Apple spends over $11.6m on R&D every day, but on what?
Apple is spending about $11.6 million per day on research and development, but what on? Here's what Apple might have coming down the pipeline.
Hardware 2.0
Adrian Kingsley-Hughes sifts through the marketing hyperbole and casts his critical eye over the latest technological innovations to find out which products make the grade and which don't.
Adrian Kingsley-Hughes
Adrian Kingsley-Hughes is an internationally published technology author who has devoted over a decade to helping users get the most from technology.
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The Google Glass genie can't be shoved back in the bottle
Worried that Google Glass technology will fall into the hands of miscreants, ne'er-do-wells, perverts, and criminals? I hate to break it to you, but when it comes to cameras, a goofy head-mounted device is the least you have to worry about.
Apple Q2 2013 hardware sales: By the numbers
Apple's Q2 2013 financial data is out, telling us, among other things, how much hardware the technology powerhouse sold over the past quarter. How does this three month period compare to previous quarters?
5 reasons to hog power outlets when using a notebook
Hogging a power outlet can help your battery last longer, give you better performance, and keep other devices charged up, while at the same time keeping you ready for the unexpected.
More than a third of electronic companies not ready for SEC 'blood minerals' rules
Tantalum, tin, tungsten, and gold are key in the manufacture of cellphones and almost every other piece of electronics. But their source — the war-torn Congo — has attracted attention, and regulation, from the SEC.
What a Windows 8 U-turn will mean for the PC
Windows 8 hasn't given PC sales the boost that OEMs were anticipating, and Microsoft is now rumored to be getting ready to do a U-turn on some of the core changes introduced. What effect will this have on the wider industry?
How Intel could give Windows 8 the break it has been waiting for
What will it take to help give stagnating PC sales a bit of a boost? Intel hopes that Windows 8-powered notebooks with a $200 to $300 price tag might do the trick.
A quick and simple way to add up to 128GB of storage to a MacBook
Here's how I added as much as a 128GB of high-speed removable storage to a MacBook — or for that matter any device with an SD card slot — and freed up a USB port in the process.
Windows 8 expected to trigger growth in touch-enabled notebooks
While there's little doubt that PC sales as a whole are stagnating, the new touch-enabled form factors that Windows 8 has given rise to may be attracting consumer attention, not to mention much-needed dollars.
75 days with a MacBook Pro
I've been the proud owner of a 15-inch MacBook Pro with Retina display system for 75 days now. Here are my impressions of living with the system as a primary work system for that duration, along with insights into how I got the machine ready for work.