The Titanic. Bit of a nightmare, all things considered, what with the sinking and everything. It's put us right off the idea of sailing from the UK to the USA. Read 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 »
If you love old DSLRs, particularly classic Nikons, you owe it to yourself to spend a few minutes over at Clare's Wyoh Tumblr blog. At the request of a reader with a penchant for Nikon schematics, she scanned a few illustrations from some old manuals and posted them for all of us to ogle. Outdated or not, they're still gorgeous examples of old-school engineering. 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 »
Featured comment by wildgeeza:
"'Spose! (kicks gravel) But I'd happily have a box that big as my phone, as long as the rest of the space was battery!" More »
Intel's Atom cores have caught a lot of guff, mainly thanks to bad memories of the netbook days. But its latest incarnation, the new Silvermont CPU architecture, is low-powered and packs a performance punch, positioning Intel to make a big push into mobile. Read More >>
Intel's integrated graphics have taken plenty of heat over the years, and most of it deserved. But the climb to respectability that started back with Sandy Bridge is about to get a turboboost. Meet Iris, the biggest generation jump in Intel's integrated graphics to date. Get ready to game. Read More >>
Featured comment by To be or not to be...is a stupid question.:
"No.
The desktop wasn't overclocked I just think that to make laptops slim and portable, the CPUs are actually different in size and form from the des..." More »
Most front-facing phone cameras suck. It's not their fault, though: they have to be squeezed in to a tiny gap, which puts obvious limits on their geometry. Fortunately, this new Omnivision sensor squeezes a lot more performance into that minuscule frame. Read More >>
Samsung has just announced that it's rolling some pretty exciting new memory into production, which will finally bring computer-like RAM performance to your mobile. Read More >>
Featured comment by To be or not to be...is a stupid question.:
"This will simply begin another specs arms race. After exhausting screen sizes, absurd pixel resolutions and camera megapixels are ram memory going to ..." More »
Samsung barely tweaked the exterior design of the Galaxy S4. That plastic casing might not be much to look at, but as iFixit's teardown reveals, that's precisely why you can replace much of its guts without any hassle. Read More >>
Not too long ago, some of Google Glass's specs got out there, but we were missing two critical pieces: CPU and RAM. Now, thanks to some endeavouring hackers who've gotten their hands on a pair, we now know some of those details. Read More >>
Featured comment by Spazturtle:
"Two people I know have Google Glass, shame they both live on the other side of the country to me or I would have a look." More »
AMD has released the specs of its latest monster graphics card, the Radeon HD 7990. Its not for the casual gamer, sure — but by the sounds of things, if you're minded to buy one it will tear through your games with some fairly insane processing power. Read More >>
Featured comment by FRISH:
"Meh, I wanna know what the next series has to offer. This gen I'm more towards Nvidea. My 6770 does me well but I want more D:" More »
Featured comment by mysticusa:
"But you forgot to deduct the overhead costs of selling in the US (staff, shipping, handling, US plugs etc...)? Dont you think... When you deduct those..." More »
Chance are you've owned a "free" phone at some point or another, a beater that cost zero-down with your contract. That's still nothing compared to this £8 off-contract phone pickup from the Mingtong Digital Mall. But what is in one of those? Not much. Read More >>