10 Best Ultrabooks 2015: top thin and light laptops reviewed

Ultrabooks have come a long way since they were first introduced to compete with the MacBook Air world. They’re thin and light while featuring powerful Intel Core processors, fast SSD storage and superb battery life. But more than anything else they represent the bleeding edge of laptops; case in point the side shrinking Dell XPS 13 and the unbelievably light

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iPhone 6 64GB, MacBook Air, Sony TV, and More Tech Deals

This week we have the Apple iPhone 6, MacBook Air, Intel Compute Stick, DSLRs, Sony smart TVs and more available at discounts. 1. Apple iPhone 6 64GB As expected, Apple iPhone 6 prices continue to fall as the new iPhone launch is just around the corner. This week, Amazon has the iPhone 6 64GB (space grey and gold) at a

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Tech 101: What is a CPU? Part 2 – 64-bit, Core Counts and Clock Speeds

In the first part of this article, we looked at the fundamental building blocks of a CPU: logical units, instruction sets, and architectures. These have formed the foundation of CPUs right from the earliest days of personal computing, and still govern the way today’s PCs, laptops, phones, tablets, appliances and accessories are developed. While the scope and scale of CPU

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Tech 101: Explaining The SoC

In the last few years, the term “system-on-chip” (SoC) has been thrown around quite a bit, yet there is a lot of confusion around what an SoC is in the first place. Within any computer system, there are multiple components to handle different processing tasks and allow all the hardware and software to interact. Over the years, technology and manufacturing

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Tech 101: What is a CPU? Part 1 – Logical Units, Instruction Sets, Microarchitectures

The box in which all the computer components are housed, next to your monitor or below your table, is often referred to as a “CPU”. Really though, the actual Central Processing Unit is just a small chip inside the computer. Everything else in the box is connected to it to help it process instructions and provide results. The CPU is

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