Alienware X51 is a tiny gaming desktop
Think desktops are dead? Alienware disagrees, having just spawned a new gaming PC that's built to occupy a permanent space on your desk. But not very much space.
At 95mm thick, the Alienware X51 is an alarmingly slim desktop machine, but you'd be foolish to let its dimensions fool you -- it's covered with all the grilles, glowing panels and spiky bits of black plastic we've come to expect from Alienware kit. Continue reading...
Kinect for Windows enabling UK flailing from 1 February
We've been jiggling and gyrating in front of our computers for years here at Crave. But as of 1 February, we'll finally have an excuse to shake our junk for reasons that aren't related to [censored following advice from our legal team].
That's because Kinect, the the motion system where you control your Xbox 360 via the method of flailing, is due to arrive on PC for Windows users on 1 February. Continue reading...
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Vizio unveiling PC range at CES, promises rock-bottom prices
Vizio isn't exactly a household name here in Blighty, but trust us, you'll be hearing a whole lot more about it soon. The company is one of the biggest makers of TVs in the States, while also making other home cinema kit. Now it's about to introduce a range of ultra-portable laptops and all-in-one desktop PCs at CES, Bloomberg reports.
The company is promising the same kind of wallet-friendly prices it exercises for its TVs. While Vizio's range of TVs aren't well-known in the UK, you can buy its tablet, hinting that the PC range could go on sale on these shores. The line-up consists of two all-in-one desktops (like the iMac), and three laptops. Continue reading...
Commodore 64 is 30 years old
The legendary Commodore 64 is 30 years old. Introduced to the world in January 1982, the brown-toned C64 went on to become the best-selling personal computer ever.
The Commodore 64 was an 8-bit computer that dominated the world of personal computing for almost ten years. It boasted a MOS Technology 6510 processor running at a peppy 1MHz, with 64k of memory, a 16-colour graphics chip and a full motherboard of memories. Continue reading...
Intel's Thunderbolt coming to PCs in April
We already knew Intel's Thunderbolt port was headed to PCs, but now the word is it'll be here as soon as April 2012. Intel has notified its partners it'll "fully release its Thunderbolt technology in April of 2012," Digitimes reports.
It's not going it alone either, with "several first-tier PC players" already prepping compatible kit including motherboards, notebooks and desktop PCs. Acer and Asus, we're looking at you. Continue reading...
Google to fund Science Museum exhibition next year
Not content with mapping the entire globe in 3D, prepping a rival for Siri, patenting a driverless car, and inadvertently insulting English people, Google is now teaming up with London's Science Museum to host two exhibitions over the next three years, the Telegraph reports.
The first, funded by Google, will start in June next year, celebrating Alan Turing and charting the history of computing. The exhibitions are part of Google's £8m international museum project that it hopes will inspire the next generation of scientists. Continue reading...
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Apple founding papers sold at auction for £1m
They may be just pieces of paper, but these sheets formed the foundation of one of the world's most successful companies.
The documents, signed by co-founders Steve Jobs, Steve Wozniak and Ronald Wayne on 1 April 1976, sold at Sotheby's for $1,594,500 (£1.03m).
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Alienware Aurora gaming PC is a six-core monster
A refreshed Alienware Aurora gaming PC is beaming down to Earth, blowing our tiny meat-shaped minds with a stack of hardware so advanced it belongs in Cyberdyne's research facility.
The fearsome rig comes packing Intel's Core i7-3000 six-core processors, the fastest of which is the Core i7-3960X, which has 15MB of cache memory and is overclocked up to 4.2GHz. Continue reading...
Apple Mac App Store serves up 100 million downloads
It may be just under a year old, but Apple's Mac App Store has already hit the 100 million downloads mark.
The Mac App Store launched in January of this year, to go hand in hand with the App Store for the iPhone and iPad. It may be nowhere near the dizzying heights of nearly 20 billion downloads its mobile counterpart the iOS App Store is enjoying, but we reckon 100 million in under a year since launch is pretty good going. Continue reading...
'Mayor of Silicon Valley' Robert Noyce gets Google doodle
Robert Norton Noyce, or Bob as he was known, has been honoured with a Google doodle on what would've been his 84th birthday. And it seems very fitting, considering his tech achievements. Noyce co-founded Fairchild Semiconductor in 1957, and then Intel in 1968.
His partner in founding Intel was Gordon Moore, and Noyce initially wanted to call the company Moore Noyce, but decided otherwise because he thought it'd sound like "more noise". Continue reading...
Mac OS X trojan uses your Mac to mint Bitcoins for hackers
Mac owners should be wary of online pirates trying to steal their digital gold -- a new OS X trojan called DevilRobber has been spotted out on the high seas of the Web.
As well as the usual nasty tricks you would expect from malware, like nicking all your personal details, DevilRobber hijacks your video card to generate Bitcoins, a type of virtual currency with its own exchange rate. Continue reading...
Apple Mac Pro to be retired?
Apple may ditch the Mac Pro. Like a worn-out salaryman reaching the end of his career, Apple's high-end desktop powerhouse could be quietly retired with a gold watch and a half-hearted handshake to see it into retirement.
Apple bosses are undecided about the Mac Pro's future, according to AppleInsider. In a telling sign of the way Apple has changed over the years, Apple's desktop computers now make up just a fraction of Apple's revenues: the iTunes store makes nearly as much as desktop computers, while the company sells three times as many MacBook laptops, nine times as many iPads and 13 times as many iPhones. Continue reading...
Steve Jobs 'admired' Mark Zuckerberg
The revelations from Jobs' biography continue. Not only did he work on an Apple TV set and think the iPhone 4's antenna problems were part of a conspiracy by Google and Motorola, he also singled out an unlikely individual for praise.
Jobs admired Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg, reports The Telegraph, for his refusal to sell out, as well as his domination of the social networking space. Well a winner loves another winner, we suppose. Continue reading...
Apple boss claims one in four computers sold in America is a Mac
Macs are now the best-selling desktop and laptop computers in America, according to Tim Cook. Speaking at the 'Let's Talk iPhone' event in Cupertino where the iPhone 4S was launched, the Apple boss claimed nearly one in four computers sold in the United States is a Mac.
Cook, who quoted figures from NPD for US retail, claimed the Mac platform has achieved epidemic-like year on year growth of 23 per cent over the past five years and now has a total user base of almost 60 million. Year on year growth of PCs were stunted, in comparison, at just 4 per cent. Continue reading...
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Apple objects to Chinese food logo, LG stays mum
Apple is notoriously protective of its copyright, suing Samsung, HTC and Amazon, but now it's taken aim at a company making noodles and flour, claiming its logo is too similar to Apple's own. David, meet Goliath.
Apple's Chinese lawyers have told the Sichuan Fangguo Food Company its logo uses conceptual elements taken from Apple's. But if you take a look at the three logos side by side, maybe it's LG who should be getting annoyed, if anyone. Continue reading...
Sony Vaio L series goes 3D, slim S series updated
Sony has been busy at IFA this year showing off various new products including the Vaio L series -- an all-in-one PC with a 24-inch multi-touch screen supporting 3D content as well as the Vaio S series laptop that aims to take media to the road with a full HD display inside a slim magnesium body.
At first glance, the new model in the Vaio L series isn't really distinguishable from the model we had our hands on back in February. Both screens are 24-inches with a 1,920x1,080-pixel resolution. They both support multi-touch inputs so you don't need to use your mouse to navigate around. Continue reading...
Apple OS X Lion USB drive out now for ridiculous £55
Apple's OS X Lion is now available on a thumb drive for users without broadband -- at a wallet-bleeding £55.
Most Mac users have been downloading their Lion upgrade straight from the Mac App Store, but Apple recognises some folk just aren't online yet. Continue reading...
iMac for £600, but only for US students
A cheap new version of Apple's iMac desktop has appeared without fanfare on the company's US site. But the lower-priced aluminium behemoth is only for educational institutions.
The 21.5-inch 'education only' iMac, spotted by MacRumors, is listed at a price of $999, which translates to roughly £610 -- rather affordable considering the cheapest iMac on the UK site will set you back a grand. Continue reading...
New MacBook Air and Mac mini are official, packing Thunderbolt and Lion 
This time next year, Rodney, we'll be mini and Airs! We will if Apple keeps to a yearly refresh schedule, because it's just unleashed a bumper crop of updated tech, including new MacBook Airs and a new Mac mini desktop. Flip through the official photos above to take a gander, and read on for all the info. Continue reading...
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