Of all the manufacturers gearing up for today’s launches of the ninth-gen Intel mobile Core processors and Nvidia GeForce GTX 1650 and 1660 Ti, none seemed busier than Asus. In addition to the usual revving of its gaming notebooks, the company introduced some new designs in conjunction with a new affordable G series, added some AMD Ryzen-based options …
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Lenovo finally launches its own everyday-gamer laptop line with the IdeaPad L340 Gaming, a variant of its budget thinnish-and-lightish 300 series with discrete graphics. It joins Acer Nitro, Dell G series, HP Pavilion Gaming, Asus X series and more in the ever-lengthening line of companies to expand beyond their traditional gaming lines. In this case, it means a slim black slab with blue …
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HP on Thursday announced its biggest Chromebook laptop to date, which features a 15-inch touchscreen display and full-sized keyboard and number pad. The company joins Acer, Asus and Lenovo, all of which unveiled 15-inch laptops running Google’s Chrome operating system during the past two years. The HP Chromebook 15 starts at $449 and comes equipped with fairly typical 2019 Chromebook components: an Intel …
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Phone prices are soaring year over year, and trends suggest they’ll only get more expensive. The OnePlus 7 Pro is the latest handset to demonstrate that phone prices aren’t just rising a little more with each model, but that they’re taking advantage of a shift in the current mobile landscape that includes 5G devices and foldable phones to boost prices. …
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If Apple’s new iMacs don’t fit into your all-in-one budget, then you might consider a Windows-based all-in-one alternative for less. And right now is a good time for such considerations. Best Best this week is running a sale on all-in-ones from Asus, Dell and Lenovo. Like the iMac, these systems boast a space-saving design that puts the PC components not …
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Thousands of Asus computers were infected with malware from the company’s own update tool, researchers from Kaspersky Lab said Monday. The researchers discovered the attack in January, after hackers took over the Asus Live Update Utility to quietly install malware on devices. The hack was first reported by Motherboard. On Tuesday, Asus said it’s fixed the vulnerability in the latest …
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The two biggest topics at this week’s Game Developer Conference (GDC) have been Google’s upcoming Stadia streaming service and the stranglehold Fortnite has on the youth of America. But for those interested in mobile games, the convention this week in San Francisco offers lots of hints about where iOS and Android developers are going in 2019 and beyond. Read: Best phone …
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HP sprinkled some fairy dust on its Envy laptops for the spring, endowing them with select features from their pricier Spectre siblings. These new features include an OLED screen option for the 15-inch clamshell model, a fancy-looking speaker grille, narrower bezels, a camera shutter (“Kill Switch”), Sure View privacy screen options and HP command center software to help manage the …
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There’s a sale going on at the Microsoft Store. Check out its PC Sale and you’ll find deals on laptops, two-in-one convertibles and desktops. The biggest discounts to be found are with gaming laptops, but there are also a couple of two-in-ones that offer big savings along with a stellar MacBook ($445 at Amazon) clone. Check out the best deals below. …
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On Monday Xiaomi announced the Black Shark 2, its third gaming phone. It comes with up to 12GB of RAM — 4GB more RAM than you’ll find in new MacBook Pro and Dell XPS laptops. That’s the first of several big numbers on the Black Shark 2’s resume. It’s powered by a Qualcomm Snapdragon 855 processor and a 4,000mAh battery. …
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