There’s been plenty of Windows 8 leaks but Steve Ballmer has officially spilled the beans on when we can expect the next generation operating system to break cover…
May, 2011
The Dell XPS 15z has hit Dell’s UK website and those rather familiar magnesium alloy and aluminium looks (MacBook Pro, anyone?) will set you back £899 for the entry-level model.
That’ll get you a Intel Sandy Bridge Core i5 processor running at 2.3GHz, 4GB RAM, a 500GB hard drive and an nVidia GeForce GT52M graphics card. Read on for more details…
The Apple vs Samsung ding dong is still raging in the US courts. Apple claims the Samsung Galaxy range, including the Samsung Galaxy S and Samsung Galaxy Tab, is unreasonably inspired by the iPad and iPhone. Samsung obviously denies that. Now a Federal Judge has ordered Samsung to hand over a raft of unreleased Android phones and tablets for inspection. Read on for the full story…
Jump starting your week it’s time for your evening dose of tech news. Today we begin with an update on the Motorola Droid 3, also known as the Milestone 3. We carry on with Sony’s forecast predicting the PSN hack will cost £160m and we close with Apple Store 2.0, the future of Mac retail. This and more on today’s US Update.
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The cat is out of the bag, Apple’s big surprise for its 10th retail anniversary is making its way around the globe. Based on Apple nomenclature, we’d call the makeover a mid-2011 retail refresh. At the heart of Apple Store 2.0 is the iPad 2, replacing the printed details previously located alongside its products. That’s not the only change; they say a picture is worth a thousand words so here’s a cool million.
If you didn’t happen to be one of the 5,000 attendees at Google I/O to receive a shiny new Samasung Galaxy 10.1 then odds are you’ll be a bit surprised to find out the world’s thinnest slate lacks USB, HDMI connections as well as a SD card slot. At first glance this might be considered a shortcoming, but in truth the plan all along was to use Samsung’s 30-pin connector — likely a result of its razor thin design. Here’s a sneak peak at 10 brand spanking new accessories planned for the Galaxy Tab 10.1.
In a surprise twist this afternoon, Sony has updated investors with revised estimates ahead of its official earnings report scheduled for Thursday. The company now expects to post a net loss of 260 billion yen (£1.98b), a far cry from its net profit forecast of 70 billion yen (£531m) for 2010 to 2011. Now, for the first time, we can put a price tag on the PSN outage which compromised millions of our identities.