Computers

HP EliteBook 2740p Tablet Graduates to Capacitive Multitouch Display

The HP EliteBook 2730p was a tough little convertible tablet, and its successor— HP’s EliteBook 2740p—is no exception. The 2740p meets the same rugged MIL-STD 810G military standards, and adds a capacitive touch screen and Core i5/i7 goodness. https://gizmodo.com/hp-elitebook-2730p-tablet-is-ruggedized-and-means-busin-5038124 The 12.1-inch WXGA (1280 x 800) LED display includes anti-glare and optional outdoor view, and can…

Tech News Brian Barrett Mar 1

Sony Vaio P Clone Can’t Compete with the Original

So, the Sony Vaio P has a clone. Congrats, Sony! Too bad the mimicry ends with the aesthetics: The appearance is spot on, but the insides are decidedly sub-par. The Atom processor is a less powerful than the processor offered in the Vaio P, and the memory maxes out at 1GB. If you’re comparing, that’s…

Tech News Jack Loftus Feb 28

ASUS Eee PC T101MT Convertible Struggles in Hands-On Preview

When we previewed the Asus Eee PC T101MT convertible netbook/tablet earlier this month, it was just on paper. The plucky little netbook looked promising, for an Eee PC, but this latest string of hands-on previews is just plain ugly. https://gizmodo.com/asus-eee-pc-t101mt-has-a-multitouch-tablet-display-and-5471797 The 10.1-inch touchscreen tablet portion, for example, struggles with basic tasks, touch recognition and responsiveness.…

Tech News Jack Loftus Feb 28

Does the Mac vs PC Ad Song Sound Like Baby Music?

You know that Mac vs PC music in EVERY ad? Do you think it sounds like baby music? Because everyone at Gizmodo just got into a huge debate over it and are not talking to each other now. Tiebreaker please? I’m not saying it’s bad or uncool, other than we all have it stuck in…

Tech News Brian Lam Feb 26

Engineers Solve 80-Year Old Puzzle to Make Computer Modeling 100,000 Times Faster

A quantum physics breakthrough that can predict the kinetic energy of electrons in simple metals—and semiconductors—will enable computers to simulate the behavior of new materials up to 100,000 times faster than they currently can. That’s huge. Princeton engineer Emily Carter led the project, which took an equation by Llewellyn Hilleth Thomas and Enrico Fermi that…

Physics & Chemistry Brian Barrett Feb 26

Shuttle XS35 PC Is Only 33mm Thick

It may be small, but it’s HD-compatible when connected to a monitor or TV, and has all the trimmings you’d expect from a larger machine. An Intel Atom D510 1.6GHz processor and NM10 Express chipset are combined with an Nvidia GT218 graphics card, and connections-wise there’s five USB ports, VGA out, a LAN port, memory…

Tech News Kat Hannaford Feb 26

Priorities.

Godspeed, friend. And on another note, the use of dated clipart in what’s essentially a gadget obit seems particularly fitting. [ScaryIdeas] UPDATE: New, related ads are making this look more like a viral marketing campaign than an honest plea for help. We’ve been betrayed! [Yfrog Thanks Sinéad!]

Tech News Mark Wilson Feb 24

MSI Introducing First Ever 24-Inch 3D All-In-One PC Next Week

MSI made some all-in-one noise at CES with the AE2420, and they’re stepping it up again for next week’s CeBIT 2010 show in Germany. There, they’ll introduce the world’s first large screen all-in-one PC capable of handling 1080p 3D media. https://gizmodo.com/msi-wind-top-ae2420-all-in-one-frame-i5-guts-5441035 The 3D AIO will have a 24-inch 120Hz LED display, 1080p resolution, and will…

Tech News Brian Barrett Feb 23

Lenovo ThinkPad W701ds Pairs Beastly Specs With an Integrated Secondary Screen

Lenovo’s W700ds workstation laptop has gotten an overdue upgrade in the form of the W701ds, and now its guts are every bit as over the top as its integrated secondary display. Seriously: this thing is a hoss. https://gizmodo.com/crazy-ibm-thinkpad-w700ds-has-integrated-secondary-disp-5113768 To start, you’ve got up to Intel’s Core i7-920 Extreme processor, a 17-inch WUXGA (1920×1200) primary display,…

Tech News Brian Barrett Feb 23

Lenovo ThinkPad X201 Steps Up With Core i7 Power In a Thin and Light Body

Lenovo’s ultraportable ThinkPad X201 isn’t the first notebook to upgrade to Intel’s new Core i5 and i7 processors, but it’s loaded with enough other goodies that it stands out in the growing crowd. The processor’s not the only upgrade from ThinkPad X200. The X201 adds a trackpad where before there was only a nub, and…

Tech News Brian Barrett Feb 23

Nvidia Ion 2 GPU Benchmarked As Slower Than Its Predecessor

The first Nvidia Ion 2 netbook has been benchmarked, and the early results are disappointing: the Acer Aspire One 532G‘s next-gen GPU managed to underperform the older Ion LE. https://gizmodo.com/acers-aspire-one-532g-is-first-netbook-with-nvidias-ion-5471868 The benchmarking was done by Netbook News while at MWC, who managed to run a 3DMark03 graphics benchmark test during their hands-on time. The resulting…

Tech News Brian Barrett Feb 22

Faulty iMac Saga Update: More Soon

Many of you have asked about this week’s iMac Update. I have not forgotten; I’m just still collecting fresh data since the production freeze and subsequent restart. Expect a big update with reliable information early next week. (And tip [email protected]!)

Tech News Mark Wilson Feb 19

Oak Trail Is Name Of Intel Atom Z-Series Replacement (Supposedly)

Intel is moving from conifers to deciduous trees as inspiration for its next Atom Z-series platform, if PC Watch is correct. The Z-series is residing in netbooks and ultra-portables such as the Vaio P from Sony, but with Moorestown not compatible with Windows it makes sense Intel would need a new processor. https://gizmodo.com/intels-new-atom-chips-what-they-mean-for-you-5431479 Enter Oak…

Tech News Kat Hannaford Feb 19

Enjoy Your Privacy; It’ll Be Gone In A Few Years (1967)

The August 17, 1967 Salina Journal (Salina, KS) ran a headline that caught my eye: “Enjoy Your Privacy; It’ll Be Gone In a Few Years.” Someone from the year 2010 might look at this headline and expect to read an article with rather prescient predictions of how a vast network of computers might allow for…

Privacy & Security Matt Novak Feb 13

10 Best Ways to Use Your PC While You’re Sleeping or At Work

There’s only so much a processor can handle at once. That’s why we keep our home PC powered on while we’re at sleep or at the office. Forget about energy savings—a powerful PC is meant to be utilized! Some processes, like games, monopolize CPU clock cycles, making it inconvenient to run other processor-intensive utilities in…

Movies MaximumPC Feb 12

Lenovo C315 All-In-One Has Touchscreen Powers For Only $650

Today Lenovo unveiled their C315 touchscreen all-in-one desktop. It may not be the peppiest system on the market, but $650 for a 20-inch touchscreen AIO PC sounds pretty good to me. Full specs aren’t available yet, but we do know that the C315 houses an AMD Althon CPU, 4GB of memory, and ATI Mobility Radeon…

Tech News Brian Barrett Feb 11

Toshiba Adds A Touchscreen Display To The U500-1EX Laptop

These aren’t the first touchscreen laptops Toshiba’s dished out, but the U500-1EX is the latest, and has some nice specs (4GB of DDR3 RAM, 320GB HDD) for its low price. https://gizmodo.com/toshiba-u505-and-m505-touchscreened-in-time-for-win-7-5381773 At 13.3-inches, the Windows 7 machine has a neat-sounding LifeSpace app from Toshiba, which allows for thumbnail shortcuts on a bulletin board, and a…

Tech News Kat Hannaford Feb 11

Nvidia Optimus Switches Seamlessly Between Amped Up and Power-Sipping Graphics

We’ve seen a ton of Core i5 notebooks recently, all loaded with Intel’s impotent integrated graphics, which are part of the chip. Now, Nvidia’s Optimus enables PCs to switch automatically between Intel’s crappy integrated graphics and Nvidia’s beefier graphics cards. Optimus is a new technology that allows Intel’s integrated GPU to coexist with a discrete…

Tech News Brian Barrett Feb 9

IBM’s 100Ghz Graphene Transistor Might Replace Silicon Someday

We know graphene is tough stuff, but Big Blue’s discovering the substance makes a great transistor too, to the tune of a record-setting 100GHz. https://gizmodo.com/supermaterial-graphene-could-become-fireproof-megastora-5113970 You see, the 100Ghz graphene transistor IBM was crowing about this week is already much, much faster than a comparably sized silicon one. Current “state-of-the-art” silicon maxes out at 40Ghz.…

Tech News Jack Loftus Feb 7

Dell Precision M6500 Hops On USB 3.0 and Core i5/i7 Trains

Dell’s Precision M6500 is the next in an increasingly long line of notebooks upgrading to Core i5, but it’ll be one of the first to also ship with an optional USB 3.0 port. The Precision M6500 currently ships with a quad-core i7 for $2,750, but starting late February you’ll be able to configure it to…

Tech News Brian Barrett Feb 5

HP EliteBook 2740p Tablet Graduates to Capacitive Multitouch Display

Sony Vaio P Clone Can’t Compete with the Original

ASUS Eee PC T101MT Convertible Struggles in Hands-On Preview

Does the Mac vs PC Ad Song Sound Like Baby Music?

Engineers Solve 80-Year Old Puzzle to Make Computer Modeling 100,000 Times Faster

Shuttle XS35 PC Is Only 33mm Thick

Priorities.

MSI Introducing First Ever 24-Inch 3D All-In-One PC Next Week

Lenovo ThinkPad W701ds Pairs Beastly Specs With an Integrated Secondary Screen

Lenovo ThinkPad X201 Steps Up With Core i7 Power In a Thin and Light Body

Nvidia Ion 2 GPU Benchmarked As Slower Than Its Predecessor

Faulty iMac Saga Update: More Soon

Oak Trail Is Name Of Intel Atom Z-Series Replacement (Supposedly)

Enjoy Your Privacy; It’ll Be Gone In A Few Years (1967)

10 Best Ways to Use Your PC While You’re Sleeping or At Work

Lenovo C315 All-In-One Has Touchscreen Powers For Only $650

Toshiba Adds A Touchscreen Display To The U500-1EX Laptop

Nvidia Optimus Switches Seamlessly Between Amped Up and Power-Sipping Graphics

IBM’s 100Ghz Graphene Transistor Might Replace Silicon Someday

Dell Precision M6500 Hops On USB 3.0 and Core i5/i7 Trains

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