ENIGMA TECH NEWS

AMD’s Llano ‘APU’s have been pretty damaging to Intel. They fill a whole which Intel left unfilled, and obliterate both Intel’s onboard graphics and low-end graphics cards. Intel seems to want to reclaim some of that sub-£100 market though, and has launched no fewer than 16 new Sandy Bridge CPUs to do so.   The [...]

The image above shows the new version of Explorer.exe, which will be found in Windows 8, whenever it makes its way onto our PCs. Included is Microsoft’s ‘Ribbon UI’ (á la Office), and the return of the jedi ’up’ button, once again allowing you to return to the directory one higher than current position. It’s former [...]

Steve Jobs has announced his resignation as Apple CEO in a letter to the board of Directors: To the Apple Board of Directors and the Apple Community: I have always said if there ever came a day when I could no longer meet my duties and expectations as Apple’s CEO, I would be the first [...]

Microsoft have announced some new features to be found in Windows 8, ahead of the Operating Systems release. The video (after the break) explains all, but the crux of it is a nifty file transfer window, which allows you to pause, resume stop several different file movements. Most importantly – they’re all here in one [...]

At E3, Microsoft announced another new dashboard update for the Xbox 360, as well as support for streaming live TV. The new look is the same Metro UI style as incorporated on Zune, WP7, and now Windows 8. Unfortunately, Media Center still only runs in its own UI and environment, which feels incredibly disjointed at [...]

That new Nintendo console we just heard about is all set to use a new type of controller dubbed the ‘Wii U’. It features a 6.2″ capacitive screen, and can be used to tee off in golf games, aim up shots on the TV in front of it, or even as a stand-alone gaming device [...]

Nintendo has just announced in its keynote at E3 that it plans to launch a new console next year. Their aim is to take on both sides of the division in the console gaming industry, as they put it: core gamers, and casual gamers. They claim that the new console will fulfil the requirements of both types [...]

Leaked screenshots seem to reveal some fairly significant updates to WP7. The leaks suggest that the forthcoming update (codename ‘Mango’) will bring new features such as Facebook Chat, SkyDrive, and Office 365 integration; as well as enhanced features for Xbox Live and the games hub – including ‘Automatic Sync’.

Research In Motion have today announced two new handsets which are the best yet; they bring a refresher to the Bold range and bring together the best QWERTY keyboards in the industry with 2.8″ (640×480) capacitive touch screens. The new devices are the 9900 and 9930 BlackBerry Bolds, they have impressive 1.2GHz processors, 5 megapixel [...]

Today, RIM – or Research In Motion – announced a software upgrade, moving their mobile OS up to 7.0 just shortly after the release of version 6.0. The new software uses “Liquid Graphics” to improve usability; according to RIM it’s faster and uses the Just-In-Time (JIT) JavaScript compiler, in order to speed up browsing. As [...]