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  1. Rob Williams

    Corsair Enters the Keyboard and Mouse Market

    Imagine my surprise as I pulled up Corsair's page only to find a new product line that flew in under the radar - Vengeance Gaming. Vengeance has been Corsair's current enthusiast brand of memory but is being expanded to incorporate K-series keyboards, M-series mice and a few new headset models...
  2. Rob Williams

    GIGABYTE Launches Full-Fledged UEFI on X79 Motherboards

    With another Intel Developer Forum in the bag, there are always bits and pieces that slipped through our fingers but deserve to be mentioned, and this one is pretty big - GIGABYTE finally launched its own dedicated UEFI. No, not the half-hearted attempt that we all know as HybridEFI. This is a...
  3. Rob Williams

    Hard Reset Review

    Hard Reset is an interesting game. It was announced and then released in the span of a couple of months, is a PC exclusive, and has no multi-player mode. Its goal is to deliver old-school FPS gameplay and deliver some of the most adrenaline-pumping boss battles we've ever seen. Sound good? Read...
  4. Rob Williams

    Deus Ex: HR patch released - lots of bugfixes

    A patch has been issued that fixes a lot. http://store.steampowered.com/news/6272/ --- The new patch addresses a variety of issues as well as adds some new features: Fixes: - We have addressed various issues that can occur for players that would result in ‘stuttering’. o Stutters...
  5. Rob Williams

    Kingston to release 64GB 2.4GHz memory kit for X79

    Enough said: http://www.brightsideofnews.com/news/2011/9/15/kingston-readies-a-64gb2c-24ghz-memory-kit-for-intel-x79-platform.aspx I no longer am impressed by the 12GB in my PC. Not even a little bit.
  6. Rob Williams

    Intel Reveals Future SSD Details at IDF; Launches SSD 710 Series

    At IDF, Intel officially launched the enterprise SSD 710 Series, and went on to further reveal "Cherryville" and "Hawley Creek" SSD codenames along with some juicy details; most notable being the information regarding Cherryville. Read the rest of our post and then discuss it here!
  7. Rob Williams

    Intel Tests the Waters of Liquid Cooling

    All-in-one liquid coolers are everywhere lately with the latest one announced yesterday at the Intel Developer Forum (IDF), still ongoing in San Francisco. Intel and water cooling? Yes, you read that correctly. The processor power house in conjunction with Asetek has unveiled its version, the...
  8. Rob Williams

    YouTube issues with Chrome?

    I am having a problem with YouTube and Chrome, which is odd since both are Google products. In Chrome, the videos I watch will never buffer. I even had one sit for 3 full minutes, and there was no progress at all. With Internet Explorer, all is well. The videos start buffering right from the...
  9. Rob Williams

    Support for Thunderbolt Strong at IDF

    At the start of summer, we asked, "Is Intel's Thunderbolt Dead in the Water?". At that time, it seemed like that could be the case, thanks to expensive chipsets, cables and even products - not to mention a lack of products in general. With a multitude of companies supporting Thunderbolt showing...
  10. Rob Williams

    Hilarious Hard Reset texture bug

    Enough said! <object width="640" height="360"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/A4c53JVhyt4?version=3&amp;hl=en_US"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed...
  11. Rob Williams

    Google Launches Super-Fast Flight Searching Site

    Google tends to launch more projects than I can keep track of, and despite their volume, it's a rare day when one of them strikes me as being amazing. Google Flights finds itself under that exact description, because after a couple of quick tests, I could see me using this as my primary source...
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    Kingston Launches KC100 Enterprise SSDs; Features 5-Year Warranty

    Just weeks after the launch of Kingston’s first SandForce SF-2281 solid-state drive with the HyperX series, the company is now announcing the launch of its SSDNow KC100 lineup targeted at business and enterprise solutions. KC100 is a 2.5" SSD powered by the latest generation of SandForce's...
  13. Rob Williams

    Thermaltake Frio OCK & Jing CPU Coolers Review

    All CPU coolers promise effective CPU cooling, but how each one manages their goal can vary wildly. One may be super-quiet but be the size of a car, while another may be modest-sized but sound like a jet engine. The Frio OCK and Jing from Thermaltake aren't so extreme, but make a perfect case...
  14. Rob Williams

    Microsoft to Release Public Windows 8 Build Tonight

    Thanks to the Windows 8 development blog Microsoft launched last month, we've been talking quite a bit about what the upcoming OS is set to feature. So far, the excitement level seems to be high, evidenced by comments made in our forums and other comment sections around the Web. Could Windows 8...
  15. Rob Williams

    Gamer revolt

    I can't help but check out the Steam forums for games I am anticipating right before a launch, because sometimes it's a great way to soak in a ton of info at once, and also see the whiners come out in full force. Nowadays, if a game is delayed at the last minute or it releases to a couple of...
  16. Rob Williams

    NVIDIA's GeForce 285.27 Beta Driver Boosts Performance Up to 13%

    NVIDIA has just released its latest GeForce beta driver, version 285.27. The major focus here is SLI-related performance improvements, with gains of up to 13% being seen when using dual GTX 580s. The 13% boost affects Metro 2033, while Call of Duty: Black Ops, Civilization V, Crysis 2, F1 2010...
  17. Rob Williams

    AMD Sets Guinness World Record for CPU Frequency

    Overclocking-wise, AMD unfortunately hasn't been the first choice by many for some time, though the company has continually been producing the best parts it can, evidenced by the fact that there's never been a Black Edition far from reach. Could things turn around with the help of the company's...
  18. Rob Williams

    In Search of the Rarest NES Games

    Are you a collector of something? It could be anything... pens, comic books, coins, stamps, or even video games. The latter is something that's only begun to catch on in the past couple of years, as we're beginning to enter an age where some of the most popular titles ever sold are well over...
  19. Rob Williams

    iOS 5 Gold Master Expected to Ship Soon

    The iOS 5 development cycle has been atypical in terms of length compared to previous releases, but according to a new report, the gold master (final) will be shipping to device assemblers within the next week or two, which means the OS could be deployed to regular users as soon as a couple of...
  20. Rob Williams

    8 beers in America with plummeting sales

    Interestingly, it seems that 8 popular beers produced in the US have had their number of sales drop rather starkly since 2006. Some of the reason is tied to people purchasing lower-calorie options (I am not quite sure I buy that as being a major reason), imports or micro-brews...
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