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Intel and NVIDIA have passed legal shots at each other for the past couple of years, but it appears that the current legal disputes are over, and we can all stop hearing about them. In a cross-licensing agreement, Intel has agreed to pay NVIDIA a total of $1.5 billion over the course of five...

GIGABYTE had lots to show off during CES, including its new G1 motherboard line-up, complete with onboard X-Fi audio and Killer E2100 networking... and also a bullet. In addition, the company talked about some of its overclocking-related motherboard technologies, along with its upcoming gaming...

At a press event held earlier this week, Corsair announced the Hydro Series H60 liquid CPU cooler, and though it had released the H50 and H70 prior, this was the most interesting. Why? It had been developed in conjunction with CoolIT Systems, a company based in Canada. We've reviewed many of...

On Tuesday, we reported that ASUS would be releasing three "Eee Pad" products that utilize NVIDIA's Tegra processor, and overall, that's quite a huge win. At a press event held on Wednesday by NVIDIA itself, the company one-upped that win by announcing support from LG, resulting in a "super...

A couple of CESes ago, Monster released audio products with Dr. Dre's name attached to them, and at that time, I began to wonder if this is a trend we'd begin to see. Since then, Skull Candy has been heavily sponsoring one of my favorite hip-hop artists, Del, and at this CES, Signeo released a...

At its pre-CES press conference, MSI touted its huge line-up of P67 motherboards that support Intel's brand-new Sandy Bridge processors, and it also tackled its notebook line-up that looks to cover every budget and need. Of course, we were also filled in on what MSI believes sets itself apart...

Always in the search for accessories to enhance our mobile devices, CES Unveiled brought us to Mophie. Mophie has accessories to enhance your mobile devices including iPod touch, iPhone and iPad. The company has a history of boasting some of the best cell phone accessories in its lineup...

At a press conference held well before the official CES launch, ASUS unveiled four new Eee models, all of which are touch-enabled and can be considered "tablets". These include the feature-rich and powerful "Eee Slate" 12.1-inch, the Eee Pad Transformer (a personal favorite), the super small Eee...

The long-awaited launch of Intel's Sandy Bridge is here, and we have all of the details of what to expect, what you need to "upgrade", what models will be available at launch, and of course, their prices. We're taking a look at two of the higest-end offerings, the Core i5-2500K and i7-2600K -...

Steam has a bagillion deals going on, but one I'd recommend jumping on is Mafia II... for a mere $12.49. Or $14.99 for the "deluxe" edition (includes one of the fastest cars in the game, digital map, soundtrack). http://store.steampowered.com/app/50130/...

As Intel prepares to launch its Sandy Bridge microarchitecture next month, we're all preparing to see what it's going to bring to the table in terms of features and performance. On the platform side of things though, there's going to be something else to look out for... UEFI, also known as the...

It seems that things just got worse on the PlayStation 3 front for Sony, if reports are to be believed. At the Chaos Communication Congress held in Berlin, a group that goes by the name of "fail0verflow" gave proof of an exploit that gives full access to the PS3's hardware, enabling custom...

Microsoft might have the most popular desktop OS on the planet, but things are a bit different on the mobile side. There, Microsoft's competitors have been holding down the fort quite well, and it's been Redmond doing all of the catching up. The launch of Windows Phone 7 did do well to...

Right on schedule, the latest iteration of the Consumer Electronic Show is set to begin next week, and as usual, we'll be there to check out the sites and report on all that's important and interesting. One of the best parts of CES is that it gives us all a clear idea of what to expect from the...

When Microsoft released its Kinect a couple of months ago, it rounded out the available selection of "motion" peripherals from all three of the major players. I admit, I wasn't too impressed with Kinect, and I wrote an article to explain why. One thing about Kinect does impress me however... all...

Love movies in a downloadable format? If so, a new service dubbed "Alphaline Entertainment" might be worth a perusal. It comes from an unexpected company, Sears Holdings, and will be run on behalf of both Sears and Kmart. Powering the back-end is Sonic Solutions' "RoxioNow" software, and as...

As we head even further into our digital age, it seems that optical media is soon to become a thing of the past. If and when it does go the way of the dodo, how are we bound to remember it 10, 20 or 30 years down the road? For many Americans, the first thought to come to mind might contain three...

Fark, a site known for posting some hilarious headlines about current events, has just posted its roundup of the "best headlines" for 2010. Some are classic, such as... "Driving Instructor Critical After Student Crashes." What did the student expect, compliments? "Fat butts may be healthy...

Since Futuremark released the latest version of its 3DMark benchmark, "11", over 200,000 submissions have been entered into the central database, and I'm sure that number will hit 1,000,000 before we know it. Earlier this month, we took a hard look at the latest version, and overall were...

By most definitions, AMD's Radeon HD 6900 graphics cards are powerful, but for those who are looking to push huge resolutions, a little more oomph might be desired. That's where multi-GPU configurations come in, and to see what AMD's latest are capable of, we've tested out both the HD 6950 and...