Tag: fast
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Netflix Launches It’s Own Internet Speed Checker – FAST.com
It’s quite possible that Netflix may finally be fed up with the volume of calls regarding its online streaming service not performing correctly on certain smart devices – or that’s what we’d suspect based on the new website it’s set up to track broadband data speeds and present them in relation to the Netflix minimum requirements.…
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Virgin Readying £3b Broadband Investment
Super fast broadband hasn’t taken off as fast as we’d have liked in the UK. Indeed it’s mostly limited to large urban areas and through rather expensive packages, both of which have hampered the numbers of people getting on board with the high speed offerings from ISPs. However, Virgin, one of the biggest providers of…
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Intel Unveils Core M Processor
IFA 2014 has showcased some of the coolest new tech products this year, from the Motorola Moto 360 to the ASUS ZenWatch. Of course in amongst the hot topic wearables have been some other hidden gems, especially the new, and absolutely tiny, Core M processor from Intel. The processor, central processing unit or CPU, serves…
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Facebook Users Can “Fast Forward” Launch of Next Sony Xperia Smartphone
Sony is using the social network and inviting its users to bring forward the launch of its next smartphone.
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China Mobile in Talks with Apple to Get iPhone
The world’s largest mobile network may finally be about to get on board with the iPhone…
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Samsung Starts Manufacturing Speedy UHS-1 MicroSD Card
Over the last few years, we’ve seen big improvements in terms of storage size when it comes to the popular tiny microSD card. However, something that’s been lacking is transfer speeds. Well, that was until Samsung announced their latest microSD product, the UHS-1 (Ultra High Speed) card has now started to go into production. The…
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Elgato Thunderbolt SSD Offers 240GB Of Storage For $700
Calling all Apple Mac users out there, if you’ve been thinking about getting some additional storage for your Mac and money is no object, you may be interested in the new SSD hard drives announced by Elgato. Perhaps you require a super-fast way of performing a system backup or need to transfer large files quickly…
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HTC are also making a Quad-Core Tegra 3 Tablet – HTC Quattro pictured and detailed
HTC’s intentions of joining the Quad-Core tablet revolution have been made very clear this afternoon, after an image and details for a Tegra 3 tablet have leaked online. Codenamed the HTC Quattro, the image above is the first render we’ve seen for HTC’s next tablet effort. Details so far are fairly slim, but we do…
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Virgin Media testing 1.5Gbps Broadband for lucky people in London
Lucky Virgin Media customers in London have been able to test the cable provider’s new super-fast broadband connection. In fact, Virgin Media say that the 1.5Gbps is now the fastest broadband connection in the world. Currently there is a group of test sites are Old Street which can deliver these speeds, as well as being…
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Google+ user figures near the 20 million mark
New social network is putting up quite a fight against Facebook
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Samsung introduce new 32GB Class 10 Micro SD card
Samsung have just announced the production of their latest MicroSD card, the new 32GB Class 10 which supports advanced data transfer rates. Let’s face it, as the gadgets we use, such as our smartphones, camera, camcorders MP3 players etc. get more advanced, there is obviously a need for not only larger storage capacity, but also…
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Micron RealSSD P320h – Storage of the Future
When confronted with the problem of data storage, tech companies and manufacturers tend to lean towards discs, and have done since quite a long time ago. However, tech manufacturers Micron have made some geek’s dreams come true, with their new solid state drive range. Today’s hard drives used a spinning disc covered in tiny dots…