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If you are in the market for a new gaming laptop then today's review will be particularly interesting. UK system builder PC Specialist sent us their latest high end 17.3 inch Vortex III HD7S system complete with LED backlit screen, Solid State drive, Intel Core i7 processor, Killer 1102 wireless, …

In late May Nvidia announced the Kai tablet platform which was to bring high-end devices to an affordable price range. The result? Just look at the Nexus 7 that was launched last week at Google I/O and will be available in the coming weeks from $199 (£159). While the Nexus …

Industry insiders are confirming that Apple plan on releasing a smaller 7 inch iPad later this year. This model will be cheaper and won't have the retina capable screen featuring in the 9.7 inch version already available. We already reported on this before, however two people close to the matter …

As is usual with the latest popular gadgets, iFixit has gotten their hands and tools on the Google Nexus 7 tablet manufactured by ASUS. [yframe url='http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xZL1mly7rZ0′] While we already know it has a quad-core Tegra 3 processor, a 7 inch 1280×800 IPS display and 1 GB of RAM the teardown …

Samsung has stolen the Android show in recent years with their Galaxy series and each iteration of its S line has taken the Korean brand ever closer to Apple-like levels of anticipation, excitement and sales figures. With the Galaxy S III, Samsung hopes to continue, and even exceed, their own …

Qualcomm has been suffering shortages of their 28nm Snapdragon mobile chips for a while now as Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing (TSMC) has been unable to keep up with demand. It has reached the point where smartphone partner HTC has been forced to swap out the latest Snapdragon S4 chip for the older …

Silicon Valley veteran Jean Louis Gassée said that the Nokia leadership should be fired, including CEO Stephen Elop, who took over Nokia after a stint within Microsoft. Gassée told Computing in an exclusive interview “I think that Elop will have to go, but I also think that the board also …

A high court in the United Kingdom has ruled against Apple in an HTC patent ruling. The court said that HTC did not infringe on Apple's photo management patent and three other patent claims were invalid. The court declared three patents invalid, including the ‘slide to unlock' feature seen on …

Ex Microsoft CEO Bill Gates is ‘fanatical' about the upcoming Microsoft Surface. he spoke to Charlie Rose last night on the Rose PBS show. He said that the world's best companies are built by fanatics and “when you're in your 20s and 30s being fanatical comes…well at least it came …

Android Mobile New Zealand has heard from an ASUS representative that the budget Nexus 7 tablet will be available from retail stores in New Zealand for $439 NZD ($353 USD) from mid-July. Only the 16 GB model will be available as the cheaper 8 GB model will remain exclusive to …

Last week Apple was granted a preliminary injunction on the sale of Samsung's Galaxy Nexus in the United States. Not willing to bend over, Samsung filed an appeal and asked for a stay on the sales injunction until the appeal was resolved, however, judge Koh has denied Samsung's request for …

A mobile phone by definition is a mobile device that can make and receive phone calls. A smartphone expands on this by being a mobile phone and also being able to run applications. However, it appears that most people are taking advantage of the PDA side of smartphones rather than …

The latest data on how many devices running each version of Google's Android mobile operating system has just been released, and depending on how you look at it it can be perceived as both good and bad. Starting with the good news, 10.9% of devices are now running the latest …

Mozilla are planning to release the FireFox Operating System, based entirely on HTML 5 and open web standards. The plan is to unlock many restrictions of mobile Web development. Mozilla aim to target the emerging markets, starting with Brazil in 2013. They posted a blog yesterday to say that the …

Apple's Siri voice assistant was one of their key release features when the last iPhone was released, however it would appear that independent analysis has proven that it is not yet a reliable enough search engine tool to replace text input with Google. Gene Munster at Piper Jaffray conducted the …

Android 4.1 Jelly Bean was only announced last week but owners of Android devices are already anxious to hear when their devices will be updated to the latest dessert treat from Google. In order to keep customers are kept informed HTC and Samsung have released statements regarding updates for current …

Apple have paid out $60 million for ownership of the iPad trademark in China. This is part of a settlement with a Chinese firm called Proview who have tried to ban sales of the tablet. The Guangdong Province Higher People's Court have announced the settlement today, saying that the legal …

Late last week Apple was granted a preliminary injunction against the Samsung Galaxy Nexus smartphone and as we expected, Samsung has appealed the judge's decision. Samsung are also asking for the sales injunction to be withheld until the appeal is heard. The appeal from the Korean electronics giant contains arguments …

Apple asked for an injunction against the sale of Samsung's Galaxy Nexus smartphone in the United States back in February and what Apple wants, Apple gets. The U.S. District Judge Lucy Koh is the judge that has granted Apple the preliminary injunction; she is also the same judge that issued …

As we mentioned in our Google Nexus 7 launch article, the stock Android tablet set to take on the Amazon Kindle Fire and other budget tablets will be available for £159 and £199 for the 8 and 16 GB models respectively. If you want to order your Nexus 7 directly from …

Yesterday Google announced that TV shows, movie purchases and magazines were coming to the Play Store but this wasn't the end of it. The Play Store website has been overhauled and while it still looks familiar some useful features have been added. The My Android Apps part of the website …

Microsoft have been opening talking about Windows Phone 8 in recent weeks and we know that 180 countries will be getting it later this year. Until a few hours ago this list was not made public, however they posted it on a blog page. The list details every country that …

Following yesterday's news that Chrome had left behind the beta tag on Android it is now available on iOS. Alongside this, Google's cloud storage system now has its own application for iOS. If you have an iPhone, iPad or iPod Touch running iOS 4.3 or newer you will be able to …

Last night at Google I/O was a heavy focus on the Google Glass project and Google+; in addition to the Android content we covered earlier in the day. A bunch of Google engineers with prototype units were got together in a Google+ hangout and base jumped out of a plane …

We discovered this morning during the first of two main Google I/O keynotes that Google Chrome would become the standard browser in Android 4.1 Jelly Bean. Today also marks the release of the first stable update for Chrome for Android, leaving behind the beta tag in the process. The update …

As we learnt from the earlier image leak, the Nexus Q has been shown off at Google I/O. It is a “small Android powered computer”. The device is designed for the home and for connection with the best TV and speakers in the house. The Nexus Q is controlled by …

In case you didn't already know, Google has partnered with ASUS to build a stock Android device for Google, the Nexus 7. It's built for Google Play and runs Android 4.1 Jelly Bean. The Nexus 7 will have a 7 inch 1280 x 800 display, the Tegra 3 chipset from Nvidia. Also …

The next iteration of Google's mobile operating system has just been made official at Google I/O and will be known as Android 4.1 Jelly Bean. It appears to be focussed on the user interface and Project Butter has been introduced. Project Butter combines vsync, triple buffering to offer much smoother …

We knew it had to happen and it has. Thanks to a leak from Google's Play Store we now have images and some information on the Nexus 7 tablet and a funnily-shaped object called the Nexus Q. [yframe url='http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7F5FO-MyR0o'] The Nexus Q is apparently some sort of “social streaming media …

While the Microsoft storm has subdued following the announcement of the Surface tablets and Windows Phone 8 last week, leaked information about some Windows Phone 8 devices from HTC reveal some powerful hardware. Specifications for three phones have been leaked that are currently referenced to as the Rio, Accord and Zenith. …