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Owning an SSD that supports TRIM is great, but while Windows users have the benefit of having TRIM enabled for them, Linux users need to take the manual route - at least, at this point in time. In this article, we tackle the simple process of doing so, and also show how to verify that TRIM is...

On the performance side of things, Intel is winning the war against AMD in the current-gen, but if there were such a a competition to see which company could wring out as many speedbumps as possible from a single architecture, AMD would hands-down be the winner. Just when you think there...

Sony's PlayStation Network has now been down for nearly two weeks, and it's been well over a week since we all discovered that customer information was stolen en masse. At the time of this post, PSN is still not up, even though Sony has been "working around the clock" to make it happen. So where...

Apple this week has rolled out its long-awaited iMac updates, and there are a couple of notable additions and upgrades to talk about. First is the fact that the CPUs have been upgraded to Intel's Sandy Bridge, and as referenced on the iMac product page, they can make a rather substantial...

In what it touts as being the most significant technological announcement of the year, Intel this morning unveiled its "3D" transistor to the world - one that can dramatically improve both power efficiency and performance. Though considered "3D", the official name is "Tri-Gate", and that refers...

In our look at Corsair's SP2500 high-end speakers back in March, we were left impressed by the quality offered - especially for the company's initial offering. With its mainstream SP2200, priced at $100, the company had quite a job at hand to make sure that users received a perfect balance of...

As regular readers of Techgage are no doubt aware, we have been working to update some of our test suites that we use to benchmark various bits of hardware, from CPUs to motherboards to GPUs and beyond. We've most recently finished up a revised motherboard testing suite, and that's what I'm...

Most PC enthusiasts will at some point have to hit up their system's BIOS, but I'm sure I'm not alone in thinking that sometimes, it'd just be more convenient to change a setting inside of Windows to save the hassle of a reboot. Catering to that idea, and to also give said enthusiasts something...

In a surprise move by Amazon, Portal 2 is on sale for $30 right now. For a game that was just launched two weeks ago (read our review), this is surprising. Especially so considering the overwhelming positive reception it has received from players and critics alike - if the Metacritic score of 95...

Beginning today, AT&T will be implementing a monthly data cap plan for its DSL and U-verse customers. AT&T DSL customers will have a 150GB per month limit, while U-verse customers receive a slightly roomier 250GB monthly cap. Subscribers that exceed these limits will be charged $10 per each...

For those who like their blockbuster games, this might be the week to pay attention to Steam. It's "EA Week", meaning each day there will be a title, or series of titles, on sale with some rather hefty discounts. http://store.steampowered.com/sale/eaweek So far, Dragon Age (50% off) and Dragon...

When Corsair released its Obsidian 800D full-tower nearly two years ago, it was the company's first chassis, but still managed to set standards. For those who were hoping for much of the same aesthetic value and design features in a smaller package, Corsair delivers with its 650D, a...

Valve for some reason didn't post this on the Steam website, so here's the e-mail in full: April 29, 2011 - Valve, creators of best-selling game franchises (such as Half-Life, Left 4 Dead, Team Fortress, and Counter-Strike) and leading technologies (such as Steam and Source), today announced...

While Linux headlines were dominated by Ubuntu mentions yesterday, it wasn't the only distro to experience the launch of a new major version. Slackware, one of the oldest distributions still being actively developed, released its 13.37 version. Yes, that's the official version number. It...

AMD earlier this week released the Catalyst 11.4 driver, introducing a couple of new features, and a bunch of performance updates. If the name "11.4" sounds familiar, it might be because we took a look at what was coming to the driver last month. Building on the overhaul AMD rolled out with...

After months of anticipation, Ubuntu 11.04, codenamed 'Natty Narwhal', has launched in its final form. The big news this time around is that the OS ships with Canonical's 'Unity' desktop environment as default - a large risk on behalf of the company. To see if that risk paid off, let's take an...

The moment <strike>all of you</strike> <strike>all AMD fans</strike> some AMD fans have been waiting for has finally arrived: native SLI support on AMD platforms. Similar to the SLI transition that occurred on Intel platforms in 2008, the native likeness of AMD's SLi support means that no...

Of all the components we shove into our PCs, the hardest to keep cool is the graphics card. With current models easily able to reach 80°C or higher at full load, purchasing an after-market cooler can be tempting. GELID has just a single GPU cooler model, the Rev. 2 Icy Vision, so let's see...

As we discussed in our news on Friday, Sony pulled its PlayStation Network service offline in the middle of last week due to a problem that arose - but until today, that problem has been kept secret. Though speculation ran rampant that a DDoS was the source of the problem, the worst possible...

We posted about a rumor last week that Nintendo would be announcing the Wii successor in the "weeks" ahead, but thanks to the official announcement made this morning in Japan, there wasn't too much waiting involved at all. Though still sparse on details, Nintendo did verify that the console...