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Anyone ever have something like this happen? I searched the Web and it turns out that I am not alone, and all others who've had this happen also had the name 'zhang' registered. Does anyone else find it a little ridiculous that an account can be created at all without requiring...

When Valve launched its Steam platform in 2004, the company entered an unknown territory and I'm sure had no real idea of what to expect with regards to its success. Well, it goes without saying that creating Steam was the best decision the company ever made, and though it doesn't disclose...

The first time I installed Gentoo, back in late 2004, I used an at-the-time brand-new Dell Inspiron (5150 if I recall) notebook as the victim. At that time, Gentoo was a new world to me, and a confusing one. It took me about a half-week's worth of actual work to get it installed, but it...

Comcast, home to some of the most caring and thoughtful executives around, today announced an "Internet Essentials" plan that aims to get the Internet into the hands of all low-income American families. At a mere $9.95 USD / mo, the cost of the package should be much easier to handle than...

As soon as DDR3 hit the mainstream market in 2008, the appeal of fast RAM kits seemed to disappear almost instantly, and it was this point that I stopped reviewing individual kits due to the apparent lack of need or interest. When DDR3 kits are as fast as they are, the fastest kits out there...

I'm not sure how I got this curse, but it feels like no matter what kind of preemptive action I take, I inevitably hit 100°C on the CPU I'm using at some point. To help prevent this sort of thing from happening, I upgraded to a Corsair 800D chassis and H60 CPU cooler a couple of months ago, up...

With NZXT having expanded its product portfolio on multiple occasions throughout the years, the introduction of its first-ever CPU cooler, HAVIK 140, almost didn't even come as a surprise. But, how good is it? Well, it's big, has dual fans, aims for silence, and looks aesthetically-pleasing, so...

It's been over a week since we first talked about the latest Humble Bundle, in its third iteration, and quite a bit has happened since. Most notably, the folks behind the offer decided to make it just a bit sweeter by throwing two more games into the mix, Steel Storm and Atom Zombie Smasher, and...

A lot has happened in the USB 3.0 world since we took a look at Kingston's first 'Ultimate 3.0' drive this past fall, and thanks to some progressions, the company has just released a 'G2' variant of the drive. It's identical in looks, it's cheaper, and it proves to be the fastest non-SSD USB 3.0...

It may not matter too much in the grand scheme of things, but as an avid Linux user, how could I not be just a little interested in what the creator of the Linux kernel, Linus Torvalds, uses as his preferred desktop environment? Throughout the years, I've agreed with him on desktop-related...

The moment all Borderlands fans have been waiting for has arrived - and out-of-the-blue. It's been rumored that Gearbox originally wanted to announce Borderlands 2 later this month, but due to a couple of leaks, its hands were forced, and fans of the series couldn't be happier. In conjunction...

Whether or not you are fond of the 'downloadable content' idea that game publishers have clearly embraced, it's not going to go anywhere. In fact, while DLC was limited to just a select few titles a couple of years ago, there are very few games released today that are not built from the...

With the chassis market dominated by a small group of major companies, it's easy to get excited when we receive a model from a company that's not that well known - at least on these shores. In this particular case (no pun, of course), that company is Fractal Design, and its the silence-focused...

Think our HD content can't get much better than 1080p? With TV makers set to begin production of 4K models for mass consumption in the near-future, it might. Currently, almost all of the 1080p content viewed comes from either Blu-ray or select cable broadcasts, with most streaming services and...

With the USB 3.0 interface quickly gaining normalcy, we're seeing storage devices being launched left, right and center that support the super-fast speeds that it provides. We've even taken a look at a few such solutions ourselves (and have more in the works). But among all these thumb drives...

Valve is no stranger to creative game marketing, and with DotA 2, the sequel to the mega-popular Defense of the Ancients, the company looks to take things to the next level. Alright, "unprecedented level" might be a better description. Not only is the company planning to show off the game for...

Are Internet Explorer users less intelligent than everyone else? If a new study conducted by AptiQuant is to be believed, that's just the case. To reach this conclusion, AptiQuant surveyed 100,000 people that were found through advertisements and search engine results, and in addition to...

I'm doubtful that anyone out there needs yet more proof that the biggest companies in the movie industry also happen to be the greediest and most sue-happy, but leave it to 20th Century Fox to give us another source anyway. This one is more interesting than most, though, as the company seems to...

Right on schedule, the KDE development team has launched the eighth major iteration of its Linux desktop environment, dubbed 4.7. With it comes a slew of updates to various KDE applications, increased Plasma Workspaces portability, improved multi-media and IM support, in addition to the closing...

A lot has happened with AC Ryan's Playon! line-up since I took a look at the original mini last fall, with a GUI overhaul being the most noticeable and important change. There are a ton of new Internet features packed in as well, and thanks to the addition of a 1Gbit/s LAN port, your high...