Laptops/Tablets

A US judge has rejected Intel’s request to set aside a jury verdict ordering the chipmaker to pay VLSI Technology LLC $2.18 billion (roughly Rs. 16,225 crores) for patent infringement. US District Judge Alan Albright in Waco, Texas, denied Intel’s motion for a new trial in a sealed order issued late Monday. Jurors on March 2

HP Envy 14 (2021) and HP Envy 15 (2021) laptops were launched in India on Tuesday. The new models come with 11th-generation Intel Core processors and are upgradable to Windows 11 (currently running on Windows 10 Home). Both HP Envy 14 (2021) and HP Envy 15 (2021) also include an all-new cooling system that uses

Mi Pad 5 series is nearing its launch scheduled for Tuesday, August 10 and Xiaomi has now teased its keyboard accessory and retail boxes — different for the vanilla Mi Pad 5 and the Mi Pad 5 Pro. Additionally, the Mi Pad 5 tablet has also been spotted on the benchmarking website Geekbench. The listing

Tiny PCs make a lot of sense in homes and offices where there isn’t enough space for full-sized desktop towers. Not everyone needs top-end hardware with elaborate cooling mechanisms and multiple hard drives – and much of the volume inside today’s PC cabinets is actually empty thanks to increased integration. If you can get all

Xiaomi tends to enter new product categories with its Mi brand and then follow up with more mass-market Redmi products a while later. The recent RedmiBook launch follows last year’s Mi Notebook range, and this time the focus is on affordable mainstream models rather than ultraportables. Like most of the company’s offerings, the new RedmiBook

Mi Pad 5 series will launch in China on August 10, Xiaomi has confirmed on microblogging website Weibo. The company shared an image showing the Mi Pad 5 and its stylus. The tablet seems to have a sleek metal build with rounded edges. Its stylus, said to be called the Xiaomi Smart Pen, has been

Realme Book specifications are said to include an 11th Gen Intel Core i5 processor, as per a new leak. The Realme Book is going to be the company’s first laptop and is expected to come in three colours. It is said to feature a 14-inch display and, from the official teaser, it seems to have

HP Pavilion Aero 13 laptop powered by AMD processor has launched in India. The lightweight notebook weighs under 1kg and is powered by the AMD Ryzen 5 and 7 5800U mobile processor paired with AMD Radeon graphics. The laptop offers 90 percent screen-to-body ratio and the company says that it is made with post-consumer recycled

Apple and Affirm’s PayBright are planning to launch a “buy now, pay later” programme for Apple device purchases in Canada, Bloomberg News reported, allowing people to pay for iPhone, Mac, and iPad over 12 to 24 months. In the United States, Australia, and Europe, buy now, pay later is marketed as an alternative to credit

Dell Alienware m15 R5 Ryzen Edition and Dell Alienware m15 R6 gaming laptops have launched in India. The Dell Alienware m15 R5 Ryzen Edition gaming laptop is powered by an AMD Ryzen R7-5800 H-Series mobile processor. The Dell Alienware m15 R6 is powered by an Intel Core i7-11800H Tiger Lake processor. Both the Alienware gaming

Realme Pad specifications and design have been tipped in much greater detail in a new leak. The launch date for the upcoming tablet remains a mystery but it is expected to be released in the market around the third quarter of 2021. Renders shared by a tipster suggests that the Realme Pad will come in

Windows 365 pricing is now out as Microsoft has made the cloud service available to the general public. Unveiled at all-virtual Microsoft Inspire 2021 last month, Windows 365 is designed to offer a full-fledged Windows experience over the cloud. The Redmond company calls it a cloud PC. Users can access Windows 365 in multiple configurations,

Samsung Electronics’ net profits surged more than 70 percent in the second quarter thanks to higher memory chip prices fuelled by pandemic-led demand, the South Korean tech giant reported Thursday. Coronavirus-driven working from home boosted demand for devices and appliances powered by Samsung’s memory chips. The company said that “memory shipments exceeded previous guidance and

Apple said Tuesday its profit in the just-ended quarter nearly doubled amid improving consumer spending and a “growing sense of optimism” as pandemic lockdowns eased. The California tech giant’s profit rose to $21.7 billion (roughly Rs. 1,61,588 crores) on growth in iPhone sales and its increasingly important digital services. Revenue surged 36 percent from a

Windows 11 has got its first beta for members of the Windows Insider Program. The new OS from Microsoft was announced last month after which the developer preview was released. Microsoft says this beta build is part of the beta cannel and it brings a host of features and improvements to the OS. While it

Apple is reported to be working on multiple iPad models apart from the new iPhone handsets expected later this year. While there is no clarity on a specific timeline, a new report offers details on the upcoming iPad models and their possible features. The Cupertino tech giant is working on three iPad models — iPad

RedmiBook 15 price in India and specifications have been leaked just days ahead of the official launch of the RedmiBook series in the country. The new laptop from Xiaomi sub-brand Redmi is said to feature 11th Gen Intel Core processors and have up to 512GB of storage. The RedmiBook 15 is also reported to have

With HP at the pole position, the worldwide Chromebook market has posted a 75 percent year-on-year (YoY) growth in the second quarter of 2021 (Q2 2021), as per a global notebook market data report by Canalys. The market research firm said that despite a slowdown in shipments growth, Chromebooks continued to outperform the rest of