Category: Computers
Meet the Raspberry Pi 2 – 6x faster, will support Windows 10
Element 14 and Raspberry Pi has this morning announced the Raspberry Pi 2 - the follow-up to the wildly successful, super-cheap, super-portable, super-hackable PC. The Pi 2 builds on the success of the first device - boosting the processor up to a Broadcom BCM2836 ARMv7 Quad Core Processor - running at 900mhz. That's six times…
Game preview: Life Is Strange
Meet Maxine Caulfield. She's 18, a bit shy, awkward and geeky, has just moved back home to the small town of Arcadia Bay in Oregon after five years in Seattle, and is studying photography at the Blackwell Academy - a high school that is well regarded for its strength in the arts. Oh, and she…
Windows 10: All you need to know
Last night Microsoft officially unveiled Windows 10 - its new operating system for computers, tablets and mobiles. Here's everything you need to know. The Start Menu Is back Microsoft has widely chosen to backtrack on the mess that was Windows 8, and give desktop and laptop users the start menu back. This means no more…
Nearly everyone who covered the Windows 10 announcement uses a Mac
Poor Microsoft. Last night at the Windows 10 event, its executives had to look out on this crowd of journalists: (The above photo was taken by James Herring on Twitter). By our count that's pretty much Macbooks all round - though we can also see four Surface Pro 4s, so it isn't all bad. Either…
The Digest: Console sales rise… and 4 other things people are talking about today
[nextpage title="Next"] Console sales up dramatically in 2014 as Xbox One finishes strongly | Engadget "Console fanboys, get ready to gloat - or mope. Actually, (nearly) everybody can be cheered by the latest data from NPD, which showed console sales up a cool 20 percent from last year to to over $5 billion. Leading the…
Apple iMac concept design inspired by the original Macintosh computer
Older readers will remember the early days of the Apple Macintosh computer - the 128K computer that was released in January of 1984. The original Apple Macintosh PC - with its beige case and built-in, 9-inch black-and-white CRT monitor - was considered ultra-modern and pretty powerful back then. It ran on a Motorola 68000 microprocessor…
The Digest: Obama calls for stronger data privacy… and 4 other things people are talking about today
[nextpage title="Next"] Barack Obama calls for stronger data privacy laws | BBC News "US President Barack Obama has unveiled new proposals on how consumers' personal data is handled. Mr Obama called for legislation that will require firms to inform customers of data breaches within 30 days as well as protect students' information. He said identify…
Google launches Chrome Remote Desktop on iOS to control your PC with your iPhone or iPad
Ever needed to access your desktop PC whilst out? Or need to quickly email yourself a file sat on a hard disk at home? The good news for iPhone and iPad users is that might have just become pretty easy to do - as Google has launched Chrome Remote Desktop for iPhone and iPad. The…
The UK Top 10 video games chart: GTA V kicks off the new year on top
[nextpage title="Next"] The second week of 2015 sees a return to No.1 for Rockstar/Take 2 and Grand Theft Auto V. This is actually only the fifth No.1 for GTA V, which some people may find surprising given its status as fastest-selling game within a seven-day period and also the fact that this game has sold…
Jaasta e-ink keyboard takes typing to the next level
Want to see what the future might look like? Then check out the Jaasta keyboard, which has a number of innovative features. Yanko Design spotted the hi-tech peripheral. The Jaasta keys are little Kindle-style e-ink displays - meaning that you can easily switch the function for each, for example, changing the language at will. Conceivably…
