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HTC’s high-end ‘One’ smartphone can be easily unlocked using the ‘HTCDEV unlock’ functionality. This allows the bootloader to be edited and other versions of Android to be installed, just like with a Nexus smartphone. The discovery was made by a developer of ClockworkMod. With the unlock, the phone can also use the standard Android version [...]

Intel is working on another Pentium processor based on its Ivy Bridge architecture. This Pentium 2127U will have an especially low power consumption, making it suited for use in notebooks. The 22nm CPU has a 17 W TDP and is clocked at 1.9 GHz. The processor has 2 MB of L3 cache and its integrated [...]

Axiomtek has developed another Mini-ITX motherboard based on Intel’s Q77 Express chipset. The Mano873 is compatible with an LGA 1155 Celeron, Core i3, i5 or i7 processor. The board can hold 2x 8 GB of DDR3-1600 memory and has a PCI-e 3.0 x16 expansion slot. Two SATA 3 Gbit/s and two SATA 6 Gbit/s connectors [...]

The all-round PC is a PC with comprehensive features for around £650 – £750 that can do a little bit of everything. It should have enough speed and capacity to meet your needs for some time. Currently it can run all applications, and you’re able to upgrade it with small future investments when you need [...]

Cooler Master teamed up with Seasonic to make a strong entry into the high-end category where it faces competition using the same OEM (Seasonic). The new V series consists of three models. Today, we will test the strongest one featuring a capacity of 1 kW, a fully modular cabling design, Gold efficiency, and a single [...]

Late January, Scythe unveiled its Ashura CPU-cooler, which has now become officially available. The Ashura weighs 895 grams, has dimensions of 145 x 161 x 65 mm and is compatible with all recent sockets of both AMD and Intel. The copper base plate draws away the processor’s heat, which is then spread across the aluminium [...]

The Chinese VR-Zone has posted an image of a roadmap showing Intel’s new Haswell processors, The photo reveals that Intel plans to release the Haswell Refresh platform mid-2014, also known as Broadwell. Later that year, the Haswell-E Lituya Bay processors will make their debut, followed in the second quarter by the 14nm Skylake platform. The future Haswell-E and [...]

ChinaDIY has published what they claim are the final specifications of AMD’s HD 7990 graphics card. Their table doesn’t show any big surprises, since the HD 7990 is basically just two HD 7970 chips on a single PCB. The two Tahiti XT cores feature 28 nm transistors, 8.6 billion of them to be exact. The [...]

Although netbooks are still available here and there, barely any such systems are currently in development. It seems that netbooks will disappear from the market altogether. These relatively affordable compact laptops gave Intel market share in the entry-level notebook and tablet market. Because of the rapid development of ARM technology, Intel’s presence in this market [...]

Smart watches could very well be the next big hype. Sony released the SmartWatch, and rumors are getting stronger that Apple will at some point introduce a similar product. The same can be said for Samsung, and if both mobile giants do release their own intelligent time pieces, the ball could really get rolling. Today [...]