The hard disk drive supply chain was hit hard late last year when a series of floods hit Thailand. The Asian country accounts for about a quarter of the world’s hard drive production, but thousands of factories had to shut shop for weeks because the facilities were under water, which is considered the world’s fourth … Read more
Last week HTC published a list of phones that will receive the update to Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich, along with expected launch dates and an estimated end date of late August 2012. That’s not a very encouraging prospect, as Google officially introduced ICS last October. Also because the next major revision of Android codenamed … Read more
From the perspective of people covering tech-related events, it’s always a polarizing time of year. The last weeks of December are usually devoid of product announcements, yet only two weeks later, we’re bombarded with new gadgets at CES. Before we move on to the latest and greatest devices of 2013, we think it’s worth revisiting … Read more
It’s been a year for the Games. We have our highs and we have our lows, but more importantly, we have turned all those highs and lows into animated GIFs for the rest of the internet to see. With that in mind, let’s take a look at which were the best. We’ll start with some … Read more
As the year comes to an end, it’s time to take a look at the most interesting and relevant tech stories of 2012. Several trends consolidated during 2012: Apple’s dominance in this area, mobile growth, rapid release in the smartphone world, Windows 8 launch, just to name a few. This year we’ve divided stories into … Read more
In the decade we’ve been publishing TechSpot, we’ve seen Apple go from making fun of the G3 and G4 machines to Apple’s Mac vs. PC’ debate – during a time the company had better luck selling MP3 players than computers – thanks to today’s ubiquity of Apple products in all forms of computing devices. After … Read more
I am no different when it comes to computer usage. I have a primary desktop system that I use at home and take a notebook with me when traveling, for when I need it. I’ll be the first to admit that I don’t travel very often and when I do, it’s usually for business purposes … Read more
Editorial In less than a decade, Facebook has transformed from Mark Zuckerberg’s dorm room project into a global phenomenon where member activity and trends make the news of the evening. I joined the site in 2005 when the “new MySpace” required an academic email address and was populated mostly by fellow tech experts. I initially … Read more
If you’ve played around with Windows 8 a bit, you know it’s one of those things that needs to be touched. A mouse is fine, a trackpad comes along, but don’t call it that—the subway begs to be touched. Live Tiles and the long Start screen are designed for just that, and nothing really satisfies. … Read more