
Tablets bounce back a bit
But still no recovery
Global tablet shipments are expected to bounce back a little bit, but there are still no signs that the product is recovering.

HP does better than expected
Notebooks doing well but printers are pants
HP has surprised the cocaine nose jobs of Wall Street with a higher than expected quarterly revenue and profit as demand recovered for its notebooks.

AMD details RX 460 for Notebooks
With a similar performance to desktop version
AMD has revealed a few more details about its up and coming Radeon RX 460 Notebook GPU that will appear in a recently unveiled HP 15.6-inch Omen Limited Edition notebook and offer performance similar to the desktop part.

Intel to re-enter foundry business
Deja vu
Chip giant Intel said at its Developer Forum in San Francisco that it will license ARM technology and offer smartphone makers the chance to make microprocessors using its 10 nanometer fabrication technique.

HP leaks details about Kaby and Apollo Lake
Be careful what you put in the manual
HP might have put some IDF spoilers into its Pavilion x360 m1 technical maintenance manual.

USB-C failing to impress PC vendors
Costs too much
While USB Type-C is catching on among the mobile markets, PC makers can’t see the point because of the cost.

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.

Asustek raises prices in UK
Blame Boris, Grove and Farage
UK Asustek customers will have to pay more for their hardware after the Brexit vote decimated the pound.

HP releases a few more details on Windows 10 Elite x3
Not really a smartphone
HP has released pricing and availability details for its Elite x3 which is an interesting hybrid of a phone, a laptop and a desktop PC.

Hardware prices jacked up in UK
Thanks Brexit
Major PC suppliers are jacking up their prices in the UK following the country's brilliant move to show the world that Britain can economically destroy itself without any help from the EU.