Karim Beerahee
Karim writes online content covering a variety of caffeinated news stories, reviews and technological developments, at pc-site and coffee machine reviews
AMD all set to release their next generation of ‘Trinity’ processors
Tuesday, May 15, 2012
In the name of the processor, and of the RAM, and of the holy GPU… AMD have released more information about their new 2nd generation A-Series processors today. They are codenamed ‘Trinity’, since they provide industry-leading levels of performance, entertainment and gaming. The Trinity processors will debut in the US this June as the processor [...]
New Sony VAIO T-series coming this June
Tuesday, May 8, 2012
Sony has unveiled the price range for their new ultrabooks, namely the Sony VAIO T-series. They’re being hailed as the ‘first ever Sony ultrabooks’, but if you’re in the market for a svelte Sony machine there’s always the rather costly Sony Z series in case you don’t have to wait for the T-series to go [...]
And on the third day John Bercow said ‘Let there be iPads’
Thursday, May 3, 2012
It’s not quite public outrage, but a distinctive, general feeling of flat-out irritation is sweeping across the UK. It was reported today that upwards of 350 members of Parliament will receive iPads, presumably to make life atop that dunghill of corruption a little sweeter. In this time of hardship, we do hope Parliament will be [...]
The new iPad and UK 4G
Tuesday, May 1, 2012
You may remember how, during the build-up to Apple’s new iPad, that there was a lot buzz about 4G. We were all wondering whether it was worth paying upwards of £600 for an iPad supporting that brand-new, super-fast network, but discussion about the new network all but disappeared from the consumer market until recently. If [...]
Dell XPS 8500 review
Friday, April 27, 2012
In case you were wondering: XPS stands for eXtreme Performance System. We can ignore the faulty construction of the acronym, but is the 8500 desktop really an ‘extreme’ system? This is a multimedia computer recommended to those after a powerful system to run processor-heavy applications, or are keen on a system that can provide premium [...]
Shiny new Dell Precision line revealed
Thursday, April 26, 2012
Dell has unveiled four new high-performance workstations, the Dell Precision T7600, T5600, T3600 and T1650. These systems will be available in the US from and in the UK shortly after that. If you’re in market for a new desktop and demand unrivalled power, then it’ll be well worth holding out for a new Dell Precision. [...]
Microsoft to preview Windows 8 release this June
Tuesday, April 24, 2012
A preview of the new operating system Windows 8 will be released in early June, Microsoft President Steven Snofisky announced at Japan’s Windows 8 Dev Day this week. Here at PC Site HQ we’ve been playing around with the beta version since its download became available in February. With the preview to be made available [...]
Another technological marvel: the tampon USB
Tuesday, April 24, 2012
Well this is pretty self-explanatory, curio store Meninos, responsible for a number of technological/novel/vintage items including a ‘Slide to unlock’ doormat (which we feel is pretty awesome) have created a tampon shaped USB. Menino’s ship to the UK, if you simply must have one, you can purchase these with 2 Gb, 4 Gb and 8 [...]
Asus Ultra Slim U36SG-RX107X review
Friday, April 20, 2012
We’re unclear as to why Asus felt the need to release another ultrabook after the technical perfections of the Zenbooks and the Asus K53E. Those laptops have already topped our best deals list for top rated portable laptops, but hey, we aren’t complaining – welcome aboard, Asus U36SG. What we like best So if it [...]
