News: Desktop Systems
Friday, 10 Feb 2012
3D gaming and Eye-Tracking on the iPhone and iMac?
The U.S. Patent & Trademark Office has published a patent application from Apple, prompting speculations that future iOS and iMac devices might come with a 3D eye-tracking-based interface, reports PatentlyApple.
Thursday, 2 Feb 2012
Microsoft Releases Kinect For Windows
14 months after the release of Kinect for Xbox 360, Microsoft have released Kinect for Windows. However, they will not be supporting the device with games, instead, its intended market will be commercial clients and developers.
Wednesday, 1 Feb 2012
Arctic Reveals Its MC101 Series of AIO Home Entertainment Centres
Powered by the AMD APU Trinity A8/A10 and 3D HD graphics, the MC101 series features a light-up LED power button and connection ports.
Thursday, 19 Jan 2012
Dell's Alienware X51 Slim Desktop Brings Immersive HD Gaming
Dell flaunts its new Alienware X51 gaming desktop, a slim machine which delivers a 1080p HD and 3D gaming experience, and comes with a dual-orientation chassis supporting 7.1 surround-sound audio and an optional Blu-ray disc drive.
Monday, 9 Jan 2012
Belkin's New Thunderbolt Express Dock Revealed at CES Unveiled 2012
Revealed today at the CES Unveiled 2012 event is Belkin's upcoming Thunderbolt Express Dock. This new docking device will enable current Macbook and Ultrabook users to expand their connectivity using just one cable.
Friday, 6 Jan 2012
Navigate Windows 8 Using Your Eyes
You already know that Windows 8 allows itself to be navigated in a myriad of ways. You've got touch input, pen input, trackpad input and of course mouse input. Now, thanks to Swedish eye-tracking experts Tobii, we can add eye-navigation into that list as well, with the Tobii Gaze.
Tuesday, 20 Dec 2011
Prices of Intel Ivy Bridge Desktop Processors Leaked
The prices of Intel's desktop Ivy Bridge CPUs have been revealed and it seems that they do not deviate much from the prices of their current Sandy Bridge processors.
Monday, 19 Dec 2011
Revealed: AMD Radeon HD 7970 - The New King of Graphics?
Slides detailing the physical design and specifications of the AMD Radeon HD 7970 have been leaked. With information gleaned from them, AMD has made the card single-slot capable and it sports the familiar red and black color scheme.
Friday, 16 Dec 2011
Microsoft Releases Hotfix to Improve Performance of AMD Bulldozer CPUs
Microsoft has released hotfixes for Windows 7-based and Windows Server 2008 R2-based systems that feature the AMD Bulldozer processors. These hotfixes are suppose to optimize the performance of Bulldozer CPUs on these systems.
Tuesday, 13 Dec 2011
Dell Unveils the Alienware Aurora
Powered by the Intel Core i7-3000 series six-core CPUs, the Aurora desktop is the first consumer system to incorporate the Intel X79 Express chipset.