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Trion's commitment to the community can only be described as outstanding. In an update coming this summer to its MMO RIFT, the company will be offering players the ability to transfer their characters to a different server for free. There are a few restrictions (as always), but to offer up for...

Thanks to its ease-of-use and ability to store my RSS feeds in the "cloud", I've been a long-time user of Google's Reader aggregator, and have had little to complain about. But this past weekend, I encountered something a little unusual with the service - something that could be considered...

Long before millions of people were subjected to having their personal data stolen via a certain online network, I often wondered if there were better ways to pay for digital goods online, such as those found on Xbox Live or PlayStation Network, than to simply hand over credit card details. Of...

It has been less than two months since Intel launched its new SSD 320 series solid-state drives, but yesterday it was announced that the company would be extending the traditional three year warranty to a full five years for both current and future 320 series owners. You can read the rest...

When Intel unveiled its 'Thunderbolt' connector this past February, it seemed there were reasons to be both excited and a little disappointed. The latter was due to the fact that Thunderbolt wasn't quite the 'Light Peak' we had come to know. While offering similar functionality, it totally lacks...

At CES this past January, Kingston showed us an upcoming product that we knew had the potential to become a boon for iPad and iPhone users - a mobile hard drive with wireless capabilities. At the time, the idea and implementation impressed us enough to warrant Kingston's earning of one of our...

Well shizzle'butts.... I slept through it all... again... "Does that mean that the earth itself and the stars that surround us are the very heaven and hell we so desperately wish to be part of? Are the damnations and the suffering that entrench themselves into our fragile society, the works of...

Yes, i'm stooping down to such a low level - a special place reserved for reality TV celebs and such, but... <iframe width="480" height="390" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/_eyFiClAzq8" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe> I really do feel fine.... Next stop, 2012...

Also, now is a good time to mention that a light's wattage means nothing. A 23 Watt bulb equating a 100 Watt incandescent? Doesn't mean anything at all, like trying to measure how fast a car is by it's MPG rating... Lumens... they are the comparative numbers to check for brightness... which are...

After quite a long NAS drought, we're soon to publish our look at Thecus' N4200 four-bay offering, which up to this point in our testing is looking good. The last time we published some NAS content, it came courtesy of our networking-guru Greg King, when he looked at Synology's DS209+. That was...

If you are salivating over the second generation SandForce-powered SSDs or are simply eager to see more competition in the SSD market, then we have some good news for you. Corsair has today announced its Force Series 3 solid-state drives. As one may expect they utilize the SATA 3.0 "6Gbit/s"...

We reviewed it back in 2008 - former staff member I think. Have a look - http://techgage.com/article/asus_xonar_dx_71_sound_card/ I'm sure the software has changed a bit, but i can't say for certain. But sure, the cards fine - nearly anything is better than the integrated sound...

Yeah, an ASUS Xonar DS or if you can stretch it a bit, a D1. As always, comes down to budget. I'm personally staying away from Creative these days - too many problems, not enough fixes (without being forced to buy a new card).

Intel's super-small Atom processor hasn't seen a major update since its original launch in 2008, so what's in store for the future? According to CNET, the major update will occur in 2013 with the introduction of "Silvermont". And a "major" update it should be, as Atom will become a full-blown...

I'm starting to wonder if the designers at NZXT are reading my mind, because with the launch of the company's "Sentry Mesh", another one of my ideas has come to fruition. I've often thought that with meshed fronts on many chassis today, a fan controller with a brushed aluminum finish kind of...

As a long-time fan of CyberLink's PowerDVD software, I got a hold of the company's latest version a couple of weeks ago, and thought I'd talk a little about it here. As a commercial media player, PowerDVD 11 isn't quite as scaled down as a VLC or MPlayer. Rather, it comes in three flavors; all...

I have experimented with LEDs in the kitchen. I have Halogen down-lights dispersed throughout the ceiling and they inevitably blow at some point. So, I went and looked around for LED replacements to save the cost of constant replacement and to save a bit of power as a result too. Picked up 2...

When game developers prepare for a launch, the hours to preface it are sure to be the same among them all. As well as internal and beta testing might have gone, there are almost always launch issues - most times minor, but sometimes major. In the case of an MMO, servers might be unreachable for...

From the 'I don't think so, Tim." files comes Canonical's latest published goal: 200 million Ubuntu users in 2015. According to OMG! Ubuntu!, Mark Shuttleworth outlined this lofty goal at the Ubuntu Developer Summit in Budapest, Hungry on Monday. So just what does Canonical have up its sleeve...

My eyes! They burn with the power of LEDs!! Ironic really, it gives you a choice of colours except for the most important one... OFF! I'm going to run out of black electrical tape at this rate with all these LEDs I have to cover up. I nearly bought a Nesteq FanMax 8, until i realised it had 10...