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Blu-ray and HD DVD: The facts

Digital Living Toshiba, Microsoft, Sanyo, Intel Why should you care about HD DVD and Blu-ray Disc? The simple answer is that these two optical disc formats are the best sources of top-quality, high-definition video currently on the market.

1 June 2007, 17:40

What is the difference between Intel's Centrino and Core Duo?

Digital Living To earn a Centrino badge, laptops must utilise a specific type of motherboard chipset, a specific type of wireless network card and a processor from the Intel Core range. These chips have twice as much Level 2 cache memory for better performance...

30 May 2007, 11:34

Mac OS X vs Windows Vista

Digital Living He's since cleaned up his act and adopted the healthier Intel processor favoured by the Baron. PCs were privileged to the first Intel Core and Core 2 Duo CPUs, they've had access to high-speed wireless 802.11n wireless for some time, not to mention...

27 April 2007, 16:34

Build the ultimate quiet PC

Digital Living Most computers ship with the standard heatsink designed by either Intel or AMD. We've chosen an Asus N4L-VM DH motherboard (£98 from Dabs.com -- picture 1) as it's designed for desktop use, but accepts Socket 479-type laptop CPUs, including the...

7 September 2006, 16:49

Apple Newton vs Samsung Q1 UMPC

Digital Living The Q1, and more specifically the UMPC concept, is the brainchild of Microsoft and Intel, so it's no surprise that it'll run almost any Windows application you can throw at it. A joint development between Microsoft and Intel, the UMPC project was...

Tags: battery life, microsoft office, pen, tap

27 July 2006, 17:39

The BBC: Absolutely Fabulous or Balderdash and Piffle?

Digital Living I'm sure Intel would be perfectly happy to pop a piece of code on to its PC chips that ensures everyone receives a PayPal request for a licence fee, along with a scary pop-up that threatens them with incarceration at Her Majesty's pleasure unless...

15 May 2006, 14:43

Get the most out of Wi-Fi

Digital Living If you own a laptop with an Intel Centrino sticker, it's ready, willing and able to go wireless with little fuss. Connect your home PCs and peripherals In case you've been hiding under a rock for the past few years, Wi-Fi, short for wireless...

4 May 2006, 16:30

Apple MacBook Pro

Digital Living New name, new chip: the MacBook Pro is the first Apple laptop powered by an Intel processor. It's said to be four to five times faster than the PowerBook G4, so is it the Apple of your eye, or rotten to the Core Duo?

25 January 2006, 7:10

Leaving Las Vegas

Digital Living The Microsoft and Intel stands are front and centre at CES. Both Intel and Microsoft have formidable resources: the Xbox 360 is a great product, and Windows Vista will offer consumers much of the cool functionality that Apple users have enjoyed in...

11 January 2006, 15:45

CES: Drama in the desert, but what's the story?

Digital Living We'll be hearing a keynote speech from Bill Gates again, and another from Paul Otellini of Intel. The Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas, Nevada is a massive industry event at which the world's consumer electronics and personal technology...

4 January 2006, 11:43