Black Friday shoppers who decided to avoid the crowds and shop from home were inadvertently a part of a massive tidal wave of web traffic that took down the sites of the several large retailers today. Best Buy, Footlocker, HP and Cabelas were some of the retailers that were hit hard by a massive influx of holiday shoppers who decided ...
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Moorefield – Intel’s new processor for small tablets
Intel plans to make a great appearance at the upcoming Computex conference with its new processor. Codenamed Moorefield, the 64-bit processor was specially designed for small Android and Windows tablets. The processor is also known as quad-core Atom Z3560/Z3580, and it’s designed for 8-inch or smaller devices, including smartphones. An Intel spokeswoman said that Moorefield is different than its predecessor, ...
Read More »iPad Mini Retina vs. Xiaomi Mi Pad – Premium small tablets
Yesterday, Xiaomi announced it’s first tablet, and it seems to be aiming for the iPad Mini Retina fans, with similar form factor, screen and with a beefed up hardware. We’ve decided to do a little theoretical comparison between the two, to see which one could win in a face-off, at least on paper. While the iPad Mini Retina has been ...
Read More »Graphene made in a kitchen blender leads to transparent devices
No doubt graphene was indeed a miracle material ever since a pair of chemists from Manchester University first manufactured it. They isolated thick layers of carbon by peeling off the sheets from the powdered graphite using sellotape. Earlyer this year Samsung achieved a breakthrough, developing a technique for synthesizing graphene on a large scale. The material of unusual strength and flexibility ...
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