High Tech - News, Reviews and Tests
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Torchlight 2 Sells Over 1 Million CopiesJan 2, 2013 - in News
Runic Games and Torchlight 2 are doing well for themselves.
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Trio of Huawei Smartphones Shown in Leaked ImagesJan 2, 2013 - in News
W1, Ascend D2 and Ascend Mate depicted before official unveiling during CES.
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Patents on Product Designs Strengthened by New LawJan 2, 2013 - in News
U.S. president Barack Obama signs new bill set to come into effect a year from now.
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Samsung May Launch Tizen Smartphone in 2013Jan 2, 2013 - in News
Tizen operates as a Linux-based, open platform mobile operating system.
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RIM Extends 4G LTE Tech Licensing DealJan 2, 2013 - in News
InterDigital's patents can be used in upcoming line of BlackBerry 10 products,
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Apple Drops Samsung Galaxy S3 Mini Patent ClaimJan 2, 2013 - in News
Device's unavailability in U.S. forces iOS developer to drop claim.
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Sony Xperia Z and ZL Smartphones ConfirmedJan 2, 2013 - in News
Smartphone manufacturer's website confirms both devices' existence.
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Obama Signs Warrantless Wiretapping BillJan 2, 2013 - in News
The government gets five more years of warrantless wiretapping of mobile devices.
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Touch-Based Ubuntu Coming to Smartphones Late 2013Jan 2, 2013 - in News
Ubuntu will support smartphones later this year.
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Google Further Details Project Glass ProgressJan 2, 2013 - in News
Battery, cloud apps and controls still a work-in-progress.
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Intel Rumored to Launch Cable TV ServiceJan 2, 2013 - in News
Remember Intel's entertainment platform Viiv from 2006? And Intel's follow-up idea to jump into the TV market with Google TV in 2011?
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Google xPhone Focused on Samsung, Not iPhoneJan 2, 2013 - in News
Google's rumored "xPhone" may be an attack on Samsung more so than the iPhone.
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TSMC Preparing Production of 28 nm Apple A6X SoCJan 2, 2013 - in News
TSMC reportedly will start producing Apple's A6X SoC in a trial run during this quarter.
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Developer Usage Logs Indicate Apple Testing iPhone 6Jan 2, 2013 - in News
Unsurprisingly, Apple's already working on the iPhone 6 and iOS 7.
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Deals Jan 2: 250GB Samsung 840 Series SSD $159Jan 2, 2013 - in News
Get that SSD upgrade that you've been waiting for.
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Tom's Hardware Approved CPU Cooler Zalman LQ320 on SaleJan 2, 2013 - in News
Get a special deal on our approved liquid cooler.
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Linus Torvalds Dropped Christmas F-Bomb on Kernel DeveloperJan 2, 2013 - in News
Linux creator Linus Torvalds went on a tirade in the Linux kernel mailing list targeting Red Hat's Mauro Carvalho Chehab, one of kernel maintainers who blamed an application for breakage in the Linux kernel 3.8 RC1.
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British Inventor Criticizes 'Brain-Dead' Google GenerationJan 2, 2013 - in News
The internet, and Google specifically, is said to be making a new generation of children 'brain-dead'.
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Acer Says Touchscreen Laptops Will Soon Be EverywhereJan 2, 2013 - in News
It may be a few years before touch-based notebooks actually dominate the market.
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Windows 8 Uptake Falls Behind Windows Vista PaceJan 2, 2013 - in News
Windows 8 has fallen behind Vista in terms of usage share.
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CES 2013 Bigger Than Ever Even Without MicrosoftJan 2, 2013 - in News
CES 2013 will be bigger than ever even with the vacuum left behind by Microsoft's exit, stage left.
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Dead Space 3 Demo Coming SoonJan 2, 2013 - in News
EA says it's in a gift-giving mood, but just not for PC gamers.
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Fujitsu's Smartphone for Seniors Coming to UK/US in 2013Jan 2, 2013 - in News
The Raku Raku was designed for older smartphone users.
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453K Copies of Minecraft Sold on Christmas DayJan 2, 2013 - in News
Minecraft sells big on Christmas Day says Mojang.
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Samsung's ATIV Smart PC 500T: An Atom-Based Windows 8 TabletJan 1, 2013 - in Reviews
Samsung takes Intel's Atom Z2760 SoC, the full version of Windows 8, and builds a tablet that begs to stay connected to its docking station. Is this the combination of freedom, performance, and battery life we've been waiting for, or are we left wanting?
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Apple Files Patent for On-Demand Power Generation from Wind Turbines at Any TimeJan 1, 2013 - in News
Apple has filed a patent that makes wind turbine power more flexible and allows access to power even when a turbine is not actively generating power at a given time.
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The Matrix Can Be Tested: Do We Live in Computer Sim?Jan 1, 2013 - in News
Have you ever wondered whether there was some possibility that the vision laid out in the Matrix movies could be real?
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Can a Smartphone Be Considered a Body Part?Jan 1, 2013 - in News
Sure, we are in love with our smartphones. But how far does this love go?
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Samsung Planning to Ship Half a Billion Handsets in 2013Jan 1, 2013 - in News
South Korean technology titan shipped an estimated 420 million phones this year.