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Last spring, Intel launched its first ever six-core processor, capable of producing "sick scores" (get it?). Based on the Gulftown architecture, those offerings were unparalleled in the performance offered, and as such they became a no-brainer to those needing to build a power PC for whatever...

Alright, so I don't often pay attention to the ads we have on our site, but the recent batch unveiled today by ASUS couldn't be ignored. On some of them is JJ, ASUS' PR guy for motherboards and graphics cards. While the vast majority of PR people don't truly know the product they're trying to...

ASUS over the weekend sent some high-quality stock images of its X79 motherboards, so I'll share them here. The company also sent a slew of related shots (such as for AiSuite II), but I might hold onto those until our review of the P9X79 PRO. P9X79 Deluxe P9X79 Pro P9X79...

I meant to post these last week, but better late than never! We'll be taking a look at the X79A-GD65-8D in the weeks to come. X79 Big Bang X79A-GD65-8D X79A-GD45 X79A-GD65 X79MA-GD45

Kingston has recently announced the replacement of the SSDNow V100 Series SSDs, aptly named SSDNow V200. Kingston makes a point to state the V200 promises to deliver "nearly twice the performance, up to 20% lower price than the V100", and as such the V200 comes readily equipped with a SATA 6Gb/s...

If you have an account over at Steam or are a member of the forums there, consider this a PSA. On Sunday, the Steam forums were compromised by a group known as 'Fkn0wned', and announcements were altered to link back to their website. At the same time, the group used vBulletin's built-in...

NVIDIA has today released another notable beta GeForce driver; this one versioned 285.79. Battlefield 3 continues to receive some love here with both performance improvements and bug fixes - that latter including many specific to DX10 GPUs but also helps remedy stuttering issues seen on both...

Things are looking good for Linux Mint, the popular distro based off of Ubuntu. Often referred to as "Ubuntu Done Right", Linux Mint has enjoyed a recent surge of new users - many of who feel alienated by their current distro of choice, be it Ubuntu with its Unity interface or any distro using...

It's been far too long since the world has seen the release of a top-rate Sonic game - so is it going to be Sonic Generations that finally delivers the classic Sonic gameplay and charm that fans are looking for? With its vibrant world, fast-paced gameplay, many secrets to find and a collection...

What could possibly be better than 1.5GB/s throughput from a PCIe-based solid-state drive? How about 1.9GB/s and even more IOPS? OCZ Technology is announcing the expansion of its Max IOPS branding to its already compelling RevoDrive 3 family. As with the Vertex lineup of SSDs, the Max IOPS...

I posted earlier about the art of breaking into a prison from the outside, so it seems appropriate to shift the topic to hijacking and robbery. This story has to do with a game, but surprisingly has nothing to do with the gameplay. Rather, this real-life crime saw two thugs equipped with knives...

Feel the need to break someone out of prison? We're not talking Prison Break here, but real-life. It's been proven possible, but not in a way you'd expect. A trio of researchers talked about some of their findings at a recent security conference in Miami, and stated that from the outside world...

In an attempt to make its OS more secure, Apple has given developers a hard deadline of March 2012 to make sure their applications available through the Mac App Store are properly sandboxed - a rule not unlike one that mobile App Store developers have to adhere to. Read the rest of our...

At Ubuntu's Developer Summit held last week, there was much discussion about the next version of the OS, to be released in April. Codenamed "Precise Pangolin", 12.04 is bringing some interesting things to the table - though I admit the most interesting changes to me are simple things being done...

In the market for a GeForce GTX 580 graphics card? Interested in spending just $20 more for 30% more performance? If so, then EVGA's just-released GTX 560 Ti "2Win" is for you. The card is essentially an SLI configuration designed to fit in a dual-slot card, and with EVGA's slight overclock on...

If you're the type gamer who spends more than the normal amount of time tweaking your peripherals, then the Shift keyboard from SteelSeries deserves your consideration. Not only does it allow you to configure every single key, it also enables you to record macros on-the-fly and even switch out...

AMD yesterday announced its biggest "optimization" ever, and unfortunately, it has nothing to do with a CPU or GPU. One of the first major decisions made by new CEO Rory Read was to lay-off 10% of AMD's global workforce, a move that's designed to save the company $200 million and allow a more...

Remember the Microsoft Courier? Given how it came and went within the span of a few months, I doubt many would fault you if you didn't. What the Courier was, though, was one of the most innovative-looking products we ever saw come out of Microsoft. A tablet unlike any other, designed not solely...

Just over a month ago, Amazon unveiled four Kindles that either replaced or added to the company's line-up. Of them all, it was the tablet-based Kindle Fire that garnered most of the attention, but what if $199 is too much to justify if all you want to do is read books? Ars has taken a look at...

For most of the Internet's life, Microsoft has dominated the Web browser market with Internet Explorer. In 2004, the height of its popularity was reached with a staggering market share of 95%. But with the advent of alternative browsers, or at least the introduction of some more compelling...