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2020’s Acer Swift 3 travel laptop now comes in Intel and AMD flavours

The first CES of the decade kicked off in Las Vegas today. Also known as the Consumer Electronics Show, it’s the earliest tech expo…

Lenovo’s ThinkPad X1 foldable laptop will be ready by Q2 2020

Foldable phones have barely taken off, but that isn’t stopping Lenovo from launching a foldable laptop. Earlier this year, we detailed the Lenovo ThinkPad…

HP Spectre x360 13 packs a 4K OLED display, 22-hour battery life

Looking for an ultrapremium ultraportable laptop for 2020? HP this week announced its latest Spectre x360 13 complete with a new specs list. Now…

Asus Zenbook UX434F review: a brilliant laptop ruined by a single feature

South Africa’s ultraportable laptop market has never been in a better position. Practically every manufacturer in 2019 has a light but powerful offering for…

Acer Swift 7 review: the best travel laptop in South Africa?

Every product has its flaws. Even though I’ve reviewed devices that came damn close to being perfect, they ultimately disappointed me in one way…

Acer Swift 5 review: a stylish lack of substance

Acer’s range of Swift ultrabooks are built with affordability in mind. They’re relatively cheap compared to Apple, Dell or HP’s offerings, but seemingly offer…

Intel launches Haswell-powered laptop and hybrid range in South Africa

Loads of stuff happened at rAge this weekend. So it’s fitting for Intel to finally launch its new range of Haswell-stuffed laptops and tablets…

Samsung to showcase groundbreaking high-res display

This week, Samsung’s exhibiting a 10.1-inch 2560×1600 display for tablets as well as a 13.3-inch 3200×1800 effort for notebooks. These will be featured, among…

Toshiba Tecra R940 review: a decent business laptop

The tagline behind the Toshiba Tecra R940 is designed to be a serious business laptop. More recently, this is an area where Ultrabooks such…

Asus VivoBook S200 review: a fantastic 11.6-inch laptop

For a long time it was hard to get excited about laptops. They all had the same features, they all ran the same software…

Dell Latitude 6430u Notebook review: no frills or flash

Microsoft held a gigantic event in New York City to herald the coming of Windows 8 on 25 October. On hand were a multitude…

Video: Samsung NC215 Notebook

Roger Hislop, part-time tech reporter and full time cynical journalist unleashes his fury on the Samsung NC215, a handy notebook with the power behind…

Review: The Samsung NP600 middling mid-range workhorse

The Samsung NP600 is an entirely excellent notebook PC, which is to say about as special as a fried eggs on toast dinner. There’s…

A notebook as black as Vader’s heart

It would be easy to damn the Toshiba Satellite Pro L650 with faint praise. It’s alright. It’s a midmarket fairly powerful notebook with a…

Google notebooks challenge Microsoft

Notebook computers powered by Google software are heading to market in a direct assault on the Windows operating system at the heart of Microsoft’s…

Google now officially owns Fitbit

Eskom announces Stage 2 loadshedding for next few days

New report calls for changes to VC strategy in Africa

SA fintech partners with TransUnion to increase financial access for locals

Impact Investment and the growing shift toward meaningful finance in Africa [Opinon]

Samsung Galaxy S21 and S21 Ultra announced: price and details for South Africa

A third of gamers in South Africa hide their hobby from parents

Asus Flow X13 and XG Mobile: A convertible gaming laptop with external graphics card – price for South Africa

Great news for Toyota hot hatch fans – GR Yaris confirmed for South Africa

Honda WV-R: High-riding ‘Jazz’ now in South Africa

The new Hyundai i10 is a Grand deal