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  1. Rob Williams

    Like Porsche? Want a $2,000 phone?

    RIM has got you covered. http://mobilesyrup.com/2011/10/27/rim-officially-announces-the-blackberry-porsche-p%E2%80%999981-a-luxurious-modern-smartphone/
  2. Rob Williams

    HTC Raider Launches in Canada through Bell and Rogers

    Bell and Rogers jointly announced the HTC Raider today, with it becoming Canada's first widely-available LTE option. First released in South Korea last month and rumored to hit AT&T in the US soon, the Raider is being touted as a "powerhouse social networker, entertainer and communicator" - all...
  3. Rob Williams

    LSI Enters Definitive Agreement to Acquire SandForce

    When OCZ acquired SSD controller maker Indilinx this past March, I couldn't help but wonder what it was that Indilinx offered over SandForce. Of course, the real question should have been about how much more SandForce was worth than Indilinx, and thanks to an acquisition by LSI, that question...
  4. Rob Williams

    Indie Royale Bundle Follows in Humble Bundle's Footsteps

    Sparked by the recent success of the third Humble Bundle release, a new group has emerged offering its own collection of DRM-free indie PC games. For the next four days Indie Royale is offering A.R.E.S. Extinction Agenda, Gemini Rue, Nimbus, and Sanctum games, with a bonus of a free Sanctum DLC...
  5. Rob Williams

    Nokia Launches 'First Real Windows Phone', Lumia 800

    Nokia has just unveiled a collection of new phones, including a new flagship that will sit above the Meego-based N9. While the design of the Lumia 800 is quite similar to the N9, the hardware inside has a couple of notable changes. The software has also seen a stark change: a move to Windows...
  6. Rob Williams

    TSMC Begins Volume Production of 28nm Parts

    TSMC, the Taiwanese semiconductor company responsible for producing silicon for both of the leading discrete GPU manufacturers, has just announced that it has begun volume production of wafers built on a 28nm process. Of these, four variants exist; High Performance, High Performance Low Power...
  7. Rob Williams

    FinalWire Releases AIDA64 2.00

    FinalWire's AIDA64 has just reached version 2.00, and with it comes a slew of improvements, optimized benchmarks, and enhanced support for the latest PC hardware. A major improvement, albeit a simple one, is the introduction of an online update tool that will make updating to the latest version...
  8. Rob Williams

    Apple patents "slide to unlock"

    Apple has been awarded another patent by the United States Patent & Trademark Office, this time it’s patent number 7657849 which grants them the rights to “Unlocking a device by performing gestures on an unlock image”. Yes, Apple now owns the familiar slide to unlock feature that has been...
  9. Rob Williams

    Rockstar Announces Grand Theft Auto V

    Grand Theft Auto IV might have just come out three years ago, but fans of the series have grown anxious at the fact that Rockstar hasn't announced its next iteration. Until today, of course - as the title suggests. Catering to the frustrating tradition of giving gamers no information whatsoever...
  10. Rob Williams

    Thecus Unboxes its Powerful N8900 8-Bay NAS Server

    Thecus knows how to make a good NAS - and I should know; I've been using (and planning to review) the N4200 for quite some time and have been more than please overall with it. The N8900 is a different beast, however. While the N4200 has a simpler feature-set perfect for the home user or small...
  11. Rob Williams

    Gabe Newell Talks About the Effects of Steam Sales

    At a recent conference held in Seattle, Valve's Gabe Newell discussed some results of his company's experiments with price variation with Steam sales and why pricing has little to do with piracy. This sort of disclosed information is interesting for the fact that Valve has always been a private...
  12. Rob Williams

    GIGABYTE Teases Us with its First Four X79 Motherboards

    With Intel's forthcoming Sandy Bridge-E CPU architecture launch looming ever-closer, some motherboard vendors have begun to preview some of their upcoming offerings. As has become a tradition of sorts, GIGABYTE is one of the first out the door, with a photo preview of its G1.Assassin 2, X79-UD7...
  13. Rob Williams

    The State Of Western Digital Overseas & Here At Home

    You've no doubt heard or read about the recent flooding in Thailand earlier this month and how catastrophic it has been for those living in the area. A quick look at things from a tech perspective shows that one of the biggest hard drive manufacturers in the world, Western Digital, is in a bad...
  14. Rob Williams

    NVIDIA releases Battlefield 3 launch drivers

    Today we released new GeForce R285 WHQL-certified drivers just in time to play Battlefield 3. Download GeForce 285.62 drivers from GeForce.com. This driver is available for both desktop and notebook GeForce GPUs running Windows 7 or Windows Vista. GeForce 285.58 is also available today for...
  15. Rob Williams

    Intel Releases i7-2700K; Lowers Price on i3-2120 & Two Pentium Models

    Intel over the weekend acknowledged the release of its latest top-end Sandy Bridge chip, the Core i7-2700K, while at the same time lowered the prices on three select lower-end models. The i7-2700K is nothing more than a clock boost, bumping things up 100MHz (on both the base clock and turbo...
  16. Rob Williams

    Orcs Must Die! Review

    There seems to be a major emphasis on killing an innumerable number of zombies in gaming today, but it's important that we don't ignore another threat: orcs. In Orcs Must Die!, you're provided with the right tools to kill hundreds, if not thousands, of these grunting annoyances. Go ahead, paint...
  17. Rob Williams

    US troops to withdrawal from Iraq

    All US troops will be pulled out of Iraq by the end of the year, President Barack Obama has announced. He ordered a complete withdrawal from the country, nearly nine years after the invasion under President George W Bush. About 39,000 US troops remain in Iraq, down from a peak of 165,000...
  18. Rob Williams

    GTA, Alice on Sale at Steam; Classic Ubisoft Games at GOG

    If you're looking to get your game on this weekend but don't have any idea on what to play, you might want to consider some of the deals going on through the weekend at both Steam and GOG.com. These deals seem to be becoming a weekly affair, so whenever anything interesting is being offered...
  19. Rob Williams

    OCZ Launches Indilinx "Everest"-Powered Octane SSDs

    OCZ’s acquisition of the SSD controller company Indilinx is finally beginning to pay off. The company has unveiled its own long-awaited Indilinx-powered successor to the venerable "Barefoot" controller design seen in drives such as the original Vertex, which at the time was the first SSD to go...
  20. Rob Williams

    Antec Soundscience Halo 6 LED Bias Lighting Kit Review

    Every so often, we're sent a product that on the surface looks to be one of the most simple we've ever seen, but in practice turns out to be quite useful. Antec's Bias Lighting Kit is one such product. It emits a white glow on a wall behind your monitor, making staring at the screen just a...
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