Looking for a laptop replacement, but tired of talk of convertibles, hybrids, sliders, touch-friendly laptops and slates? Drowning in advertising-speak about how this new Windows-8 device is going to make your life infinitely better? Yeah, us too. Never fear, though, we've got your back! Follow on after the break to find out everything you'd ever dreamed to dare to know about Windows 8 hybrids. Read More >>
Featured comment by tolpin:
"You'd get used to it i'm sure; I've used a 13" laptop almost exclusively for 2 years for all my graphic, print and web-design work, and although there..." More »
That complicated sketch comes from a Google patent, which sees the company planning for a future in which tablet/laptop hybrids become the norm. Read More >>
Featured comment by ilae4e:
"I think the patent revolves around the touchscreen being built in, I've seen things like this before but had a keyboard instead of secondary touchscre..." More »
When Intel outed the Ultrabook concept last year, it hoped the slim laptops would be the saviour of the PC market, clawing back sales it had lost to Apple's svelte offerings. The latest figures show, however, that all is not well in the land of PC. Read More >>
Featured comment by toonarmy:
"I thought the reason why hardware manufactures wanted people to move away from netbooks was that there was little profit margin in it for them. Unlike..." More »
Furniture that's also tech seems to be all the rage at the moment, what with Ikea's TV-come-shelf thing. How about a desk-like laptop stand that packs Parisian style with some serious high-end audio punch? Read More >>
Featured comment by elevenses:
"Presumably this is for people who don't have a Bluetooth enabled HiFi...
Silly money, looks as flash as a Rat with a Gold tooth..." More »
The woman who reportedly inspired the female "M" we've come to know and love in recent Bond films, has had her laptop pinched while passing through Heathrow, putting counter-terrorism police on alert. Read More >>
Featured comment by BadSheep:
"Ah, missed the bit that she'd moved on.
Oh well.
Makes you wonder what she'd have on a personal laptop then that would worry them... she's proba..." More »
It's a bank holiday and appropriately, the roads have been filled with bewildered day-trippers, tootling about the place as they've aimed to make the most of the bonus workless day. Read More >>
In 2012, we are truly living in the ‘foldaway age’ – almost everything around us can be folded up and stored safely, whether it be ironing boards, beds, dead spies, or even bicycles. Yes – imagine! Read More >>
Do you see yourself as a go-getting, thrusting, hard-nosed business type? A proto-Sugar in the making, with a head full of big ideas and a sack full of business balls? Yeah? You’ll need a better chair then. Read More >>
There's something fundamentally broken in the world of PC laptops: Machines designed nearly four years ago still provide the basic model for how to build one correctly today. The Razer Blade is, in some ways, one of the best Windows laptops I've used in a long time. But I can't decide if it's merely ironic or outright depressing that a PC designed to reinvigorate PCs is ultimately most interesting because it steals something from Apple that most PC makers only wish they could grasp: How to steal like Apple. Read More >>
Featured comment by CaptainLove:
"It would have to be anodised, something Apple certainly has quite a bit of experience with (I'm looking at you, you insatiably desirable iPod Mini), b..." More »
Forensic detective work conducted on last week's Android 5.0 news has come to the conclusion that Google may be planning to integrate a laptop docking system and dual OS versions within its next Android release. Read More >>
Targus has done USB3.0-weilding laptop users a solid with its Dual Video Adapter, which sports both HDMI and DVI sprouting from a single USB3.0 port. Finally you can bolt-on that multi-monitor set up you’ve always wanted without having to resort to a hulking great tower. Read More >>
Featured comment by Frypot:
"Also useful for people such as myself whop dont have enough hdmi/ dvi slots on their GPU and don't want to fork out the £180 it would take to upgrade..." More »
Leaked images of ASUS' slinky U46 laptop have fallen into my inbox, and while the sender didn't provide any details with the snapshots, we've managed to identify it as the fabled U46; a non-Ultrabook machine that's just 27mm thick. Read More >>