Passing by the Advantage Video Systems booth at Storage Visions 2016 we saw something rather interesting, the UO Smart Beam Laser. Appearing like a small square Bluetooth speaker, the Beam Laser is so much more. Useful in both the mobile presentation aspect or even keeping the kids occupied when the TV isn’t available. The Smart Beam laser is a 720P …

Intel has once again changed its roadmap and will introduce what we believe to be a Skylake refresh CPU code-named Kaby Lake. Kaby Lake will be compatible with the upcoming 100 series LGA1151 motherboards just like Devils Canyon was too Haswell. Kaby Lake processors made using 14nm FinFET process technology and will feature two or four cores.   Kaby Lake …

In recent reports it appears that we can expect the first of AMD’s “Zen” microarchitecture based CPUs and APUs to be released in 2016. These new processors will mark the first major desktop-market release for AMD since 2012 with the launch of the Piledriver based FX CPUs. The news comes courtesy of a series of screenshots taken from an investor presentation, …

Micron Technology, a leading producer of flash memory devices, is announcing availability of their new ultra high-speed, ultra reliable and ultra high-temperature parallel NOR Flash memory and low-power DDR4 (LPDDR4) DRAM memory designed for the ever-increasing memory requirements of today’s advance automotive systems. Micron’s latest G18 NOR series represents the industry’s highest-performing parallel NOR, while their new automotive-grade LPDDR4 offerings …

We are continuing our explorations of CES 2015 today by hitting the North Hall where most of the key automobile manufacturers have set up their displays. The common technology themes we are seeing relate to connectivity, intuitive controls, fuel cell vehicles and automated driving assistance. Follow along as we take you through what we saw and investigated manufacturer by manufacturer, in the same …

Samsung’s focus during their press event was clearly visible from the start, to design and produce products that would help consumers transition their own home to the Home of the Future. Samsung’s CEO, BK Yoon, describes how the world is continuously changing and producing new challenges, from global climate and weather changes, to how people are carrying out their daily …

Your build our core – that’s the motto for Thermaltake’s Core series that brings us to the realm of modular chassis’. The X71 specifically is what we are looking at with this review, along with a calming description of DIY loop cooling systems. PRE-BUILD OVERVIEW Thermaltake has been kind enough to provide us with the Core X71 along with all …

Upon receipt of notification that our Singlecue was on the way we were quite excited. This was definitely one of the stand outs from Pepcom/CES 2016 to us and one product we were very interested in reviewing.  Singlecue is a smart home product that claims the ability to control all your smart home devices with a single finger (cue). OVERVIEW …

As you saw a couple weeks ago we had our first glance at home monitoring systems with iFamCare’s Helmet. Today we are going to take you into Technology X’s home monitoring system review 2.0, The Remocam. This home monitoring system really steps up the standard as far as affordable and reliable products are  concerned and comes from a company who …

The Consumer Electronic Show is now done and overwith for this year, but the technology showcased, especially in the storage division, extends much from the drive we have on hand today. We are going to take an in-depth look at the Intel 750, the world’s first consumer drive featuring NVMe at 2.4 GB/s! The Intel 750 features Intel’s latest storage …