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Lenovo posts record sales just as PC market shrinks

Vlad Dudau — Thu, 23 May 2013 14:39:57 +0100

Lenovo has published its quarterly earnings report and the Chinese manufacturer has had a record setting quarter. They now stand at 15.5% of the global PC market and they rank third on smart devices. Read more...

TechSpot: Building a Thin Mini-ITX PC - Small and Silent Performance

Julio Franco — Mon, 20 May 2013 08:32:30 +0100

This is what our finished system should look like: extremely compact, powerful, and near silent operation, as in no-moving-parts silent. Read more...

Report: Samsung to launch 'Android Book' laptops this year

Andy Weir — Sun, 12 May 2013 21:47:30 +0100

Samsung is reportedly preparing to launch a notebook running Android 4.x, the Jelly Bean variant of the mobile OS, while Google is said to be readying a set-top box to rival Apple TV and a smartwatch. Read more...

AMD Q1 results indicative of slumping PC market?

Ben Buffone — Fri, 19 Apr 2013 02:02:25 +0100

AMD's Q1 results show huge operating losses among a "difficult market environment". With PC sales slumping and tablet sales on the rise, can the company ever hope to draw a profit in the future? Read more...

Apple's PC market share rises. Or falls, who knows. The analysts clearly don't!

Andrew Stevenson — Fri, 12 Apr 2013 11:04:04 +0100

If you're Apple, you're either celebrating or accepting that you're part of the trend. Gartner and IDC have released sales figures showing Apple's US PC shipments is both up and down respectively. Read more...

Samsung lists ATIV Book 6 Windows 8 notebook, then makes it disappear

Andy Weir — Wed, 10 Apr 2013 19:15:22 +0100

A new high-end Windows 8 notebook briefly appeared on the Samsung website earlier, the ATIV Book 6, featuring a 15.6" Full HD touchscreen, Core i7 processor, 8GB of RAM and 1TB hard drive. Read more...

Microsoft releases Ms. Splosion Man for PC via Steam

John Callaham — Wed, 03 Apr 2013 23:41:03 +0100

Microsoft has finally released the PC version of developer Twisted Pixel's side scroller action game Ms. Splosion Man via Steam and Games for Windows Live, along with a Windows Phone 7 version. Read more...

Civ V: Brave New World, and what we know so far

Paul Ferson — Mon, 25 Mar 2013 07:13:30 +0000

With new information about Civilization V's second expansion surfacing at PAX, we at Neogamr decided to compile what you might've missed into one convenient article. Read more...

Windows Blue (build 9364) offers new Audio and Productivity apps

Ben Buffone — Sun, 24 Mar 2013 19:09:04 +0000

After Windows Blue (build 9364) being leaked earlier today, we look at some of the new productivity applications Microsoft have decided to include in the upcoming Windows 8 update. Read more...

Team Fortress 2, and the evolution of a player-powered economy

Paul Ferson — Wed, 20 Mar 2013 15:21:41 +0000

The economy in Valve's war-themed hat simulator has been changing drastically in recent months. One community operated site, TF2 Finance, has taken an in-depth look at how it has developed thus far. Read more...

Humble Bundle 5 includes Android games

Christopher White — Wed, 06 Mar 2013 07:00:00 +0000

The latest Humble Bundle includes games for Windows, Mac OS X, Linux, and Android. For whatever price you want to pay, you can get cross-platform support for a bunch of games. 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...

Game on! New Windows 8 laptops feature Sega console-inspired designs

John Callaham — Sat, 16 Feb 2013 08:09:41 +0000

Japanese PC retailer Ebten has announced that it will release a series of Windows 8 laptops, featuring shell designs that are inspired by classic game consoles from Sega. Read more...

Purchase a PC from the Microsoft Store, get a $100 voucher

Tim Schiesser — Wed, 13 Feb 2013 01:07:12 +0000

Microsoft is handing out $100 vouchers for all purchases of PCs over $699 until February 19th; unfortunately the deal excludes the Surface range, and the voucher can't be used for Surface products Read more...

NPD: People moving to tablets and phones for some PC activities

John Callaham — Thu, 07 Feb 2013 22:21:23 +0000

A new report from the NPD Group claims that 37 percent of PC users are now doing some former PC activities such as web browsing and Facebook access on their tablet or smartphone. Read more...

Study: Windows 8 could help boost sales of SSDs in PCs

John Callaham — Thu, 24 Jan 2013 18:04:20 +0000

A new study by iSuppli predicts that sales of SSDs will go much higher in the next few years, citing more and more Windows 8-based notebooks and ultrabooks will be using them instead of hard drives. Read more...

Valve announces “Steam Guides," gamers yawn

Christopher White — Fri, 18 Jan 2013 01:13:03 +0000

Valve has been making a lot of improvements to their Steam service, and today they announced "Steam Guides," labeled as "Player-created manuals & References." But does anyone care? Read more...

Gigabyte makes building your own all-in-one PC possible

Tim Schiesser — Thu, 10 Jan 2013 09:18:10 +0000

If you've ever wanted to build your own all-in-one desktop, Gigabyte and Intel have teamed up to provide the necessary parts, including low-profile motherboards and custom monitor-cases. Read more...

Here are some early Apple computer designs

Tim Schiesser — Sat, 29 Dec 2012 05:22:25 +0000

Occasionally it's interesting to look back on early computer designs, so here we have some photos (courtesy of Designboom) of early concepts for Apple computers, laptops and even tablets. Read more...

PCs, now with extra timey-wimey stuff: Official Doctor Who TARDIS desktops now for sale

John Callaham — Thu, 13 Dec 2012 00:06:28 +0000

UK-based Scan Computers is now selling a PC that is shaped like the TARDIS from the long running Doctor Who TV series. It has been officially approved by the BBC. Read more...