Following some considerable delay, the BBC has now launched its Raspberry Pi-style computer board to a generation of school kids across the UK. Around a million BBC Micro Bit computers are now bein…
Got an old graphics card? That should be no problem for VR – soon
Many gamers without high-end rigs were disappointed to discover the relatively chunky GPU requirements for virtual reality (VR) gaming. But, the good news is that Valve is working to try and lower …
Got an old graphics card? That should be no problem for VR – soon
Many gamers without high-end rigs were disappointed to discover the relatively chunky GPU requirements for virtual reality (VR) gaming. But, the good news is that Valve is working to try and lower …
12-inch Retina MacBook (2016) release date, news and rumors
Introduction Love it or loathe it, Apple’s 12-inch MacBook certainly left an impression. Its single USB Type-C port and shallow-travel keyboard meant that many people found themselves in the …
Microsoft gives some ground on pushing Windows 10 to Skylake PCs
Microsoft has decided to give more breathing room to businesses with machines running the latest Skylake CPUs who haven’t upgraded to Windows 10. Of course, the vast majority of organisations…
Intel Radeon graphics? Chipmaker may switch from Nvidia to AMD
Intel may be about to switch sides in the graphics world to hook up with AMD as part of a new licensing agreement. The chipmaker currently has a five-year deal with AMD’s archrival Nvidia tha…
Can the PC make a comeback or is it now irrelevant?
Introduction and effect of Windows 10 The humble PC had its heyday in the late nineties and 2000s, but with the advent of smartphones and latterly tablets, the shine has been taken off these corpor…
Can the PC make a comeback – or is it now irrelevant?
Introduction and effect of Windows 10 The humble PC had its heyday in the late nineties and 2000s, but with the advent of smartphones and latterly tablets, the shine has been taken off these corpor…
Intel’s Skull Canyon NUC packs pixel-shifting power into a tiny case
If you want a mini-PC, then obviously you have to make sacrifices in terms of power to get that compact form factor. But those sacrifices are gradually becoming less painful to bear, and Intel has …
Pine 64 is Raspberry Pi 3 that does 4K, but you’ll have to wait to get one
Forget fruit, wood is where it’s at when it comes to miniature computing – or at least that’s what the makers of the Pine 64 would have us believe, a rivalling board that undercut…