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Wood-paneled Atari VCS consoles are up for pre-order (again)

When the Atari VCS crowdfunding campaign launched last month, backers had two options: a $199 Onyx edition with an all-black design, or a $299 Atari VCS Day One Edition with a wood-panel design on the front, giving the system a classic Atari-style look. Despite the higher price tag, the 6,000 limited edition Day One units […]

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Sharp to buy Toshiba’s PC business

Toshiba has scaled back its PC business in recent years, but the company continues to offer a small selection of laptops, tablets, and convertibles, primarily with a focus on premium and business-class devices. But Toshiba’s PC business will soon be under new management: Toshiba has announced it’s selling the subsidiary that makes Toshiba-branded computers to Sharp. […]

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Lenovo now owns more than half of Fujitsu’s PC division

Japanese electronics company Fujitsu spun off its PC business into a wholly owned subsidiary a few years ago. Now it’s not-so-wholly owned anymore. Lenovo has announced that it’s acquiring a 51 percent stake in Fujitsu Client Computing Limited (FCCL), while the Development Bank of Japan is purchasing another 5 percent. The move means that FCCL […]

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Pi-Top updates its modular, Raspberry Pi-powered laptop

Raspberry Pi’s single-board computers are surprisingly versatile devices that can be used for all sort of things ranging from desktop PCs to game consoles to smart speakers. Hackers have also been building Raspberry Pi-powered laptops for years, and back in 2014 a UK-based team launched one of the more interesting versions, since the Pi-Top allowed […]

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Samsung Galaxy Book goes up for pre-order April 21st for $630 and up

The Samsung Galaxy Book line of computers are 2-in-1 devices that you can use as a tablet or a notebook. First introduced in February, the Galaxy Book comes in 10.6 inch and 12 inch models, and both go up for pre-order in the United States starting April 21st. Prices are expected to start at $630 […]

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PC shipments decline for the fifth year in a row

PC shipments fell again last year… just like the year before, and the year before that. In fact, Gartner reports worldwide PC shipments have dropped every year since 2012. Computer makers still shipped a lot of hardware: according to Gartner the total for 2016 was about 270 million units. But that’s down from more than […]

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California’s new rules set energy efficiency standards for PCs and monitors

Starting in 2018, some computers and monitors sold in California will have to meet new energy efficiency standards, thanks to new rules adopted this week. California is the first state in the country to enact standards of this type, and the move could have a wide-ranging impact, even outside of California. As one of the […]

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ECS Live Station is a tiny Windows 10 PC that can also wirelessly charge your phone

EliteGroup Computer Systems (ECS) appears to have a new mini PC on the way. The ECS live Station is a small desktop computer with Windows 10, an Intel Bay trail processor, 2GB of RAM, and 32GB of storage. It can also charge your phone wirelessly, thanks to a Qi charging pad built into the top […]

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Lenovo IdeaCentre 610S is a tiny computer with a detachable projector

Lenovo is no stranger to the tiny desktop space. The company’s IdeaCentre Q series notebooks have been around for years, and Lenovo has positioned them as machines for home theaters, among other things. But Lenovo’s new IdeaCentre 610S is basically a theater-in-a-box, because this small form-factor computer comes with a wireless projector that can be stacked […]