10 facts that prove Galaxy S4 is better than iPhone 5

We have facts, people. Unassailable truths that justify sneering at iPhone lovers and the bourgeoise followers that trail them.

New tech uses WiFi for gesture control around the house

4 researchers at the University of Washington leverage wireless signals to enable whole-home sensing and recognition of human gestures. It's called WiSee. Not WiWillSee. WiSee.

Report: Intel's Haswell chip is hotter and slower

The retail versions of Intel's Haswell chip reportedly run hotter and sip more power than pre-production silicon. In addition, the processors cannot (allegedly) be overclocked to the same speeds, while retail chips are "around 15°C" hotter than pre-production samples.

Report: Tizen set to become fifth largest mobile OS

​A slew of new open source mobile operating systems are set to make an impact on the mobile industry.

Intel's Thunderbolt 2 gets official

Intel has officially confirmed its next-gen Thunderbolt protocol will double the throughput of its predecessor, all while remaining fully backward compatible.

Video: Kalos Android tablet packs Nvidia's Tegra 4 SoC

BungBungame's Kalos 10-inch (560 x 1600 pixel IPS display) Android tablet is powered by Nvidia's Tegra 4 ARM Cortex-A15 quad-core processor.

This Android mini-PC has a $60 price tag and an AllWinner A20 dual core chip

The Android-powered MK805 II or MINI XPlus H34 carries a sweet $60 price tag. Key hardware specs include an AllWinner A20 dual core SoC (1.2GHz), Mali-400 MP2 GPU, 1GB RAM, 4GB Flash and Android 4.2.2. (Jelly Bean).

Intel's 2-in-1 strategy: the super-expensive tablet keyboard solution

Desperately clawing to the notion that more is less in the post-PC era (we never tire of saying that), Intel wants to kind of have its cake, eat it, and make you pay for it. Maybe someone can explain why I would want a hybrid tablet/laptop when maybe, just maybe, I need a tablet with a keyboard, or not. 

Quad-core Rockchip processor powers this Android mini-PC

Kingnovel's $96 Android mini-PC is powered by Rockchip's RK3188 1.6 GHz quad-core processor, which is paired with ARM's Mali-400 MP4 GPU.

ARM and Globalfoundries optimize next-gen mobile processors

ARM and Globalfoundries have announced new power, performance and cost-optimized POP technology for the Cortex-A12 and Cortex-A7 processors in the context of GloFo's 28nm-SLP High-K Metal Gate (HKMG) process tech.

Quanta tablet packs an AMD SoC (Temash)

Quanta is currently showcasing a tablet prototype powered by AMD's Temash SoC (3.9 watt TDP), which can best be described as a 1 GHz dual-core processor with 1MB of L2 cache and Radeon HD 8180 graphics.

Flat versus skeuomorphic: designer apocalypse

Yes, it has finally happened, Microsoft has gotten ahead of the curve. That tile thingy interface for Windows 8 is just what Apple needs.

ARM is not worried about Intel

Intel struggles to be dominant in mobile. As much as any multi-billion dollar behemoth struggles to do anything. Meanwhile, ARM just sails along nicely, thank you.

ASUS does a Windows/Android hybrid contortionist thingy

The ASUS Transformer Book Trio runs in PC and tablet mode and can switch between Android and Windows. The question is why?
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5 reasons to beat the death drum for TiVo

It's 16 years old, showing its age, and facing competition from the cloud. The cloud! Television ain't what it used to be.

Acer's 8-inch Iconia W3 tablet gets official

Acer has officially debuted its 8-inch Iconia W3 tablet at Computex 2013 in Taiwan. The Windows 8-powered device weighs just over a pound and measures under half an inch thick.

This Samsung Galaxy Tab 3 has an 8-inch screen

Samsung has debuted the Galaxy Tab 3 (8.0), which features an 8-inch, 1280 x 800 pixel screen. Key hardware specs include a 1.5 GHz Samsung Exynos dual-core processor, 1.5GB of RAM and up to 32GB of storage.

Claim: Intel powers new Samsung Galaxy tablet

Samsung has reportedly chosen a 1.6 GHz  dual-core Intel x86 chip - rather than an ARM-based processor - to power at least one of its upcoming 10-inch Android tablets.

These magnetic monopoles erase data

A physical particle postulated nearly 80 years ago could help provide a decisive step toward the realization of novel, highly efficient data storage devices.

Razer Ultrabook targets gamers

Razer clearly hearts gamers, having debuted a high-end Windows gaming tablet (Razer Edge) earlier this year, and quickly following up with a 14-inch Ultrabook that launched this week.