The Samsung SSD 850 Evo M.2 drive. Dong Ngo/CNET If you’ve been pining for the performance and features of the Samsung SSD 850 Evo drive inside your ultrabook, here’s some good news: Samsung today announced smaller mSATA and M.2 versions of its popular 2.5-inch solid-state drive. The M.2 drive is designed to fit high-end ultraportable …

Apple’s new MacBook comes with a single port — the small new USB Type-C connector — to handle charging, external video and data-transfer duties. James Martin/CNET At first, I was very excited about the new MacBook . Not because it’s super-thin, not even because of the way Jonathan Ive sounded when describing its all-new butterfly keyboard. It was because of …

Broadcom is about to bring a new meaning to dual-band Wi-Fi. The chip maker announced today at Mobile World Congress the first 802.11ac (or 5G Wi-Fi) combo chip, the BCM4359, that sports real simultaneous dual band (RSDB) for mobile devices. Traditionally, existing dual-band Wi-Fi clients, such as the iPhone 6, when connecting to a dual-band router, such as the Asus …

Sony Audiophiles, you’re not totally happy with the the sound quality of your top-of-the-line digital player and not sure what to blame? Turns out, it might just be the SD card you’re using. At least Sony thinks so. According to the Wall Street Journal, the company announced today a new “Premium Sound” memory card, called the SR-64HXA, that will start …

The Ultimaker 2 Extended 3D printer. Dong Ngo/CNET If you find the Ultimaker 2 3D printer either too big or two small, Ultimaker has other options for you. The 3D vendor officially announced today the Ultimaker 2 Go and Ultimaker 2 Extended, which are the compact and enlarged versions of the Ultimaker 2, respectively. Prior to this, both printers were …

Now playing: Watch this: The Airwolf 3D AW3D HD-R 3D printer can print lots of… 1:09 LAS VEGAS — Now that you can 3D-print your own food , the next step is naturally to print your own outfit. That’s exactly the possibility what Airwolf 3D had in mind coming to CES 2015. The 3D-printer vendor showed off a full-size outfit …

Realistic as they might look, these are 3D-printed facsimiles made using MakerBot’s special PLA filaments. Dong Ngo/CNET LAS VEGAS — You’ll soon be able to print your own refrigerator magnets and more. MakerBot announced Tuesday here at the 2015 International CES that it’s using new PLA Composite Filaments made with composites of real metal, stone and wood. Basically, these materials, …

Netgear A year and half after its first mobile hotspot made for Sprint, the Zing , Netgear now wants to make it simple for those needing Internet on the go. The networking vendor today announced the Netgear Around Town Mobile Internet device. Hardware-wise, the Around Town is basically the Zing in a different color. It’s a small box, compact enough …

Now playing: Watch this: This is the USB you’ve been waiting for 0:50 LAS VEGAS — At CES 2015, folks at USB Implementers Forum and Intel showcased a quick, yet impressive, demo of what USB 3.1 Type-C is capable of. If you haven’t heard of USB Type-C, I laid out its details here. To quickly recap, apart from the fact …

The R7000 Smart Wi-Fi router from Netgear. Dong Ngo/CNET LAS VEGAS — Netgear’s best router — the Nighthawk AC1900 Smart Wi-Fi Router R7000 — will soon get even better. The network vendor announced today that it will release a new firmware update that adds support for Netgear’s ReadyCloud feature to the R7000. This means users will soon be able to …