Best laptops: all your buying questions answered Updated: HP has knocked it out of the park with a nearly perfect 2-in-1 laptop with the HP Spectre x360. With Windows 8.1 being bumped off to the wayside for Windows 10’s arrival, Ultrabooks taking off in popularity and laptop-tablet hybrids seeing more releases, figuring out what is the best laptop is more difficult than ever. Cheap laptops, like Chromebooks, are more powerful
Introduction and features LG is pushing hard with UHD this year. No less than 65 percent of its TV range offer 4K resolution, and the 65-inch UF850V screen reviewed here sits at the premium end of its many Ultra HD offerings. While the UF850V sells for less than LG’s UF950V flagship, it’s still a fully tooled 4K telly. The UF850 is part of the brand’s ColourPrime family of screens, an
The ten best Apple Watch games So guess what? A screen 42mm across and with a resolution of 312 x 390 pixels isn’t natively the world’s best platform for games, nor will it be offering Skyrim levels of life-hobbling immersiveness. Nope, like everything else on the Apple Watch, its games are all about stolen moments – a few seconds of furious activity before you pull your sleeve down to catch
Introduction and key features The Samsung Galaxy S6 is undoubtedly the best phone in the S range, but the Samsung Galaxy Note 4 represents the best of a premium line that runs parallel to it. Released at a different time of the year, and marketed to a slightly different “power” user crowd, the Galaxy Note series has always been able to avoid treading on Galaxy S toes by keeping its
In light of stories about hacking, malware infestation and millions being lost to scam and phishing, TechRadar carried out its own investigation about the state of PC desktop security with the help of you – our readers. We carried out a randomised, non-scientific survey that got more nearly 50,000 responses. Two questions were asked: Do you update your software on a regular basis? (software referring to your operating system, Java
By Paul Carsten and John Ruwitch SHANGHAI/BEIJING (Reuters) – E-commerce giant Alibaba Group Holding Ltd is an underdog in the global cloud computing industry, but it has one thing going for it: it’s Chinese. Alibaba this week scored a minor deal with China’s northeastern port city of Dalian to build a cloud computing center and provide online government services such as bill payment. The pact is a small part of
Adobe Systems Inc is leveraging its popular Creative Cloud software suite for its new stock-image service, but will have to dig deeper to woo designers and take on established players such as Shutterstock Inc and . Launched on Tuesday, Adobe Stock is a repackaged version of Fotolia, which Adobe bought in January. The company is offering the product at a significant discount to users of its Creative Cloud suite, which
By Saqib Iqbal Ahmed NEW YORK (Reuters) – Dick Costolo’s decision to step down as Twitter Inc’s chief executive last week failed to stem the weeks-long slide in the company’s shares, but options traders appear to be betting on a near-term rebound. The stock has shed more than a third of its value since Twitter reported first-quarter results in April. On June 11, Costolo said he would resign as CEO
Twitter Inc will start curating tweets on live events, the microblogging service said, as it plans major changes to make its real-time news feed more user friendly. Dubbed Project Lightning, the changes will let users follow events instead of just people, and instantly upload photos and videos that can be shared across websites, social news and entertainment website Buzzfeed reported on Thursday. A team of editors will curate the most
By Lisa Richwine LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Walt Disney Co’s interactive unit is considering bringing Disney Infinity or other video games into the world of virtual reality. Adapting elements of current titles is one option the company is exploring, James Pitaro, president of Disney Interactive, said in an interview. Disney also might create new games specifically for VR or for another emerging platform known as augmented reality, he said.