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Western Digital and SanDisk deliver their first hybrid drive

Western Digital has unveiled more information on its first hybrid solid-state drive, revealing that it worked with SanDisk to create the 500GB drive.        

HP Leads #1 for U.S. PC Shipments in Q1, but Overall Sales Fall

The drumbeat of slowing PC sales, which includes laptops and desktops, continued in the first three months of 2013 according to research group IDC.   IDC says that worldwide shipments of PCs dropped 13.9% in Q1 when compared to the same quarter in 2012.  So what’s to blame for this drop given the fact the world [...]

Samsung launches Southeast Asia’s first Enterprise Experience Centre in Singapore

Samsung Electronics so far has been known for its consumer mobility products and solutions in this region. Now, the South Korean electronics giant has trained its eyes on the enterprise segment of the market.

Sony VAIO E 17” with 1080p Screen on Sale for $580

Here’s yet another deal on a laptop with a Full HD 1920 x 1080 screen.  Newegg has the Sony VAIO E 17-inch laptop on sale for $580 with no tax (except CA) and free shipping when you apply coupon code VMEPROMOMAR13 at checkout and use a Visa card for payment.  This particular model on sale [...]

Dell Outlet Coupons for President’s Day

The Dell Outlet is a popular place to score deals on laptops, they offer refurbished systems that have often hardly been used and sometimes even simply returned without being opened by the original owner.  You generally get around 20 – 30% off the new price, and then on top of that there are often coupon [...]

Dell Inspiron 15R-5521 review

The Dell Inspiron 15R-5521 hardly puts a foot wrong with the Inspiron 15R, providing a well-built laptop with good performance and an attractive screen for just under £500. Read our Dell Inspiron 15R-5521 review to find out more.

Things to download on a new laptop

Just bought a new laptop? Here’s what you need to download to make the most of it. From Skype and LibreOffice to AVG antivirus and 7-zip, we show you how to install it all automatically with one click.

Western Digital Caviar Black 4TB

If you want the best performance and the fastest hard disk, this could be the model for you

Western Digital Caviar Green 3TB

Save money and power with this great-value hard disk

Far Cry 3

A descent into the tropical nightmare awaits you in Ubisoft’s latest shooter

Western Digital Caviar Black 2TB

We’re impressed by both the speed and price of this 2TB HDD

PS4 release date, specs & price rumours

PS4 release date, specs & price rumours – and everything else you need to know about Sony’s next-gen console

LG Touch 10 display announced for Windows 8 users

Ten-point capacitive multi-touch in a 23in desktop monitor

Acer Aspire S7-191 review

The Acer Aspire S7-191 is said to launch 30 October 2012, an 11in ultrabook with touchscreen designed for Windows 8. We had a brief hands-on with the little laptop at Acer’s Windows 8 launch event.

PC Specialist Vanquish 650Ti

This PC looks good, is massively overclocked and has an SSD for fast boot speeds

Asus VivoBook review – Hands on – S200 and S400

Slender touchscreen laptop from only £399

Top 5 reasons Windows 8 will be a great tablet OS

Ignore the doomsayers, Windows 8 will be fantastic on mobile devices. Here are five reasons why

Mac 101: Getting set up

Welcome to Mac 101, Macworld’s new guide for the new Mac user. Our plan is to use this weekly column to explain how to use Apple’s computers–starting with the most basic of the basics and, over the course of time, to touch on virtually every aspect of the Mac and its operating system.

HP Pavilion SleekBook 15 and SleekBook 14 Announced

HP is adding to its Sleebook lineup with the Pavilion Sleekbook 14 and Sleekbook 15 to be released coinciding with the launch of Windows 8 on October 26th.  The Sleekbook 14 will use an AMD APU to power the processor and graphics while the larger sized Sleekbook 15 will use Intel based processors and the [...]

Lenovo IdeaPad Y400 and Y500 Windows 8 Gaming Laptops Unveiled

Lenovo was present at the IFA consumer electronics show today and they certainly didn’t go unnoticed by unveiling a variety of new products including updates to its Idea-branded consumer laptops. Part of these updates included new models in its popular IdeaPad Y Series of gaming laptops. The IdeaPad Y400 and Y500, powered by third generation [...]

HANDS ON: Samsung Ativ Windows 8 line-up

Hybrid tablets lead Samsung’s four-pronged Windows 8 assault

Archos 101 XS

This slender and powerful tablet comes with a clever bundled keyboard

Apple becomes most valuable company ever

Apple has hit a new market high making it the world’s most valuable company in history.

How to… Install Windows 8 on your laptop today

We show you how to run the Release Preview of Windows 8 on your laptop

Toshiba N510 Laptop Review

The Toshiba N510-10D does all the netbook essentials and does them well.