Category: Computers
Is Apple planning a radical Macbook Air redesign?
Check out this image that has been obtained by 9to5Mac showing what appears to be a radically redesigned 12" Macbook Air. The redesign is significant because it makes the already diminutive notebook even thinner - shaving off an extra quarter of an inch compared to the 11" version. To cope with the smaller size, the…
WATCH: Hands on with Samsung’s tiny 1TB SSD
Our colleague Holly over at Shiny Shiny has been taking a look at Samsung's impressive new storage - which manages to be both tiny, store a terabyte of data, and be solid state, meaning you can wave it around without risking damaging your data. The T1, as it will be officially known will come in…
The Digest: Apple sued… and 4 other things people are talking about today
[nextpage title="Next"] Apple sued over 'shrinking' gadget storage | BBC News "Apple is facing a lawsuit for not telling users about the amount of memory required by its flagship operating system. The legal complaint revolves around iOS 8 and the amount of memory it reserves for itself on iPods, iPhones and iPads. The complaint alleges…
Samsung announces new, thin laptop – why can’t its phones look this good?
Samsung has announced a new line of slimline laptops. According to a ropey Google translation of Samsung's Korean website the "Creative Book 9" is 11.8mm thin and weighs only 950g - both thinner and lighter than the MacBook Air. The screen is 12.2" and runs at WQXGA (2560×1600) and inside there's an Intel Core M…
Sony was forced to use old Blackberrys after the hack
More details have emerged about the scene at Sony Pictures in the days following the major hack - including how the company continued to function during such a major meltdown. According to Engadget in the days following the hack the company had to revert to using old Blackberry handsets. The reason for this is that…
The Digest: Zuckerberg’s resolutions… and 3 other things people are talking about today
[nextpage title="Next"] Mark Zuckerberg asks Facebook users to suggest his personal challenge for 2015 | The Guardian "Facebook chief executive Mark Zuckerberg sets himself a personal challenge every year, from wearing a tie every day in 2009 and learning to speak Mandarin in 2010 to only eating meat in 2011 if he killed the animal…
Xiaomi working on a laptop that looks strangely familiar…
Remember Xiaomi? The company isn't too well known outside of China, but in its domestic market it is absolutely huge - making it the third largest smartphone maker in the world. Photos have emerged today showing that phones isn't all the company is interested in - it is also building a laptop. GizmoChina got the…
The Digest: Uber says sorry (again)… and 3 other things people are talking about today
[nextpage title="Next"] Uber 'truly sorry' for price rise during Sydney siege | BBC News "Taxi booking firm Uber has apologised for raising fare prices during a deadly cafe siege in Sydney last week. The firm raised fares by as much as four times its normal rate when demand shot up during the siege that left…
Is always-on Google voice search going to Chromebooks?
Perhaps it was inevitable, but it seems that Google is planning to roll out its always-on "OK Google" voice search functionality to Chromebooks soon too. Voice search has been available for a while now, but according to developer François Beaufort, a new build of Chrome OS (the operating system that runs on Chromebooks) has an…
The Digest: Net is ‘less free and more unequal’… and 4 other things people are talking about today
[nextpage title="Next"] Berners-Lee troubled by 'growing inequality' on web | PC Mag "Sir Tim Berners-Lee believes access to the internet is a basic human right. The World Wide Web creator and founder of the Web Foundation, Berners-Lee suggested that, in an increasingly unequal world, the internet has the power to be a great equaliser. But…
