Friday 23 October 2015

Surface Book vs. MacBook Pro: It isn't twice as fast. It's three times as fast

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Surface Book vs. MacBook Pro: It isn't twice as fast. It's three times as fast

10.22.2015 3:00 AM

Microsoft figured out how to put a discrete GPU into the Surface Book, and it does make a difference. We ran the benchmarks to find the truth.

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Surface Book Review: Microsoft reimagines the laptop, and it's glorious

10.21.2015 6:00 AM

It's not hype. The Surface Book is powerful, fast, beautiful, and unlike any other laptop you've ever seen

 

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Microsoft Surface Pro 4 review: It's faster, it's better, and it has more competition

10.21.2015 6:00 AM

Microsoft re-engineers the Surface Pro 4 tablet for performance, adding a new Intel Skylake processor, an improved Type Cover, and even a better Surface Dock.

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Nexus 6P review: This is the way Android phones should be

10.22.2015 4:00 AM

Look out Samsung and LG. The best premium Android phone on the market is Google's own.

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Microsoft Store lists Lumia 950 as teardown offers peek at 950 XL's liquid cooling

10.20.2015 7:40 AM

The Lumia 950 devices aren't up for pre-order, but at least they're listed on the Microsoft Store.

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Microsoft's 1TB Surface Book appears with a jaw-dropping $3200 price tag

10.19.2015 7:15 AM

Think Microsoft's Surface Books are already too expensive? Wait until you see this $3,200 high-end model.

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15 simple, yet powerful Excel functions you need to know

10.20.2015 9:57 AM

Want a better grasp of Excel, but not sure where to start? This list will help.

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Lenovo upgrades its big idea: The 27-inch Yoga Home 900 is for homework or air hockey

10.19.2015 11:30 AM

That's not a coffee table, that's a PC you can put on a coffee table for family games. The Yoga Home 900's a niche product, but Windows 10 offers more possibilities.

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Word timesaving tips: Random text, quick definitions, formatting tricks and more

10.19.2015 3:30 AM

Make it easier to format and read long Microsoft Word documents (and shorter ones) with these tips.

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Online ad industry, battling ad blockers, admits it messed up

10.16.2015 4:43 AM

From one perspective, it could be argued that the online advertising industry is getting what it deserves. After years of stuffing Web pages with ads, Web surfers are increasingly blocking them with free tools.

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Xbox One Elite Controller review: I'm finally replacing my wired 360 controller

10.22.2015 6:00 AM

I don't need a $150 Xbox One controller. You probably don't need one either. But that doesn't change the fact Microsoft has built a gorgeous piece of hardware.

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Hands-on with Obduction: Myst's spiritual successor straddles the line between familiar and alien

10.20.2015 1:46 PM

We recently got an exclusive chance to go hands-on with two hours of Obduction, Cyan's spiritual successor to Myst. The good news: It looks a lot prettier than last year.

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Cheap VR for the masses: Google Cardboard headed to 1 million NY Times subscribers

10.20.2015 7:12 AM

Google Cardboard is headed to more than 1 million New York Times subscribers.

Surface envy: Why PC vendors are mad at Microsoft

10.16.2015 7:44 AM

The strained relationship between Microsoft and PC makers is getting harder to hide.

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Linux gaming rising: 35 killer games for Steam Machines and Linux

10.15.2015 10:41 AM

It's taken a long time and the promise of SteamOS, but more and more big-name games are finally becoming Linux natives. Here's a sampling.

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Dell steps up analytics push with Statistica 13, new vertical services

10.20.2015 2:30 PM

Dell got a jump start in the world of analytics software when it acquired StatSoft early last year, and on Tuesday it forged further ahead into the space with a new Statistica release and a variety of industry-specific services.

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