Featured comment by Hobbnob:
""I have a problem."
"It can only be attributable to human error."
"Can't you just, like, fix it yourself?"
"I'm sorry, Dave. I'm afraid I can..." More »
The Raspberry Pi team has finalised the hardware and software required to gets its official camera board up and running, with the 1080p capture tool now ready for home enthusiasts to enjoy plugging in and trying to get bloody working. Read More >>
Featured comment by Mr. T:
"Cheers Gary. This on a drone connected to Google Glass and you get this
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HkHwsm7JEvE" More »
We all know that computing power roughly doubles every 18 months — but at that rate, how long will it take for computers to be as powerful as the human brain? Read More >>
Featured comment by Steveymoo:
"The brain's power is a very abstract concept. To replicate the way the brain thinks, you would have to mimic the structure of the brain itself. My bra..." More »
Featured comment by jkne:
"They could but by the time it was manufactured and ready to switch on, multi-millions worth of mining rigs on pre-order would already be delivered and..." More »
The United Space Alliance has decided to stop using all Windows computers aboard the ISS, in favour of Linux—to ensure it's systems are "stable and reliable". Ouch. Read More >>
Scientists often claim that quantum computers will blow the competition away in the coming years — and now the world's first head-to-head test has shown they leave regular PCs reeling in their wake. Read More >>
So your trusty laptop is starting to show its age. No one can blame you for wanting a new one, but we've got just one piece of advice: WAIT. This is a horrible, horrible time to get a new rig. If you can hold out for just a few months, you're going to do a whole lot better for yourself. Read More >>
Featured comment by Kat Hannaford:
"Nope; it's just we're a site which doesn't actually squirt our load over benchmarks (we very rarely do them ourselves), nor was it meant to be a deep ..." More »
We've sort of gotten used to having to spend a disproportionate amount of money on nice-looking computers. Cheap laptops are not the same as premium laptops. We understand that. For once, though, inexpensive doesn't mean "junky plastic mess". Read More >>
Featured comment by ian1175:
"They do look kinda nice i suppose ! But before i went Macbook a few years back i owned a sony laptop for a while and had nothing but problems with the..." More »
Can we start by saying the Acer Aspire R7 is nuts, and that's totally great? Because it is; it's great that Acer's doing this weird new thing that doesn't exactly make sense, just to see if it works. Read More >>
Featured comment by Jynto:
"I know it's a simple perpective illusion, but the picture at the top makes it look huge. Either that, or the guy standing next to it is really small." More »
IBM has made a film. Only instead of hiring Gerard Butler and Helen Hunt to portray the potential for atom-level processor power, the tech company has organised actual individual atoms to create a stop motion stick boy story. Read More >>
Have you always wanted a computer overlord to watch your every move? To trap you outside the airlock, or attempt to kill you in your sleep? Well, now you can build your own. It even looks the part too. Read More >>
One of the things that will never fail to make me happy: seeing people stuck in time explain what modern day technology is. Kim Komando hosted an educational series about computer and explains the basics of its hardware, DOS, Microsoft Windows, Write and more. Read More >>
Supposedly real-world use analysis of a variety of Windows machines has declared that Apple's MacBook Pro is the best at running Microsoft's software without crashes and glitches. Which is embarrassing for everyone on numerous levels. Read More >>
Featured comment by Spazturtle:
"You said you had issues under both OSX and Windows which would mean that it is a hardware fault.
Now if you are having problems with OSX as well then..." More »
Your computer probably makes the odd bleep now and then, maybe the occasional bloop. But the giant, glowing, blinking machines of Hollywood fame have a much larger library of bings, pings, and whistles. Read More >>