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If it seems like AMD's Llano desktop processors have taken forever to get here, it might be because... they have - or at least it feels that way. When I first heard of Llano and what AMD planned on doing with it, I couldn't wait to see a release. After all, with it, it means that both Intel...

My grandmother was complaining about her PC being super-slow, and as I knew nothing about it prior to receiving it, I didn't know what to expect. Normally, she will go to my aunt, who works at a computer store, as she repairs PCs all day and was the one who built the machine. But this time, I...

On the lookout for a higher-end graphics card, but value both temperatures and acoustics? MSI, with its Radeon HD 6950 Twin Frozr III Power Edition (*phew*) may have just what you're looking for. In our tests, it often settled right beside more expensive offerings, and where acoustics and...

That's right! A post on the official Shift 2 Unleashed website has brought some good news to PC gamers in that both the Legends and Speedhunters DLC packs, previously released for $10 on both XBLA and PSN, will be hitting the platform later this week for free...

If you’ve been on the fence about upgrading your GeForce PC to add 3D Vision support, we have a treat for you. Starting today, and for a limited time, NVIDIA 3D Vision wireless glasses kits include a free copy of Duke Nukem Forever. You can purchase the 3D Vision Duke Nukem Forever special...

Last week saw the release of Mozilla's latest Web browser, Firefox 5, while this week, e-mail lovers get treated to a fresh Thunderbird release, also versioned 5. "What happened to 4???" Great question, but one that's easily answered. The 'rapid release' schedule that Mozilla created for...

Looking to get your mobile game on, but don't want to spend too much cash? If so, the upcoming handheld 'nD' might be right up your alley. It's being developed by Robert Pelloni, creator of the upcoming Bob's Game for the Nintendo DS (and nD), and his project is truly ambitious. He aims to build...

As expected, EA and Crytek today released a couple of patches for Crysis 2 that enables an 'Ultra' mode, DirectX 11 abilities, and the opening of an 'Advanced' graphics configuration menu. With these upgrades, the game becomes more like the original Crysis in terms of customization, and it's...

We took a look at GIGABYTE's ATX A75-UD4H motherboard a couple of weeks ago, and in the post, I mentioned that I'd love to take a look at an mATX FM1 board since that seems to be the perfect platform for what AMD's upcoming Lynx chips are going to be offering. Well, lo and behold, an ASUS...

Fedora has long been touted as being one of the most professional, stable, cutting-edge distros out there, and seeing as though its latest version brings GNOME 3 along for the ride, I couldn't help but download and install it. I've since used Fedora 15 for an entire month, so read on as I take a...

Today, it's not difficult to find a 'great' distro, one that makes it easy to get up and running with a fully functional and robust desktop, fast. Even just five years ago, though, finding a 'do it all' distro was a little more difficult, and it was for that reason that I found myself loving...

Shortly after launching the first several free-to-play games on Steam, Valve has added one more to the list: Team Fortress 2. While this won’t come as a surprise to some given the notoriously steep discounts TF2 often received during frequent sales, until now the game has varied between the...

When we took Corsair's first gaming headset for a spin last fall, the HS1, we were left impressed by the fact that the company went for balanced audio instead of boomy bass, resulting in a refreshing listening experience. As they were USB-based, though, some who owned dedicated audio cards...

To some, there are few things on earth more fun than snapping photos. Some use their cameras for pleasure, others use it for business, while some even manage to do it for both. If there's one complaint that all photographers share, though, it's that a poor focus can ruin what could have been an...

An all-too-unfortunate belief in gaming is that graphics = awesome, but in a lot of cases, that's just not the case. There have been a countless number of big-budget titles released over the years that have had mind-blowing graphics, that were just no fun to play. Alright... some have...

Get fired from a job? Then you might as well figure out a way to -really- piss off your ex-boss: Imagine you're giving a presentation to the board of directors at your company. You have your PowerPoint slides all ready, you're projecting onto a 64 inch screen... what could possibly go wrong...

OCZ's Vertex series of SSDs have earned the reputation as being some of the best, by offering excellent throughput and random 4KB IOPS performance. Vertex 3 takes things to an entirely new level, in some cases doubling the performance of its predecessor, and gives us an uncompromising balance...

In a rare move, AMD has publicly ousted a leading industry benchmark, BAPCo's SYSmark 2012, released mere weeks ago. The company believes both that the benchmark is unfair in its weighting of scores, and also that it's irrelevant for the average consumer. We delve deep into these claims, and...

The business of delivering groceries straight to the customer's door is a tough one, and up to now there hasn't been definitive success - not even from Walmart. But, Amazon sees past that challenge and has revived its 'Fresh' service with limited access in Seattle that allows customers to...

Looking to get some classic gaming action going this summer but don't want to break the bank? GOG.com, a service that prides itself on offering the classics for reasonable prices, has taken things one step further with its 'Staycation' promotion, where the entire Interplay catalogue has been...