Delayed, timebomb-like Ask toolbar installs are another reason Java sucks
Need another reason to hate Java, other than all those horrible security flaws? How about the sneaky, delayed installation it initiates for the Ask toolbar? Just about everyone with a Windows computer...
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From home office to small office
There comes a time when the small business you started in your home has got to that stage when what was formerly a bedroom or a box room is just too small and not fit for purpose. This means it’s time...
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Oracle offers up $370 DukePad DIY tablet powered by Raspberry Pi
Oracle is sharing plans for building a DIY tablet called the DukePad using a Raspberry Pi with the world. Yes, that Oracle — the same people who develop the Java platform that runs […] Link to...
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In depth: 6 global catastrophes that could kill your gadgets forever
Since the Sony Walkman crashed onto the shelves worldwide in 1980, consumer technology has slowly been taking over our lives. From washing machines to digital watches and from electronic word...
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In depth: The Universe of Things is coming and it’s set to supercharge 3D...
The Universe of Things: 3D printing Imagine if every new product could be printed at home, with only the design having any kind of monetary worth. How different would that world be? We’re talking, of...
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Unitrends unveils a bundled disaster recovery package
Unitrends has released a bundled software package designed to enable mid-market and large enterprises to establish a comprehensive backup, archiving and disaster recovery ecosystem for $1,999 (about...
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In Depth: Appetite for destruction: HP’s product testing philosophy
How HP prepares its products for consumer abuse We’re all guilty of accidentally destroying electronics. Who hasn’t dropped a tablet onto the ground, or popped the spacebar key out of a keyboard, or...
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Intel tweaks its Xeon CPU for Oracle
Intel has announced that Oracle’s Exadata Database Machine X4-8, a data crunching powerhouse, will come be powered by a 15-core Xeon processor. That means that the CPU can be optimised on the fly...
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Apple will reportedly flush out the year with 12-inch MacBook, 4K iMac
Apple may have a very busy end of the year schedule with larger iPhones, thinner iPads, OS X Yosemite and now more rumors of 12-inch MacBook. Sources have told 9to5 Mac Apple is working on a smaller...
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Uh oh, the humble USB has a serious security problem
Ah, the USB. The framework holding our digital lives together. The one we can always rely on. And no matter how many times we pull you out without ejecting first, you still work anyway. USB, we love...
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LSI sells Axxia business to Intel for $650m
Intel paid a whopping $650 million (about £400 million, AU$700 million) to get its hands on LSI’s Axxia Networking Business, a transaction that was done in cash. Shares of the Santa-Clara based...
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Oracle unveils 32-core SPARC M7 super chip
Oracle has announced its latest processor at the Hot Chips conference last week and this one is a serious candidate for the title of most complex chip ever. The M7, which follows the M6, will have 32...
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IBM squeezed a million neurons onto a stamp-sized chip inspired by our brains
For the last six years, IBM researchers have been looking for a way to bring the power of the human brain to a computer processor, and the project just hit a significant milestone toward reaching that...
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Updated: Cool gadgets: The best tech you can buy in 2014
Cool Gadgets 2014: the best tech money can buy It’s our mission at TechRadar to help you find the tech products that are best for you. That’s why we review the specific products we do, while offering...
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Creating your storage model: why flash is only half the story
I’ll let you in on a secret. The hardware in most enterprise storage arrays is made from common commodity components available at the click of a mouse. Apart from the bezel and, at a stretch, the box...
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New Intel Core M CPU will supercharge future tablets and laptops
Intel’s senior vice president and GM of personal computing, Kirk Skaugen, has launched its next generation of processors, coined the Core M. The new processor range will focus on three mobile segments...
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AMD cosies up with Oracle over Hadoop
AMD performed the first public demonstration of Apache Hadoop running on its Opteron A1100 development platform; these are 64-bit ARM Cortex-A57 processors that are targetting the highly lucrative...
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Analysis: Here’s why Oracle could buy AMD tomorrow
AMD has been the subject of acquisition speculations, more often than not in the past and with yesterday’s joint presentation with tech giant Oracle, many will wonder whether now isn’t the right time...
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Amazon gets Intel to build custom Xeon CPU
Amazon revealed that Intel has built a custom, Haswell-based processor called the Xeon E5-2666 v3, one that will deliver compute-optimised EC2 instances called C4. The processor runs at a base clock...
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Lenovo joins Intel custom business with new Xeon CPU
Lenovo has announced that it partnered with Intel to produce its own Xeon, the E5-2698A v3. Oracle (the E7-8890 v2) and Amazon (E5-2666 v3) have already announced similar partnerships and it looks...
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