When the Raspberry Pi was first released, and the board spec was shown off, there were a couple of interesting non-working expansion slots that sent our imaginations wild. Now it seems there's a snazzy new camera module on its way to take up one of those slots and turn the Pi into the ultimate low cost spy gadget. Read More >
It's always best not to put too much stock in the old familiar "supply chain sources," but 9to5Mac knows a guy who knows a guy who has confirmed what we've always thought about Apple's next MacBook Pros: They're going to be thin, fast, and gorgeous. Read More >
Featured comment by kwiiiq:
"Exactly, you can almost guarantee that if apple really did kill off the ethernet port on their "power-user" laptop line, they'd have a solution to app..." More »
It's all fine and dandy having fancy super-thin displays that you can mount on the wall, but you've always got an absolute mess of cables to deal with. Even if you have just one HDMI cable running up there, you've still got to get power to it. If we can't do serious wireless power, at least HP's taking a step forward with its partnership with 3M. Its new all-in-one-type 18.5-incher needs just one cable for everything, including power. Read More >
Featured comment by Sam Gibbs:
"You see, why didn't they bung in more power in with Thunderbolt -- that'd power the monitor and allow you to connect stuff to it. Shame." More »
Until we can activate our computers by simply addressing them (think more "Scotty to the Enterprise computer" than "Samuel L Jackson to Siri"), we'll just have to rely on MIT Media Lab's new floating-point system to talk to the machines. Read More >
Featured comment by Darrell Jones:
"Thanks for calling me a fat old bastard in the nicest way possible. Please don't take anything I say too seriously as I certainly don't." More »
All is not well with Apple's much loved, but aging Mac Pro line. Apparently a "small number" of the beastly, pricy towers were sold in the UK with dodgy data-erasing hard drives that'd totally ruin your day, forcing Cupertino to issue an embarrassing recall. Read More >
While Sony has a track record for making beautifully slim laptops, so far it's ignored Intel's prescribed ultrabook gimmickry. That stops now, with the newly announced Vaio T—but sadly, it's a laptop that's doomed before it even hits the shelf. Read More >
Featured comment by daniejam:
"We bought one of these for a director, he was given the choice of waiting for the extra power you say will make this one redundant, and he asked the q..." More »
One day, Moore's Law will no longer hold true. This rule says computer power doubles every 18 months. But just how will it break down? And when? In the video above, theoretical physicist Michio Kaku explains that it will fall apart in about a decade, and tells just what might happen. Read More >
Featured comment by L1ma:
"Change that to Innovation, never use tablets to write an article at 6am ;).
I also wonder in today's economic climate wherever banks are willing to..." More »
Hey hey! Intel's new Ivy Bridge processors are here! As such, there are some new Ivy Bridge-equipped machines from Acer, which means they'll be within financial reach for many. But I hope you like desktop PCs, because that's all you're getting for now. Read More >
If you happen to be lucky enough to be holding one of the first few Raspberry Pis that made it out the door, then you could be sitting pretty. Right now they’re selling thick and fast on eBay for record sums, with one or two even going for over £150 – not a bad profit if you’re not too attached to it. But then that’s a bit against the spirit of the Pi, which has just had its schematics laid bare to the world too. Read More >
While it may look like a tablet, this is in fact the first of a new series of prototype devices from Intel — hardware that it believes is the future of its self-styled ultrabook initiative. Read More >
I have to say, while I was excited about the prospect of a tiny computer for around £20 when it was just in the pipeline, now we’re seeing what it can really do, I desperately want one for myself. The Raspberry Pi can play Quake 3, and I don’t mean just run it, I mean actually play it; faster than my full-blown PC did back when it was first released in fact. Read More >
The first batch of Raspberry Pis have started to make their way out to punters and lucky school kids this weekend, but have you got yours yet? Both RS and Element 14 should have some revised delivery dates for you soon, but in the mean time, check out this quick hands on from one of the Raspberry Pi Foundations's volunteers -- it's good to know they're still as excited as the rest of us. Read More >
Forget that diamond computer for billionaires—here's the processor of the future, for the everyman. It's powered by crabs! Safe, edible, pinchy crabs. Thank you science, for this crab computer. Read More >
Good news for Raspberry Pi pre-orderers. The first batch of Raspberry Pis have been checked, CE marked, packaged, and handed over to both RS and Element 14 for shipping out to the lucky few. After this first batch, both RS and Element 14 will be handling the manufacturing and shipping themselves, so hopefully everyone else will get their slice of Pi soon too. Read More >
Featured comment by Jon D:
"Woohoo! I havent heard anything further since the original delivery date of 14 May though. and that was before the CE Mark business" More »
Windows 8 is polarising among longtime Windows users. But there's one, inescapable thing about it: It's coming. And with it, hardware manufacturers are preparing with machines that you're going to want to touch. Read More >
Featured comment by Michael Pegg:
"The article says 'The LX835 starts at around £600-odd and will available in Q3 2012 in the US.' By the time it's got to the UK it will cost £1000+. ..." More »