Neowin News Feed for: Hardware

Microsoft's new mice include a Windows button, built for Windows 8

Brad Sams — Thu, 23 May 2013 17:00:51 +0100

Microsoft has announced two new mice that are built for Windows 8 and include a Windows button that makes accessing the Start screen even faster as you can now do from the mouse. Read more...

TechSpot: Death of the tablet in 5 years, or is it too soon?

Julio Franco — Thu, 09 May 2013 03:42:45 +0100

There are wildly differing viewpoints on whether or not the tablet is on its way out, as you might guess. One perspective is that of the smartphone taking over what the tablet does... Read more...

TechSpot: AMD Radeon HD 7990 Review, Dual GPU Comeback

Julio Franco — Wed, 24 Apr 2013 08:33:49 +0100

The Radeon HD 7990 takes a pair of 7970 GPUs with overclocked cores and memory, packing 8.2 TFLOPS computer power, 6GB GDDR5 and an upgraded PEX bridge to connect the two GPUs. Read more...

Microsoft refreshes Artist series mice, adds some spunk to your peripherals

Brad Sams — Mon, 22 Apr 2013 20:40:19 +0100

Microsoft has released a few new mice for its Artist series that will add a bit of flavor to your standard peripherals; available now, make the jump to see all six of the new designs. Read more...

TechSpot: History of the GPU #4 - The Coming of General Purpose GPUs

Julio Franco — Wed, 17 Apr 2013 08:47:00 +0100

Until the advent of DirectX 10, there was no point in adding undue complexity by enlarging the die area, which increased vertex shader functionality in addition to boosting the floating point... Read more...

iFixit rips open the Oculus Rift, finds it super easy to repair

Stephen Robinson — Thu, 11 Apr 2013 00:42:13 +0100

iFixit is at it again, this time with the developer edition of the Oculus Rift head-mounted reality display which raised $2.4 million from its Kickstarter campaign last year. Read more...

TechSpot: History of the GPU #3 - The Nvidia vs. ATI era begins

Julio Franco — Wed, 10 Apr 2013 20:27:07 +0100

Prior to the Voodoo 5's arrival, ATI had announced the Radeon DDR as “the most powerful graphics processor ever designed for desktop PCs.” Previews of the card had already gone public... Read more...

iOS wins the OS adoption war, Samsung wins the hardware war, according to report

Max Slater-Robins — Sun, 07 Apr 2013 19:42:54 +0100

Unity, a game engine provider whose userbase is in the hundreds of millions, have published a report profiling the version usage of iOS and Android, as well as the hardware usage of each. Read more...

Seagate ships worlds first 4TB hard drive using 1TB platters

Steven Parker — Wed, 03 Apr 2013 09:42:38 +0100

Proving you can still get more gigabytes per dollar, Seagate has made available the worlds first 4TB hard drive utilizing four 1TB platters, and the cost won't burn a hole in your pocket either. Read more...

TechSpot: The History of the Modern Graphics Processor

Julio Franco — Wed, 27 Mar 2013 09:03:56 +0000

The evolution of the modern graphics processor begins with the introduction of the first 3D add-in cards in 1995, followed by the widespread adoption of the 32-bit operating systems and the... Read more...

TechSpot: SimCity Tested, Benchmarked

Julio Franco — Tue, 19 Mar 2013 07:21:37 +0000

Normally when we benchmark a first person shooter, finding a good portion of the game to test with is simply a matter of playing through the game until we find a section that is rather demanding... Read more...

TechSpot: Tomb Raider GPU and CPU performance

Julio Franco — Tue, 12 Mar 2013 17:50:01 +0000

Tomb Raider supports DirectX 11, which brings access to rendering technologies such as depth of field, high definition ambient occlusion, hardware tessellation, super-sample anti-aliasing... Read more...

TechSpot: GeForce GTX Titan Review

Julio Franco — Thu, 07 Mar 2013 18:08:21 +0000

After wearing the single-GPU performance crown for 12 months, the GTX 680 has been dethroned by the new GTX Titan. The Titan carries a GK110 GPU with a transistor count that has more than doubled... Read more...

Fake Google Glass auction appears on eBay, reaches $15,900 before being pulled

Stephen Robinson — Wed, 27 Feb 2013 18:19:46 +0000

An auction for a pair of Google Glasses has been being pulled from eBay after it was found to be fake. The seller claimed he was an early adopter to the project and would be picking them up at launch. Read more...

Mac sales are up as the PC industry shrinks

Stephen Robinson — Wed, 27 Feb 2013 11:26:01 +0000

The PC industry may be shrinking as a whole but Apple's Mac sales are going up according to new data from NPD showing sales are significantly higher than this time last year. Read more...

TechSpot: Triple Monitor Gaming on a Budget

Julio Franco — Mon, 25 Feb 2013 21:50:25 +0000

Considering next-gen cards are still months away, we didn't expect to bring any more GPU reviews until the second quarter of 2013. However, we realized there was a gap: triple monitor gaming. Read more...

Rumor: Valve hit with layoffs; business director departs

John Callaham — Wed, 13 Feb 2013 22:52:30 +0000

Rumors have hit the Internet that Valve has laid off a number of its employees, including some in its hardware division, just a few days after its founder Gabe Newell promoted its Steam Box vision. Read more...

TechSpot: Cooler Master HAF XB Review

Julio Franco — Tue, 05 Feb 2013 08:51:54 +0000

Following the success of 2008's HAF 932 chassis, Cooler Master didn't waste any time adapting its High Air Flow design to various other form factors and price points -- many of which we've covered... Read more...

TechSpot: MSI GX60 notebook review

Julio Franco — Tue, 29 Jan 2013 12:51:18 +0000

The MSI GX60 is the latest entry in the company's Gaming Series of notebooks. The unit we tested arrived with a quad-core AMD A10-4600M CPU clocked at 2.3GHz alongside AMD Radeon HD 7970M... Read more...

TechSpot: Cooler Master Storm Scout 2 Case Review

Julio Franco — Fri, 04 Jan 2013 02:44:31 +0000

Cooler Master recently launched the updated Scout 2 chasis priced at just $90 -- slightly less than the venerable HAF 922. Despite its relatively low price, the Scout 2 has plenty to offer. Read more...