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We posted an article last week that talked about current and predicted PC gaming trends, and I'll admit that I didn't expect quite the reaction that it had. A large number of major gaming sites linked to it, and after reading through most of the comments on some of them, it became obvious that...

In advance of the Battlefield 3 closed beta which begins tomorrow, and the open beta which begins two days later, NVIDIA has released a new beta GeForce driver specifically aimed at improving performance with the game. According to the company's tests, this driver can improve performance up to...

One area we've been lacking in coverage has been with mobile, and that's something we're in the process of fixing. We're currently working on a review of a tablet and a phone, but past hardware, we also want to take a look at software, or apps, that we find interesting. Kicking that sort of...

Last month, OCZ announced its RevoDrive Hybrid, a PCIe-based SSD that shipped with a 1TB hard drive built-in. OCZ's move to release such a product was interesting because it helped reaffirm the fact that SSD caching can indeed be useful. In the best case scenario, such an implementation would...

Corsair has yet to release a liquid CPU cooler we haven't been impressed by, and the H100 doesn't become an exception. Building on what made the H80 such an impressive performer, the H100 doubles the radiator length, enabling support for up to 4 fans. One thing it proves? Bigger can indeed be...

Alright, probably not the kind of crash people were expecting.

Since 2008, NZXT's Tempest line-up has become well-known for offering a good bang for the buck. All of the models released to date have bold designs, but nothing over-the-top. The latest variant, the 410 Elite, focuses on efficient airflow, and includes a front honeycomb design and room for a...

Following weeks of speculation, Nikon has today announced its "Nikon 1" camera system, featuring a mirrorless design and compact size. As with most MILCs (mirrorless interchangeable lens cameras), Nikon has designed its "1" cameras to sit between point-and-shoots and DSLRs with the goal of being...

For Battlefield 3 and Diablo III fans, there's some important information floating around that you will want to pay attention to. On the BF3 front, it's been announced that the game will be going into an open beta period on September 29, while a closed beta for those previously accepted will...

Rock of Ages might just be one of the strangest games ever conceived. You assume the role of a boulder with the goal of making it through a perilous level filled with towers, cows, bombs, air blowers, catapults, elephants and more in order to bust your opponent's castle door down. Don't worry...

Some claim that PC gaming is dying, but recent trends disagree. In fact, it looks to be console gaming that's soon to see a decline, thanks in part to a growing number of compelling aspects that PCs offer - including at the very least free-to-play games. Let's take a look at these and other...

One of my all-time favorite moments on Seinfeld is when George tears off a phone number from an ad on some telephone pole, and then has his wallet explode all over the place when he tries to store it there. Apparently someone at Google loved that part as well, because in August, the company...

PC gaming sure isn't what it used to be. Remember when the biggest inconvenience was needing the CD to play? Today, we have to instead battle a multitude of different DRM schemes (the worst being Ubisoft's famed "always online"), games that launch with a billion bugs, and now, games that shove...

In some countries, being able to turn on a simple lightbulb is a luxury - one few people can take advantage of. There's an initiative in the Phillipines, though, that I thought was quite cool. You need a simple water bottle, filled with water with a bit of bleach added, and then the bottle is...

To help celebrate the fact that some teachers have been using the original Portal to teach their students valuable puzzle-solving skills, Valve is giving the game away until (and I believe including) tomorrow at Steam. If you don't already own the game, you can simply head on over to the Steam...

Further proving that Valve is planning for its Steam platform to be all things to PC gamers, it almost seems appropriate to learn that gaming magazines might be a big part of its future. Late last week, PC Gamer unveiled its "PC Gamer Digital" beta, to give gamers a taste of what's to come, and...

Google updated its Chrome Web browser late last week, pushing the version to 14.0. With it comes an improved UI for Mac OS X Lion, the first usable version of 'Native Client' (NaCl), a Web audio API set to give developers some creative freedom with audio effects, along with the usual onslaught...

We posted last week about the strong support that Thunderbolt received at Intel's latest Developer Forum, so it seems appropriate that Apple has just begun shipping its first 27" Thunderbolt displays to its customers. With this, Apple updated its support site and at the same time made a couple...

Kingston may of been fashionably late to the SandForce party, but its explanation for wanting to avoid the issues that have (and still) plague other manufacturers is sound. Its first SandForce offerings appropriately fall under the HyperX branding, and offer speeds to take full advantage of the...

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