Category: Technology

Five unanswered questions about the Xbox One

Five unanswered questions about the Xbox One

(Credit: James Martin/CNET) With the pre-E3 announcement of Microsoft’s next living room video game console, the parlor game of speculation about all the missing details can begin. As with the Nintendo Wii U and Sony PlayStation 4 before it, the new Xbox’s first foray into the public was a carefully choreographed tease, with just enough [...]

Samsung Galaxy Tablet may run on Intel chip

Samsung Galaxy Tablet may run on Intel chip

A first for Samsung: an Intel chip in one of its Android tablets. (Credit: Samsung) Samsung may do something it has never done: Put an Intel chip in a Galaxy Tab. The Samsung Galaxy 10.1 Android tablet is expected to sport a dual-core 1.6GHz Intel Atom CloverTrail+ chip, industry sources familiar with the product told [...]

Samsung to unveil 13.3-inch 3,200×1,800 LCD display

Samsung will demo a new LCD screen that would top similar displays in resolution and pixel density. Geared for notebooks, the 13.3-inch WQXGA+ LCD display would offer a resolution of 3,200×1,800 pixels and a density of 276 pixels per inch. That surpasses the screen found on Apple’s 13.3-inch Retina MacBook Pro, which provides a resolution [...]

Adobe unplugs Creative Cloud sync tool during transition

Adobe unplugs Creative Cloud sync tool during transition

Adobe argues that customers get more than just software with Creative Cloud subscriptions, but some Creative Suite customers object to what they see as a price increase. (Credit: Adobe Systems) Unexpected instabilities forced Adobe Systems to hasten a planned outage for its Creative Cloud Connection, a service that keeps files made on mobile devices or [...]

Adobe unplugs Creative Cloud sync tool during transition

Adobe unplugs Creative Cloud sync tool during transition

Adobe argues that customers get more than just software with Creative Cloud subscriptions, but some Creative Suite customers object to what they see as a price increase. (Credit: Adobe Systems) Unexpected instabilities forced Adobe Systems to hasten a planned outage for its Creative Cloud Connection, a service that keeps files made on mobile devices or [...]

Android has become a hedge against Microsoft and Windows

Android has become a hedge against Microsoft and Windows

HP SlateBook x2 is both an Android tablet and laptop. The laptop part is an Android first for HP. (Credit: Hewlett-Packard) Hewlett-Packard rolled out another Android device this week. This could become a pattern as PC makers hedge against a world that’s less about Microsoft and more about Google. On Tuesday, the largest PC maker [...]

Android has become a hedge against Microsoft and Windows

Android has become a hedge against Microsoft and Windows

HP SlateBook x2 is both an Android tablet and laptop. The laptop part is an Android first for HP. (Credit: Hewlett-Packard) Hewlett-Packard rolled out another Android device this week. This could become a pattern as PC makers hedge against a world that’s less about Microsoft and more about Google. On Tuesday, the largest PC maker [...]

New MacBook Air imminent?

New MacBook Air imminent?

New MacBook Airs could be coming in weeks. (Credit: Apple) Signs may point to a refresh of Apple’s popular MacBook Air. Possibly next month. AppleInsider said Friday that at large online retailers like MacConnection, stock has vanished for the popular 13.3-inch Air with a 1.8GHz processor and 256GB solid-state drive. That said, Best Buy has [...]

Ready for Windows 8? We’re just starting on Win 7, says Dell

Ready for Windows 8? We’re just starting on Win 7, says Dell

(Credit: Microsoft) Maybe everyone’s focused on the wrong Microsoft operating system. Dell said during its earnings conference call on Thursday that “commercial” customers, meaning corporate customers, are just now transitioning to Windows 7. “I think you continue to see Win 7 on the commercial side of the business. It’s driving a refresh cycle,” said Brian [...]

BlackBerry regains some lost market share in Canada

BlackBerry regains some lost market share in Canada

BlackBerry CEO Thorsten Heins with the Z10 and Q10 (Credit: Sarah Tew/CNET) BlackBerry has managed to regain some lost market share in its home country of Canada. In a research note to investors on Thursday, Raymond James analyst Tavis McCourt reported that while BlackBerry’s market share was just 6 percent in Canada in the fourth [...]