Notebook Sales Start To Tank
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February 24, 2021
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The top five notebook brands saw a combined 10 per cent decline of global shipments in January. Low seasonable sales and component... Read More
Kioxia, Western Digital Boost 3D Flash Memory Performance
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February 23, 2021
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TOKYO/SAN FRANCISCO: Kioxia, formerly Toshiba Memory, and data storage giant Western Digital have jointly announced their Gen6, 162-layer 3D flash memory technology.... Read More
Demand Squeezes Industry As Chip Drought Wears On
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February 22, 2021
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As chip shortages continue to plague the consumer electronics industry, Nvidia is taking action to curb rampant buying-up of its graphics cards.... Read More
Foxconn Expects Limited Impact From Chip Shortage
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February 22, 2021
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TAIPEI: The chairman of Taiwanese technology conglomerate Foxconn says he expects clients will face only “limited impact” from a chip shortage that... Read More
Chip Sales Rise Due To Pandemic-Fuelled Rush
SAN FRANCISCO: Global semiconductor sales rose 6.5 percent overall in 2020 due to a recovery during the last three months of the... Read More
Google Rolls Out Chromebook Update Highlighting CES Releases
With new Chromebooks announced at CES 2021, Google has updated Chrome OS with improvements billed as making the netbooks “as seamless as... Read More
CES 2021: Notebook Highlights For Business, Gamers, And Home Users
CES 2021 saw the unveiling of a broad range of notebooks for business, consumers, and gamers – here is our wrap-up of... Read More
CES 2021: Western Digital Expands Consumer SSDs To 4TB
Western Digital has increased storage capacities across its consumer portable SSD range, with SanDisk, WD, and WD_BLACK branded SSDs now available in... Read More
Microsoft To Have Another Crack At Getting Google Android Apps To Run On Windows 10
Microsoft who one day is cuddling up to Samsung and the next Apple is now having another crack at trying to lure... Read More
REVIEW: MSI’s Dragonshield Is A Space Age Gaming Machine, Inside And Out
MSI is known as a leader in gaming laptops, and with good reason. The Taiwanese manufacturer has just done something brand new:... Read More
Google To Phase Out Chrome On Millions Of PCs By 2022
Google has decided to extend the use of Chrome on computers operating Windows 7 for six months longer than originally anticipated, with... Read More
Chrome Rolls Out Biggest Performance Update In Years
Google has rolled out a swathe of improvements in a big Chrome update, billed as the largest performance boost for the browser... Read More
Ultra-Lightweight Razer Book 13 On Preorder Now
Preorders have opened for the new Razer Book 13, billed as a high-performance, high-productivity ultra-lightweight notebook. Equipped with an 11th-generation Intel Core... Read More
Acer Releases Powerful New Lightweight Laptop
Acer has released its new Swift 5 laptop with 11th-generation Intel Core processors, which it says combines portability with high performance. Constructed... Read More
EXCLUSIVE: Hollywood Design Star Tells How He Created MSI’s Top End Spaceship Gaming Laptop
Hollywood visual effects artist and designer Colie Wertz has worked on a number of blockbuster film franchises, including Star Wars, Transformers, Marvel,... Read More
Compal Denies It Has Been Targeted By Ransomware
TAIPEI: The world’s second largest laptop manufacturer, Taiwanese electronics company Compal, has denied reports that it has been hit by a ransomware... Read More
Tiny Xiaomi PC Shatters Fundraising Goal
Chinese tech giant Xiaomi is crowdfunding a 145-gram PC that literally fits into a pocket. The Ningmei Rubik’s Cube Mini – which... Read More
DJI Release Ultra-Light ‘Mini 2’ 4K Drone
DJI has released its new ultra-light ‘Mini 2’ drone (A$749), sporting a 4K camera and OcuSync Transmission – all under 249 grams.... Read More
Alcatel Debut ‘Joy Tab 2’ Tablet For US$120
Alcatel has unveiled its new tablet, Joy Tab 2, which has launched to US carriers Metro by T-Mobile for US$199.99. Sporting an... Read More
Raspberry Pi 400 Reflects The 80s
LONDON: Makers of the popular Raspberry Pi computer have revealed yet another iteration of the device – a whole computer contained in... Read More
Nokia Facing Setback In Battle With Lenovo
FRANKFURT: A German appeals court has lifted an injunction won by Nokia in a patent dispute with Lenovo, blocking the world’s largest... Read More
Q4 Tablet Shipments Set To Hit New High
Supply chain sources expect global tablet shipments to hit a 13-quarter high in Q4, as the coronavirus crisis continues to accelerate demand.... Read More
Seagate Reveals Aussie Pricing For Xbox Series X Expansion Card
Seagate has launched its Storage Expansion Card for the Xbox Series X and S, which it promises will deliver extra storage capacity... Read More
Alcatel Brings Premium Features To Value Phone
TCL value phone brand Alcatel is bringing premium features to the sub-$200 range with its new device, the Alcatel 1SE. Featuring an... Read More
Macs Plus HPs Don’t Mix
SAN FRANCISCO: Those linking a Mac computer to an HP printer have been finding problems trying to get the two to work... Read More
Intel Data Centres Blamed for Weak Results
SAN FRANCISCO: Intel’s revenue declined around four percent year-on-year, according to the chipmaker’s Q3 results. Its datacentre group came up with $5.91... Read More
‘Optus Business Hub’ Opens At Harvey Norman: Sydney, Gold Coast Next
Optus partnered with Harvey Norman to open a series of ‘Optus Business Hubs’ across key retail sites, as the companies join forces... Read More
Microsoft Office Brings Mouse And Trackpad Support To iPad
Microsoft has added mouse and trackpad support to its Office apps for iPad. iPad users with a mouse or Apple’s new Magic... Read More
Next-Gen 5G & WiFi 6 Processor Demand Boom
Supplier sources claim shipments of 5G and WiFi 6 chips are still booming into Q4, with demand tipped to further grow alongside... Read More
D-Link’s New Outdoor Wi-Fi Camera Uses ‘Person Detection’ To Reduce False Alarms
D-Link has launched a new Wi-Fi surveillance camera which uses AI edge-based person detection to recognise human motion, reducing the risk of... Read More
REVIEW: AORUS 17G – Monster Machine For The Gamer On The Go
Gaming tech producers GIGABYTE are going full-throttle in the gaming world with the next-gen AORUS 17G laptop with top notch specs and... Read More
Foxtel Roll-Out Advanced Voice Search For Remote Control
Foxtel has ramped up the intelligence of its remote control by deploying new, advanced voice command capabilities. The pay-TV provider has today... Read More
New Edge Browser, Refreshed Start Menu In Windows 10 October Build
Microsoft is rolling out its October 2020 update to Windows 10, which includes a new version of Edge and a revamped Start... Read More
DJI Unveils Pocket 4K Video Camera
DJI has launched a new pocket 4K video camera with a built-in three-axis gimbal. The DJI Pocket 2 is the successor to... Read More
Adobe Brings Illustrator To iPad After Photoshop Debacle
Adobe has rolled-out Illustrator for iPad amidst growing demand for creative applications on mobile devices. The news follows a formerly challenging roll-out... Read More
Samsung Debut Rugged, Durable Pro Plus SD Cards
Samsung has unveiled its new durable, rugged Pro Plus and EVO Plus SD cards for content creators and photo enthusiasts – pledging... Read More
Lenovo ThinkPad C13 Yoga Chromebook Coming January 2021
Lenovo has confirmed the latest addition to its ThinkPad portfolio, ThinkPad C13 Yoga Chromebook Enterprise, will land in Australia in January 2021.... Read More
Western Digital Struggles, Local Operation Reports Losses As Sales Fall
Storage Company Western Digital who last month was spruiking new 1Tb drives for the consumer market appears to be struggling with their... Read More
Panasonic Launches High-End Compact Cinema Camera
Panasonic has unveiled its first box-style cinema camera, pitched at professional filmmakers and documentary cinematographers. The 10.2-megapixel LUMIX BGH1 Digital Single Lens... Read More
Chromebook Shipments Set To Soar 28% YoY In 2021
Chromebook notebook shipments are forecast to soar 28.7% year-on-year in 2021, driving a broader increase in global notebook PC shipments of 4.7%... Read More
Global PC Market Sees Highest Growth In Decade Thanks To Pandemic
The global PC market grew by a whopping 13% in the third quarter in 2020, making it the highest growth in the... Read More
Is Apple Releasing Its First MacBook With An ARM Processor Next Month?
Apple is reportedly set to release its most affordable Macbook yet in November and it is rumoured to be equipped with an... Read More
MSI Subsidiary Caught Flogging NVIDIA 3080 GPUs At Huge Markup
MSI has been forced to rap its own subsidiary over the knuckles after Starlit Partner was caught selling MSI-branded RTX 3080 GPUs... Read More
Samsung Forecast Q3 Profit Up 58% YoY
Samsung Electronics has forecast a 58% jump in third-quarter profit, seemingly prompt by robust chip demand during the coronavirus pandemic. The Korean... Read More
Exclusive: Acer Drops Swift 7 Notebook In Australia
Acer has permanently discontinued its Swift 7 notebook in Australia only a little over a year since its first release. Online retailers... Read More
New RAM Can Transmit Nine FHD Movies Per Second
Computers are set to be even faster with the launch of the world’s first DDR5 RAM, which runs at almost double the... Read More
Epson Tops 50 Million EcoTank Printer Sales
Epson has hit a major milestone for its EcoTank high-capacity ink tank printers, with 50 million now sold worldwide. First launched in... Read More
Samsung Toys With RGB Light Strip Hinge For Next Galaxy Z Fold
Samsung is toying with the aesthetics of its next Galaxy Z Fold, with the company patenting a light-up RGB strip within the... Read More
Intel 11th Gen Rocket Lake Desktop Chips Coming Early 2021
Intel has confirmed its 11th Gen Rocket Lake desktop processors will release during the first quarter of 2021 with PCle 4.0 on-board,... Read More
Qualcomm To Debut Gaming Smartphone This Year?
Component giant, Qualcomm, is tipped to debut its first gaming smartphone as early as this year, following latest supply chain reports. The... Read More
