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Among the mass of set-top media players available on the market, can one of the most well-respected electronics companies set itself apart from the crowd? With Sony's SMP-N100, we aim to find out. On the surface, the device looks similar to others, but inside, Sony's popular XMB interface...

Think fan controllers are boring? You haven't seen Lamptron's FC Touch, then. This is a unit that's encapsulates three important factors. It looks great, is powerful, and is simple to use. It can power up to 6x 30W fans, and it has a touch screen that's reliable and does just what is promised...

A couple of years ago, game developer/publisher Ubisoft was caught using BitTorrent to download a crack from one of its games, Tom Clancy's: Rainbow 6 - Vegas 2, and released it as its own "fix". Creative users dug deep, and discovered that this "fix" was in fact coded by a warez scene member...

Creating "green" products and materials that aren't harmful to our environment is a great thing, and most often, when big companies jump on board, the reduced effects on the environment can be huge. Pepsi, with its introduction of a 100% plant bottle, though, might bring things to a new level...

So-cal has lost one of its best hip-hop artists with an unforgettable voice, Nate Dogg. Here are some songs to remember him by: <iframe title="YouTube video player" width="640" height="510" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/1plPyJdXKIY?hd=1" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>...

Filling out its eSPORTS line-up, Thermaltake recently released three different gaming headsets under the "Shock" name, with the lowest-end $60 offering being the one we're taking a look at here. Tuned for gamers in terms of both aesthetics and audio, does Tt's first go at a gaming headset prove...

In what has to be surprising news for just about everyone, OCZ Technology has publicly announced that it has signed an agreement to acquire Indilinx, best known for being the designer and manufacturer of the Indilinx Barefoot controller used in many previously well-regarded solid-state drives...

Building an Eyefinity setup is easier than ever, thanks in part to the powerful GPUs we have the choice of, and also the easier-to-stomach pricing of 20~24" displays. Sapphire, with its FleX, makes things even easier by giving us a card that negates the requirement for a DisplayPort monitor...

With the launch of its HS1 headset last fall, Corsair proved that the audio market wasn't one it was planning on jumping into without first making sure that its products would impress. But what about those gamers that don't like to use headphones? The answer is the SP2500, a speaker set with a...

Hi all: I've had an issue for a good while under Windows where each one of my installed hard drives have a ton of mvm_tmp files on them, in the root folder, and I have no idea how they got there. I don't have any application installed that looks similar ot MVM, and I've Google searched up...

With our look at AMD's Radeon HD 6990 out of the way, we've decided to shift some focus over to AMD's upcoming Catalyst driver, 11.4, to see all of what it's bringing to the table. Read on as we explore its improvements and additions, and also evaluate AMD's results for multi-monitor performance...

In news that came as a big shock to a lot of people, Western Digital yesterday announced that it would be acquiring Hitachi Global Storage Technologies, and at the same time, gaining ownership to Hitachi's entire line of mechanical hard drives for both the desktop, OEM and enterprise market. Why...

It's been a long while since we've last seen a $700 graphics card, but AMD revives that tradition with its Radeon HD 6990 dual-GPU offering. Fortunately, the card has proven that its high price-tag is well-earned, as it storms past every other single and dual-GPU graphics card on the market, and...

Although Apple's iTunes music service is uber-popular, it's not devoid of some major issues. While one I'd love to see resolved is the lack of lossless music, I'd be willing to say a more important one is allowing people to download a purchased song more than once. In its current state, iTunes...

For as long as the iPhone 4 has existed, some users have been waiting for the elusive white version, but to no avail. Apple keeps delaying the white version so much, that it seems like it's never meant to see the light of day. Just what is causing such an issue? That's been a common question...

The benefits of building a small PC are easy to understand, but what's not always easy is finding an ideal case to store all of the components in. Well, for those looking for something a bit different, SilverStone has its Fortress FT03... an offering that must be seen to be appreciated. It's a...

In a blog post made by AMD's Director of Client Technology, Godfrey Cheng, the argument is made that x86 performance isn't a factor that should be weighed too heavily when it comes to making comparisons between the two major CPU competitors, AMD and Intel. Given that it's Intel with the clear...

When most people look to purchase a motherboard, there are a couple of considerations that might come to mind. Features, features, and more features. Believe it or not, though, for hardcore overclockers, it might be a lot of these features that prove problematic in overclocking, and it's for...

Unigine, the company behind the popular DX11 benchmark "Heaven", has just announced a rather significant upgrade, coming in the form of "2.5". Long heralded as one of the best measures of DX11 and tessellation performance out there, Heaven 2.5 brings SSDO support for improved global...

Given the history of Intel's SSD line-ups, we're generally aware of what a new launch is going to bring to the table, but the company side-swiped us with the announcement of its SSD 510 series. Rather than feature Intel's G3 controller, the company opted for a Marvell offering to help deliver...