When it comes to smartphones, Android is by far and away the leader of the pack, with 38 percent of the world’s market share (Apple’s iOS is in second place at just 26 percent). Yet despite its popularity, there is still a lot of confusion around the Android name. Is Android a phone? Is it a lot of phones? Is it the “Google Phone?” Read the rest of this entry »
2011 is halfway over, and it’s time for a quick status check, starting with the best PC games released this year. There have been some really spectacular titles so far this year that went well beyond expectations, as well as a few that fell short. Here’s a list of our current favorites: Read more on the Best PC Games of 2011
Whether you’re into high-end 3D gaming, or just want the best HD viewing experience, it’s important to have the right graphics card. They range from inexpensive integrated cards build right into your computer’s motherboard to dedicated cards for extreme gaming enthusiasts.
If you are thinking about upping your computer’s graphics performance, here’s a list of some of the best dedicated video cards for popular price points.
We recently reached a new milestone in computer science when Watson, IBM’s latest super computer, competed against Jeopardy’s world champions and won. Watson was made up of 90 networked servers, each with a 3.5GHz Eight-core CPU, each core capable of processing 4 threads at once. Compared to a conventional computer, that’s like 2,880 CPUs! Watson also had 15TB (15,000GB) of RAM.
You may think that the human contestants stood no chance against even a normal computer, but the trick is getting a machine to understand human language. That’s why Watson has so much power; it all goes towards translating the question and deciphering the answer from a few Terabytes of data (Watson was not allowed to access the internet).
Back on May 12th, 1941, German engineer Konrad Zuse introduced the Z3, the very first programmable computer. In honor of the 70th birthday of the world’s first computer, we posed the question: could it be possible to build Watson back in 1941?
With so many wireless capable devices these days (Wi-Fi TVs, Smartphones, Laptops, Printers), nearly everyone has begun setting up their houses with Wi-Fi. It’s easy to do; all you really need is a wireless router, but finding the perfect router isn’t quite as easy. With terms like Wireless-N, 54G, Dual-Band, WEP, and WPA just to name a few, it’s easy to get overwhelmed when buying a new router. We’re here to clear up all that confusion. Read more on Wireless Routers
When building your own computer, you generally start by choosing a CPU platform to base it on. CPUs today cost anywhere from $80 up to $1000, and there’s so many models to choose from, it’s tough to know which is the best at the price you can afford. Even if you’re buying a pre-built computer, it can still be useful to know how powerful its CPU is in relation to the overall cost of the system.
There are a handful of products out there that you just can’t live without. There are others that make you say, “Wow,” marveling at the inventiveness. Here’s a list of some of our favorite must-have products.
What is Google Cloud Print?
Google Cloud Print is a brand new service that allows you to associate printers with your Google account (such as a Gmail account) and print from virtually any internet connected device. Currently, Google Cloud Print is only available on mobile devices using Chrome OS, Gmail for mobile, and Google Docs for mobile, but Google is working diligently to integrate the service with many other products and hopes that printers in the near future will include Cloud Print as an integrated feature.
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