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Intel is going to stop making desktop motherboards in 3 years

Enrique January 27, 2013 1

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Intel has announced that it will be ramping down its desktop motherboard business in the next three years — all the way down to zero.

Motherboards with the upcoming Haswell chipset will be Intel’s last hurrah in the motherboard biz, then it’s leaving everything up to third party manufacturers like [...]

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Goodbye little one: The netbook is now dead

Enrique January 9, 2013 10

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Remember this little guy? That’s right, it’s a netbook. Remember those things? They were affordable, light and had pretty great battery life. But a lot has changed since the netbook segment was introduced 5 years ago — and it looks like the little guy’s not gonna make it.

When Dell [...]

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How to root ASUS Transformer Pad TF300T, unlock bootloader, and install ClockworkMod Recovery [Guide]

Ashraf November 28, 2012 29
How to root ASUS Transformer Pad TF300T, unlock bootloader, and install ClockworkMod Recovery [Guide]

So you have a brand new, shiny ASUS Transformer Pad TF300T and you want to root it. No worries, because this guide shows you exactly how to do that!

Disclaimer: This guide is intended as a helpful “how to”. dotTech and its writers are not responsible for any gain or [...]

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More pricing details for Windows 8 tablets are revealed, turns out the tablets will be insanely… expensive

Ashraf September 19, 2012 10

In August a rumor generated buzz about the possibility of seeing Windows RT tablets — specifically the Windows RT Surface — for as low as $199. A few days later Lenovo stoked the rumor by publicly saying Windows 8 Pro tablets will sell for $500-$700 and Windows RT tablets will [...]

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How to unlock ASUS Transformer Pad Infinity TF700T using official unlocking app [Guide]

Godwin September 5, 2012 2

After rooting your ASUS Transformer Pad Infinity TF700 using a safe method, without loosing your warranty, it might be time for you to get yourself some extensibility, at the expense of voiding your warranty. Unlocking the bootloader of your device will help you gain the power to try out custom [...]

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Google Nexus 7 with 3G could hit the market in six weeks

David September 4, 2012 0

Google’s extremely popular Nexus 7 tablet could be getting an upgrade in connectivity over these next weeks. A report has come out claiming ASUS is manufacturing new 3G versions of the Nexus 7.

The very powerful tablet was the first step in Google’s real launch into the tablet world; Google [...]

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How to root Asus Transformer Pad Infinity TF700 (Debugfs method) [Guide]

Godwin September 3, 2012 6

Rooting your device for the first time might have been one of the toughest decisions for you if you have been (or, are) one who has always been afraid of getting into trouble after rooting. Though it’s usually not so hard to get unrooted and claim warranty, rooting is usually [...]

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Microsoft announces Windows RT partners ASUS, Dell, Lenovo, and Samsung

Anthony Hardy August 14, 2012 2

Microsoft’s Windows RT is a lean version of Windows 8 designed to run on ARM based processors and which will not be sold as a standalone item (i.e. you can’t buy Windows RT in a retail store or online — you need to purchase a tablet to get it). Earlier [...]

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Microsoft is limiting Windows RT tablets to a few, hand-picked manufacturers for quality control purposes

Ashraf July 24, 2012 6

Looking for a Windows RT tablet? First batch of Windows 8 (Windows RT and Windows 8 Pro) tablets should be hitting stores in October. However, you will find Windows RT tablets from only a select number of manufacturers until January. The reason being is Microsoft is limiting Windows RT licenses [...]

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“Nexus tablet” rumored as early as May for as low as $149 (!)

Ashraf March 16, 2012 11

Rumor has it Google and ASUS are working together to release a “Nexus tablet” (i.e. a tablet that runs vanilla Android, presumably Ice Cream Sandwich, and is directly updated by Google). This Nexus tablet is rumored to go on sale as early as May 2012 (!) and start as low [...]

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