Apple 'sort of' drops 4G claim from iPad description
Apple has made a swift and quiet change to way it describes its Ipad tablet. The firm has dropped the term “4G” from its descriptions of the Ipad following criticisms in countries where that claim was found to be misleading …
Nvidia sees profits tumble -- despite its Kepler success
Nvidia has posted a third successive year of falling first quarter revenue with a decline in profits of 55 per cent from the same quarter last year. Nvidia is on a high after a successful Kepler GPU launch but its …
MSI making use of Intel's Z77 Thunderbolt support
MSI has released its first Thunderbolt motherboard based on Intel’s Z77 chipset. Intel’s Z77 Panther Point chipset has largely the same features as its Z68 chipset, however one startling addition was support for two Thunderbolt channels. Intel told journalists that …
Acer launches LED backlit G6 LCD monitors
Acer has launched its G6 series slim LCD monitors. Acer’s G6 series LCD screens come in 19in, 20in, 22in, 23in, 24in and 27in sizes with all but the 19in model using the inferior 16:9 aspect ratio. The firm has opted …
Nvidia releases its Kepler based Geforce GTX 670
Nvidia has released the Geforce GTX 670, a cut down version of its all conquering Geforce GTX 680 video card. Nvidia’s 28nm Kepler GPU has won high praise from just about everyone and has managed to reinvent the firm’s desktop …
Microsoft boasts of quicker recovery from NTFS corruption
Microsoft has revamped recovery from NTFS disk corruption in Windows 8, claiming it will reduce downtime. Microsoft is well into its hype-generation phase for Windows 8 and while its Metro interface is the most visible change from previous versions of …
Wolfenstein 3D hits 20 years old
Bethesda Software has celebrated the 20th anniversary of classic first-person shooter (FPS) Wolfenstein 3D by dropping the IOS app’s price and releasing a free web browser version. The new web browser version, which can be played here, is a faithful full release of …
Microsoft fixing 23 vulnerabilities in Windows, Office, Silverlight and .NET
Microsoft is fixing 23 vulnerabilities across various software products including Windows, Office and Silverlight in its Patch Tuesday release for May. The patches, which among other things address remote code execution vulnerabilities, include seven bulletins for Windows, Silverlight, Office and the .Net …
Dell dishes out Ubuntu 12.04 image for XPS 13 ultrabook
Dell has packaged Ubuntu 12.04 to support its XPS 13 ultrabook. Dell has been pushing its XPS 13 ultrabook hard with seductive television ads accompanied by generally positive reviews. Now the firm has really thrown a spanner into the works …
