
An operating system has been released aimed as Raspberry Pi users. PiCore has all but the bare necessities stripped out and is only 24.7mb. The OS, which is based on Linux, really does work though – but don't expect to…
Game of Thrones author George RR Martin still uses DOS
The bestselling fantasy novelist George RR Martin writes his books on an ancient MS-DOS computer. Speaking on late-night US chat show Conan, the author told host O'Brien that he likes using the out-of-date operating system because it does not correct…
Archos unveils ArcBook 10.1-inch Android netbook
Tablet-maker Archos has announced an Android-powered portable netbook called the ArcBook. The new device will features a 10.1-inch, 1024 x 600 pixel touchscreen display, is powered by a dual-core processor clocked at 1.2GHz with 1GB of RAM, 8GB of flash…
Windows 9 is now real – will be unveiled in April – aiming at a 2015 release
According to a report on Paul Thurrott's Blog, Microsoft are currently readying the unveiling of Windows 9 – the success to the, umm, variably received Windows 8 operating system. Though no concrete details on the new operating system are yet…
Razer Blade – Ultrathin Gaming Laptop Review
Whilst gamers everywhere are engulfed in the emerging war between Xbox One and PS4 and are increasingly feeling pressganged into picking a side, there is a group of them who have risen about the petty cycle warfare, and look on…
JBL skims Pebbles onto the market – USB speakers with DSP
JBL has announced the distinctive looking Pebbles, a compact USB powered stereo speaker system for the desktop, with digital signal processing and SlipStreamTechnology. The JBL Pebbles plug-and-play stereo speakers are designed to connect to a computer in the quickest, most efficient…
