
PC shipments slightly up in Western Europe
Doldrums time
A research note from IDC said that PC shipments in the EMEA region accounted for 16.1 million units in the second quarter of this year.

Asus releases new mobile range
All Intel free
Asus has released its second quarter product range including the ZenFone 3 family products, Transformer 3 Pro 2-in-1, and ZenPad 3S 10 tablet.

ZenFone gets cooler without Intel inside
Asus ZenFone 3 has dream spec for a good price
Asus ZenFone is a good reliable brand of smarphone for a good price which has had a bit of a bad rep for supporting Intel’s Atom a little too long.

Asus preparing three custom GTX 1060 graphics cards
Turbo, Dual and Strix Gaming
Following Nvidia's official announcement of the mid-range Pascal-based GTX 1060 graphics card, Asus is tempting us with no less than three upcoming custom GTX 1060 graphics cards.

Overclockers UK sells 1000 RX 480 cards
1000 Geforce GTX 1080 at launch
OcUK, the Overclockers UK has sold more than 1000 Radeon RX 480 cards at launch. Although to be fair to Nvidia, the etailer added that they also managed to shift 1000 Geforce GTX 1080 cards on their launch too [so much for the rumour that Nvidia sampled only small volume to the etailers.ed]

MSI defends use of software souped up review cards
Higher clock speeds
MSI has replied to TechPowerUp claims it has caught out MSI it out sending out review graphics cards with higher clock speeds out of the box.

Asus releases "budget friendly" GTX 1080 Turbo
But will not say how budget friendly
The whole press release thing is getting rather silly. ASUS is announcing a non-reference GTX 1080 Turbo card which it says will be cheaper than GTX 1080 Founders Edition but is refusing to say how much cheaper.

Asus shows its XG Station 2 external GPU at Computex 2016
Part of Asus' Republic of Gamers lineup
ASUS had plenty of new products at the Computex 2016 show, including its version of the external graphics card box which will be a part of the Republic of Gamers (ROG) lineup, the XG Station 2.

ASUS ZenBook 3 detailed
New ultrabook lineup with edge-to-edge display
Earlier today, we mentioned that ASUS held a press event called the “Zenvolution” and announced a variety of next-generation Zen products including smartphones, tablets, ultrabooks, 2-in-1 detachables and the company’s first household assistant robot.

Asus makes Macbook look fat
Design mantle has been passed on
With Apple sitting on its hands in the design and innovation stakes, it has been up to others to show the fruity cargo cult what it should be doing. Asus’s new ZenBook 3 does just that.