AMD Turbo Dock promises better performance and cooling for hybrids, we go hands-on (video)

<div dir="rtl" style="text-align: right;" trbidi="on"><div dir="rtl" style="text-align: right;" trbidi="on"><hr dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" /><div class="image-container" dir="ltr" style="text-align: center;"><img alt="AMD Turbo Dock promises better performance and cooling for hybrid, we go handson video" data-src-height="340" data-src-width="620" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.engadget.com/media/2013/02/amd-dock-lead.jpg" /></div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;">Here's a question we've been asking ourselves for a while: what if the dock for a hybrid tablet could offer not only a keyboard and battery, but also increased performance? Wouldn't that provide the best of both worlds, with long battery life when you're in tablet mode and true laptop productivity when you have a place to sit down?</div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;">Turns out AMD is on the same wavelength. In fact, the company has already implemented the idea in a prototype device here at MWC, destined to appear in commercial products around the middle of this year. As you'll see if you check out the video after the break, it's built by Compal and includes a 13-inch 1080p display with a quad-core Temash chip, which when combined with its Turbo Dock delivers some serious power -- going from 8 W to 15 W, with extra air flow delivered through the connector to keep it cool.</div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;">AMD says that the docked tablet offers general computing performance broadly at the level of a full-fledged 17 W Intel Core i3 notebook. Judging from Microsoft's Fish Bowl HTML5 benchmark, we're looking at a gain of 50 percent -- and yes, that's pretty impressive. Next stop, a dock with an extra discrete GPU for CrossFire gaming? Who knows, but it's the logical progression.</div></div><iframe frameborder="0" height="349" id="viddler-9d3fdbf0" mozallowfullscreen="true" src="//www.viddler.com/embed/9d3fdbf0/?f=1&offset=0&autoplay=0&secret=31143631&disablebranding=0&view_secret=31143631" webkitallowfullscreen="true" width="545"></iframe><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="360" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/nat6uZC4fxE?feature=player_embedded" width="640"></iframe></div>

AMD Turbo Dock promises better performance and cooling for hybrids, we go hands-on (video)

Here's a question we've been asking ourselves for a while: what if the dock for a hybrid tablet could offer not only a keyboard an...

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Netflix and DreamWorks to launch original show for kids in December

<div dir="rtl" style="text-align: right;" trbidi="on"><hr dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" /> <div class="image-container" dir="ltr" style="text-align: center;"> <img alt="Netflix and DreamWorks launch original show for kids" data-src-height="340" data-src-width="620" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.engadget.com/media/2013/02/netflix-turbo-fast.jpg" /></div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;"> While Netflix is trying to lure in the grown-ups with the launch of <em>House of Cards</em>, it's not leaving kids without their own choice of original material. DreamWorks plans to follow up the July release of its animated movie <em>Turbo</em> with a Netflix-only series, <em>Turbo FAST</em>, in December. The episodes will arrive on the service roughly in line with DreamWorks' 2013 slate of movies, including <em>Turbo</em>. Young viewers may well be happy, but <em>Turbo FAST</em> and the larger DreamWorks deal could be that much more satisfying for Netflix itself -- they're potential foils to Amazon's multi-show plans that could keep some subscribing families from jumping ship.</div></div>

Netflix and DreamWorks to launch original show for kids in December

While Netflix is trying to lure in the grown-ups with the launch of House of Cards , it's not le...

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