Chinese device maker Chuwi has been making tablets for years, but the company started offering notebook and mini-desktop computers in late 2016. At the time some Liliputing readers grumbled about Chuwi’s decision to equip its PCs with Intel Atom processors. Now it looks like the company is upgrading to Celeron Apollo Lake chips. Chuwi recently introduced a 12.3 […]
Firefox 53 brings new graphics engine, new themes, new site permission UI
Mozilla has released Firefox 53 for Windows, Mac, Linux, and Android. The desktop browser comes with two new themes designed to give more screen real estate to web pages: Compact Light and Compact Dark. The Android version of Firefox has a new Compact Tabs option that lets you see more browser tabs at once by putting […]
Third-party patch removes Windows Update restrictions for PCs with new chips, old OS
Last month Microsoft blocked Windows Update from working on computers with Intel Skylake or AMD Bristol Ridge or newer chips if those computers are also running Windows 7 or Windows 8.1. In other words, if you have a new CPU, Microsoft wants you to run its newest operating system, Windows 10. And the company is […]
Deals of the Day (4-19-2017)
Nearly two decades after it first launched, StarCraft is still a great game… so great, in fact, that Blizzard Entertainment has announced it’s going to release a new remastered version so that you can play it again with better-looking graphics designed for modern computers. But while you’re waiting for the updated edition, you can download […]
Eve V crowd-developed tablet to ship in May
Eve Tech launched a crowdfunding campaign in late 2016 for a 12.3 inch 2-in-1 tablet with a Microsoft Surface Pro-like display and a starting price of $699. At the time the company promised the Eve V tablet would begin shipping in February. That didn’t happen, but now Eve says components are on-hand, mass production is about to begin, and […]
Xiaomi Mi 6 is a $360 smartphone with 6GB RAM, 2X optical zoom, Snapdragon 835
Xiaomi has a habit of packing bleeding-edge specs into mid-range phones, and the company’s 2017 flagship is no exception. The Xiaomi Mi 6 has (almost) everything you could want in a high-end smartphone this year, but it has a starting price of about $360 (in China). It’s expected to go on sale in that country […]
Lenovo launches Flex 11 convertible Chromebook
Lenovo’s Flex line of laptops are affordable computers with convertible designs that also let you use them as notebooks. Up until now the Flex series has only included Windows-powered machines with Intel processors, but Lenovo has just introduced its first Flex Chromebook. The Lenovo Flex 11 Chromebook is a $279 convertible with a 2.1 GHz […]
This might be the best MP3 player you can get for $1.50
Need a cheap MP3 player? It doesn’t get much cheaper than the Simplicity Fashion Pocket MP3 Player, which is available from Gearbest for $1.51. That price includes free shipping to the US. Seriously. I recently picked up four different cheap MP3 players from Gearbest for a project I’m working on, and I’m glad I did […]
Chuwi unveils Surface-inspired SurBook and SurBook mini tablets
Chinese device maker Chuwi recently launched a 13.5 inch tablet with a Microsoft with a Microsoft Surface Book-like display and a 12.3 inch laptop with a Surface Pro 4-like screen. So what’s next? How about two new tablets with distinctly Surface Pro-like designs. Spotted by Notebook Italia at the Hong Kong Global Sources Fair, the […]
Microsoft introduces Power Throttling for background apps in Windows 10 build 16176
The next major version of Windows 10 may include a feature that can extend the battery life of your notebook or tablet. Microsoft has introduced a new feature that’s currently called Power Throttling. It’s designed to limit the resources used by background processes, which means that heavy multitaskers might be able to get a bit […]