In the world of tablet computing there is one clear leader and that is Apple and the company’s incredibly popular iPad. The new iPad, as it has come to be known, is the tech king’s third iteration of the tablet computer and it has built on the considerable success of its predecessors with some extremely advanced technology. […]
Making a console-crushing gaming PC that delivers insane visual fidelity is easier than ever. Read about how they work, then learn how to put one together yourself…
Today, the gaming industry is dominated by consoles – such as the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 -with large install bases worldwide. However, these machines […]
The Sony Xperia S is a new smartphone produced by Sony (recently separated from Ericsson) that, aside from offering a handset optimised for high-resolution media playback, has been designed to blur the lines between a phone and a portable gaming console. […]
It’s a well-known fact that technology iterates. It continually gets better, faster and more functional. This is true across all its forms, offering consumers tools and gadgets that can make their lives easier and more enjoyable. Importantly though, what is also true is that more often than not these iterations are merely incremental improvements, offering largely the same product as before but ever so slightly tweaked.
Maybe the technology is slightly faster – for example, a 2.6GHz CPU over a 2.5GHz one in a computer – but it is not delivering something radically new; it does not offer a road map for future advancement. […]
Heat sinks are passive cooling components commonly found in PCs. They consist of a series of metal plates, pipes, pins and lattices that work together to absorb heat from electrical components through conductivity then dissipate it into the environment.
Conduction, which is the central operating principle of heat sinks, occurs when two objects with different temperatures are placed in contact with each other. When they touch, the hotter object’s faster-moving molecules transfer a portion of their energy to the colder object’s less-active molecules. […]
The original Kindle Fire device was launched in November 2011 as a mini-tablet version of the Kindle eReader. A year (and considerable commercial success) later and Amazon has launched the Kindle Fire HD – a tablet which now has more in common with the likes of the iPad and co than its humble eReader ancestor. […]
After months of speculation and leaked parts, Apple unveiled the iPad mini on 23 October 2012. As the name indicates, it’s significantly smaller than the previous four generations of the iPad lineup, sporting a 20-centimetre (7.9-inch) display (diagonal). It’s also 23 per cent thinner, with a depth of 7.2 millimeters (0.3 inches) and lighter too, weighing in at just 308 grams (10.9 ounces). […]
Discover the inner workings of a modern wireless speaker system!
Wireless speakers combine the same basic techniques that the first speakers and wireless devices were based upon. So what makes modern wireless speakers stand out?
Well, today’s systems employ a transmission protocol called SKAA – a hi-fi audio standard that uses a portable device as the sound source that can be connected to any wireless gadget with SKAA support. […]
Hard-disk drives (HDDs) have been around since IBM conceived of the need for extra computer storage in 1956. A hard disk uses magnetized platters made of aluminium, ceramics or even glass to store data. […]
The method employed by most modern office photocopiers is xerography-using electrostatic charges and heat to print the required image on paper. […]
