Wednesday 31 August 2016

Acer's new Spin laptops double as tablets and start at $250

Acer's convertible Chromebook R 13 is designed to welcome Android apps

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Aug 31, 2016
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Acer's new Spin laptops double as tablets and start at $250

Acer recently announced a string of new devices for the fall including a healthy emphasis on convertible laptops. Read More

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Acer's convertible Chromebook R 13 is designed to welcome Android apps

Acer's versatile Chromebook R 13 is one good device to run Android apps because it can be a laptop or tablet. Read More

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Here's all you need to turn your favorite speakers into a wireless sound system for your smartphone and tablet. Simply plug your speakers or stereo system into this small and unobtrusive Bluetooth Audio Adapter, press the pairing button, and you're ready to stream and control your music from up to 50 feet away. Read More

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Hands-on: Samsung's Gear S3 smartwatch is big, bold, and ready to phone home

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Bang & Olufsen's wireless speakers mimic Dr. Who Daleks to project music 360 degrees

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Fujitsu's DRAM killer uses carbon nanotubes for a 1,000x performance boost

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Dropbox made you change your password because 68 million accounts were hacked

Dropbox's move last week to ask users who had signed up before mid-2012 to change their account passwords followed the discovery of a dump of some 68 million email addresses and passwords. Read More

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Battlefield 1 beta impressions: Riding an armored train through the middle of hell

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Nvidia's first-ever PC mod lures Fallout 4 players to Vault 1080

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Sunrise Calendar is gone, and Microsoft Outlook can't replace it

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Facebook's new algorithm will help save VR movies from shaky-cam

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Say hello to old friend Dell Technologies on Sept. 7

Dell will complete its acquisition of EMC on Sept. 7, ending nearly a year of approvals and decades of history for the two companies that will combine to become Dell Technologies. Read More

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Tuesday 30 August 2016

Intel's new Kaby Lake chips for PC: Here's the company's vision

Microsoft made 'em do it: The latest Kaby Lake, Zen chips will support only Windows 10

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Intel's new Kaby Lake chips for PC: Here's the company's vision

New chips can be a reason to upgrade PCs. But does Intel's latest 7th Generation Core chip, code-named Kaby Lake, have enough bite to trigger replacements of old PCs? Read More

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