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Tutorial: Make your laptop battery last longer in Windows 8

Windows 8 is a perfect match for the new breed of touchscreen laptops thanks to its touch-friendly interface. This means you'll be using your mobile device for longer than ever, and needing to charge...

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Tutorial: Make your laptop battery last longer in Windows 8

Windows 8 is a perfect match for the new breed of touchscreen laptops thanks to its touch-friendly interface. This means you'll be using your mobile device for longer than ever, and needing to charge...

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Tutorial: How to build your your own Project Shield

You can use Windows Remote Desktop Protocol to connect to any Windows system remotely, using pretty much any device. However, although Windows RDP is fast in terms of windows refresh, it's not...

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Updated: iOS 7 release date, news and rumours

With Apple's WWDC 2013 developer conference just around the corner, we're about to learn more details on the forthcoming iOS 7 update for the the iPad , iPhone and iPod touch . The last major iOS 6...

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Updated: iOS 7 release date, news and rumours

With Apple's WWDC 2013 developer conference just around the corner, we're about to learn more details on the forthcoming iOS 7 update for the the iPad , iPhone and iPod touch . The last major iOS 6...

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Gary Marshall: Why it’s time for Microsoft to give up on Windows RT

Remember HTC's plans to make a full-sized Windows RT tablet? Well, you can forget them again: according to Bloomberg, those plans have been canned . HTC hasn't given up on Windows RT altogether - the...

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Analysis: Why Google’s Chrome OS will be a success

The statistics for Chrome OS adoption don't make pretty reading , and we're three years down the line from its launch. However, if Google is patient enough, then its vision of a Chromebook future has...

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Gary Marshall: "Can’t innovate any more, my ass"

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Samsung exits desktop business, dashes hopes of ‘Galaxy S4 PC Edition’

Just a week after unveiling its new Ativ One 5 Style all-in-one , Samsung has decided to depart the desktop PC business citing the changing computing market and the rapid decline in sales of...

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Samsung exits desktop business, dashes hopes of ‘Galaxy S4 PC Edition’

Just a week after unveiling its new Ativ One 5 Style all-in-one , Samsung has decided to depart the desktop PC business citing the changing computing market and the rapid decline in sales of...

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Updated: Microsoft Build 2013: all the latest news

Microsoft Build 2013 Intro, 1-7 Build 2013 kicked off June 26 with Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer, rattling off some of the "exciting innovations" that the Redmond, Wash.-based company has been working...

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Build 2013: Microsoft Windows 8.1 preview version available for download now

Windows 8.1 , the first major update to Windows 8 , is available to download now in a free preview version now, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer announced during the Microsoft Build 2013 keynote. Ballmer...

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Updated: Samsung exits desktop business – update: no it doesn’t

Update : Samsung has denied all reports that it's planning to pull out of PC making, describing them as entirely "groundless". There'll be dancing in the streets at this news, no doubt. Original story...

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Buying Guide: Asus Padfone 2 vs Asus FonePad: Which should you buy?

With the Padfone 2 and the FonePad , Taiwanese manufacturer Asus has established itself as the master of the Android hybrid. While Android smartphones continue to thrive and Android tablets - but for...

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Opinion: Windows RT: time’s up for Microsoft’s dying OS

Microsoft didn't have a clue what it was doing with Windows RT . And if it did, its strategy was a total fiasco and it spent an awful lot of money believing its own hype. Now that Asus is pulling back...

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How to Boot Directly to Desktop in Windows 8.1?

Windows 8.1 is a new build from the Microsoft after the Windows 8 OS and they’ve tried to solve all the problems that arrived in the old one. One can easily upgrade from Windows 8 to 8.1. Unlike the...

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Updated: 80 best free Android apps 2013

Best free Android apps: 1-20 The open source nature of Google's OS means there are plenty of fantastic apps for Android to be found. And most of the good stuff on Android is free, thanks to the work...

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Spotify Connect gives your speakers Spotify smarts

Spotify has made no secret of its plan for total home domination and it's just taken a big new step with Spotify Connect. A 'Connect' button, coming soon to Spotify apps, will allow you to play music...

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Opinion: Why 8-inch tablets are the most compelling Windows 8 devices yet

Windows 8 isn't perfect, but it should be applauded for giving birth to the many new form factors that have lit up the market over the past 10 months - from the bonkers to the sublime .

 Until...

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IDF 2013: Intel shows off next-gen Broadwell Intel Core microarchitecture

The latest Intel CPU is set to ship to partners before the end of the year and we've seen it running. New(ish) Intel CEO Brian Krzanich – or BK as he's known to the Intel engineers we spoke to –...

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