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

Power, strong build and an added splash of style make the Asus G60J a gaming laptop worth paying top dollar for.

A stunning piece of design matched with excellent battery life, but with an Atom inside the price is surely too high

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

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

Asus is snapping at the heels of rival Acer by outing not one but two 3D laptops for release over the next six months

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

The New York Attorney General Andrew M. Cuomo has announced it is launching an anti-trust investigation into Intel after allegations that the chip giant abused its market position.

So, the last big name has fallen. HP gave out in April 2008, and both Dell and Toshiba's resistance crumbled by the autumn. But it's taken Sony until the middle of 2009 to produce what it confesses to be a netbook, the VAIO Mini W Series.

GPS pet locators could save pet owners the misery of losing their beloved furry friends, and it appears you can buy them in Australia

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

Play old arcade games on your PC

Superb performance in one of the sturdiest and best-looking gaming laptops we’ve seen – the Alienware M17x is worth the expense.

Intel and Numonyx have announced a research milestone in the development of stackable, cross-point phase change memory (PCM) technology, which could fundamentally alter the non-volatile memory market in years to come.

Dell has announced its first rugged laptop with a multitouch display. Designed to meet military standards, this is the laptop for you if you like to tangle with nature.

Tilera has announced a new family of four processors, which includes one it claims is the first with 100 cores.

Prophecy is a hazardous art when it comes to computers. We do know what's coming to the PC in the near future however, so read on to see the year ahead

Memory chips based on multiferroics could theoretically offer static memory that doesn't require constant refreshing, holds data over loss of power and is fast to both write and read... the holy grail of computer memory

Apple has outed a "mightier" Mac Mini, boasting the same compact shell but with boosted memory, bigger hard drives and a speedier processor

Apple's new desktops could be the first computers to run on Intel's Gulftown chip under an exclusive deal