DirectX 12 delivers 50% less power drain in latest Microsoft demo
DirectX 12 won’t just make your games look better – Microsoft and Intel have demonstrated how it could also improve power consumption by a dramatic 50%. At the SIGGRAPH show in Los Angeles the Windows...
View ArticleMicrosoft shows off DirectX 12, kicks ass in performance and power consumption
The next version of DirectX 12 won’t just make your games look better, Microsoft and Intel just demonstrated it could also improve power consumption by a dramatic 50-percent. At the SIGGRAPH show in...
View ArticleOpinion: Build your first gaming PC: 5 tips from a first-time builder
Why it took me so long to build a PC Hey everyone, my name is Joe, Reviews Editor for TechRadar, and I’ve never built a PC. Until now. Yes, I work for a technology media outlet and have never tangled...
View ArticleIn depth: Build your first gaming PC: 5 tips from a first-time builder
Why it took me so long to build a PC Hey everyone, my name is Joe, Reviews Editor for TechRadar, and I’ve never built a PC. Until now. Yes, I work for a technology media outlet and have never tangled...
View ArticleHP adds four new printers to line up
HP has unveiled four new affordable, all-in-one colour printers but only three of them are coming to the UK. Only one of them is geared towards an office usage although one could argue that there’s no...
View ArticlePAX Prime 2014: Alienware unveils Area-51, newly reimagined gaming PC
Alienware is no stranger to designs that are "out there", but this is perhaps the most functional and unique one yet. Announced today during PAX Prime, the Alienware Area-51 is a reimagination of...
View ArticlePAX2014: Intel unveils a line of 8 core, 16 thread Core i7 Haswell-E...
Before the fourth generation of Intel processors fades into the sunset, it’s going to have one last hurrah: the new Intel Core i7-5960X, 5930K and 5820K Haswell-E CPUs. Unveiled today during Intel’s...
View ArticleMeet HP’s latest line of dual Intel Xeon CPU workstations
HP has a new line of productivity minded desktop and mobile workstations for those working on graphically intensive projects. First up HP has updated its desktop options with a top of the line Z840...
View ArticleExclusive: Meet the company that wants to sell you a sub-£200 3D printer in 2015
Remember when the first inkjet printers hit the market? They were expensive, slow, bulky, had a low resolution and could only print in black. 3D printing is currently at this stage now, and given how...
View ArticleFanless 12-inch MacBook Air said to arrive with reversible USB port
Where notebook computers are concerned, is there such a thing as too thin? Rumored for next year, Apple’s most slender Mac to date may wind up slimming down so much, a traditional USB port might wind...
View ArticleLenovo joins Intel custom business with new Xeon CPU
Lenovo has announced that it partnered with Intel to produce its own Xeon, the E5-2698A v3. Oracle (the E7-8890 v2) and Amazon (E5-2666 v3) have already announced similar partnerships and it looks...
View ArticleIntel set to combine mobile and PC divisions
Intel could merge its mobile division and its PC division to create a Client Computing Group CCG that would be led by Kirk Skaugen, the current head of Intel’s PC division. The changes are likely to...
View ArticleTech Bargains: TechRadar Deals: PS4 and Xbox One games, phone cases, chargers...
Sound the deals klaxon! Black Friday is only one week away now, and we’ll be supplying all the best deals all week next week, culminating with the big day itself. Miss it, miss out! In the meantime,...
View ArticleTech Bargains: Black Friday UK Deals: PS4 bundles, Android tablets, USB...
Black Friday week has begun and TechRadar’s deal elves have been deployed to dig up the best bargains on the web! We’ll be continuing our daily deals posts with all the latest bargains, but be sure to...
View ArticleNASA manufactures first 3D-printed object in space
3D printing has quite literally gone out-of-this-world following the news that NASA has manufactured the first 3D-printed object in space, which the space agency says will "pave the way to future...
View ArticleIndustry voice: The hidden risks in consumer-grade storage components
Finding the most appropriate and balanced way to improve storage performance is a major focus for many organisations. But even once that hurdle has been overcome, there are more challenges to be...
View ArticleEpson introduces two new heavy-duty printers for small and medium businesses
Epson first introduced its "game-changing" WorkForce Pro printers in March, and today’s it’s added two new printers to the family: the WF-8590 and WF-8090. Aimed at small and medium businesses (SMBs),...
View Article3D printing: gimmick or small business opportunity?
Introduction and disruptive manufacturing In Makers: The New Industrial Revolution, Chris Anderson, author and former editor-in-chief of Wired magazine, writes: "The idea of a ‘factory’ is, in a word,...
View ArticleHP boasts of boosted printing security and mobility for enterprise
HP today announced incoming updates to its JetAdvantage printing solutions portfolio that it says will "help enterprise organizations more easily and securely print from mobile devices." One such...
View ArticleImagination launches affordable micro-computer to take on the Raspberry Pi
Imagination Technologies has launched the MIPS Creator CI20, a palm-sized micro-computer that runs Android 4.4 KitKat and various flavours of Linux. The £50 ($65) device has a 1.2GHz dual-core...
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