In an arena where milliseconds matter, MSI is making a play for gamers at the bleeding edge of competition. The Taiwanese gaming company took to the stage at Computex 2017 in Taipei amid blaring techno music to announce new laptops encased in sports car-inspired chassis. That’s apt, because we’re not on a frontier where astronauts …
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Computex is kicking off once again in Taipei, Taiwan, and CNET is on the ground, braving the humidity, ready to bring you all the big news. Unlike CES in Las Vegas, which catches the whole tech industry in its massive net, or next month’s E3, which zeroes in on gaming for three days in LA, Computex is all about PCs …
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Three years ago, Google debuted Cardboard, a clever sub-$20 DIY kit that turned nearly any phone into a VR viewer. It was brilliantly simple — so cheap and universal that The New York Times eventually gave it away for free to its print subscribers. And it worked as a smart counterpoint to the high-end PC-based VR hardware from Oculus, which …
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Microsoft renamed its game-streaming service and gave it some upgrades. Co-op live-streamers might be thrilled. Microsoft Beam is now Mixer. If you have no idea what that means, a quick refresher: Microsoft bought Beam, a livestreaming game-sharing app, in 2016. Beam was added to Xbox One and Windows 10 this year. Mixer’s new focus is on being faster — according …
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Ever since 2011, Intel has been trying to get you excited about a high-speed port called Thunderbolt. Unless you bought a Mac or other premium PC, though, you probably didn’t give it a second thought. But that could change with Wednesday’s announcement that Intel plans to build Thunderbolt support directly into its processors. That would mean PC makers get the …
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The Hilton Union Square Hotel in San Francisco was busier than normal as people hustled to grab boxed sandwich lunches. The food was provided by Samsung, which played host to a developer conference last week to promote its homegrown Tizen operating system. With a turkey sandwich in hand, I struck up a conversation with a photographer who has never made …
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Microsoft changed the way we think about tablets. Can it do that again? That question is at the heart of Microsoft’s upcoming event Tuesday in Shanghai, during which it’s been rumored to be announcing a new Surface tablet. Panos Panay, Microsoft’s vice president of devices, pretty much seemed to confirm a new tablet was coming when he tweeted an image …
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We’ve been talking about Microsoft’s next tablet PC for months, but a purported leaked image published Thursday by VentureBeat’s @evleaks gives us an early glimpse of the upcoming Microsoft Surface Pro. Microsoft’s current production model, the Surface Pro 4, impressed us in 2015 with its large screen, high resolution and slimmed-down design. It was also among the first mobile systems …
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There’s something amazing about holding a selfie stick and trying augmented reality. I didn’t know this until I tried Google Expeditions and its new AR-based tech at Google I/O. Unfortunately, I don’t know if I’ll ever have an everyday phone that can use it. More from Google I/O 2017 Android O, Google Lens and VR: Everything important from Google I/O …
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“PC” stands for personal computer. And that idea of personalization has only expanded as the definition of computer has morphed to include the mobile devices that we carry with us, such as the phones that most people now consider an extension of their body. I bet your phone is within your reach right now — or at least in the …
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