Nothing incredible in terms of design, but it’s an impressively cheap way to get quad-core in your PC.

The Mayan prophecy might be counting down, but the science behind the new film 2012 might leave a few people confused. We look at what the film got right and what is best left to conspiracy theorists.

A stunningly powerful card that tops the last generation’s best dual-GPU monsters.

AMD is opening the champers after its six-core AMD Opteron processor based system was named as the world's most powerful supercomputer.

The m15x is another out-of-this-world laptop design from Alienware. Is it onto something, or just on another planet?

Will AMD blow its lead again in graphics? An analysis of the current state of play in the race for processor and graphics superiority

Back in early 2005, with processors growing ever hotter, Intel proposed a successor to the ATX form factor that would allow better airflow over the core components. We investigate why it never took off.

Turn your iPhone into your own personal gym and fitness instructor with these five fitness-centric apps

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There’s so much to like about this package that it might just be worth switching operating systems to get hold of it.

It’s not cheap, but it’s powerful and cleverly constructed to make the most of the components.

A stunning piece of design to rival any Apple offering, and the price is surprisingly reasonable

Intel has released a short animated video illustrating the process by which sand is turned into silicon and a CPU. But the over-simplicity has us leaning towards AMD's older and more interesting video

Here's what's in store for 2010, including Intel's big gun - the Clarkdale CPU - and the highly anticipated new netbook platform

Asus has announced overseas the availability of its Eee Box 1501 desktop PC that includes an optical drive and dedicated graphics chip with HDMI output, despite its small form factor and low price..

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Dell has outed the super-skinny Adamo XPS, complete with specs. But can it hold its own against Apple's almighty MacBook Air?

The cheapest way to get OS X, but it has all of the MacBook Pro’s shortcomings and more of its own

Microsoft has moved quickly to dismiss comments made by one of its managers earlier this week that the Windows 7 user interface was based on that of the Mac operating system..

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