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When we publish a news post discussing music, the topic often covers music services, like iTunes, or piracy, and the results of. This post doesn't cover either of those, and it's much more likely to make your brain explode. Interested? Of course you are. An article published by Cracked takes a...

During a briefing held last week, AMD took the time to detail some of the major changes coming to its Catalyst driver. Of these, the most interesting might be the fact that the UI is getting a major overhaul, and so far, it looks great. In addition to taking a look at this, we also delve into...

Over the course of the past couple of months, we've taken a look at a fair number of set-top media players, including two similar models from AC Ryan, called the Playon!HD. I took a look at the "mini" variant in September, while Brett took the non-mini for a spin just a couple of weeks ago...

People who use and understand Linux to a great degree could be considered "geeks", but if that's the case, what would you call someone who listens to the Linux kernel source code? Yes, I said listens. It'd be one thing to read through it, but thanks to Frederic Cambus, the ability to sit back...

As a tech journalist, I receive many packages to my door each week, and over the past five-and-a-half years that Techgage has existed, I've seen a fair number of solid deliveries and also total wrecks. There are a number of shipping companies I'll receive packages from, including FedEX, UPS...

To keep the mid to high-end GPU market interesting, NVIDIA has just launched its GeForce GTX 570, a replacement to the GTX 470. It's priced a bit higher, at $349, but packs extra performance, improved power efficiency and lower temperatures. Is that enough to make it a winner in today's tight...

Internet Explorer 9 is set to bring a lot to the table in terms of new functionality, better Web standards support, faster performance and improved security, and it's Microsoft's hope that it will help put IE back on the map for those who have gone over to the alternatives. One feature just...

Whether you like it or not, it looks like the future of computing is going to be in the cloud. There are multiple companies that believe this, but most eyes are turned towards Google, as its Chrome OS looks to have the most potential. Why? Well, the fact that the company offers a bajillion...

To round out what I like to call the "Day of Embargoes", AMD has released three new processor models to help keep things interesting through to 2011. Of these, the company has replaced the Phenom X6 1090T as the flagship product with the X6 1100T. The differences in speed is minor (3.3GHz vs...

It's been about a month since NVIDIA launched its flagship GeForce GTX 580, so what better time than a couple of weeks before the holidays begin to release a follow-up, the GTX 570? According to NVIDIA, this card is more power-efficient, features a faster architecture, and should be on average...

The time has come for another one of Futuremark's benchmarks to help us realize that our current PCs are lacking in performance. We're taking a look at 3DMark 11, which utilizes all of DirectX 11's goodies, and as expected, the result looks good. Read on to learn more, and also see our benchmark...

To call last winter's Avatar a hit would be a gross understatement. The film, which cost about $240 million to produce, raked in a total of ~$2.8 billion in gross revenue... more than 10x. I haven't seen the movie, nor plan to, but I've heard a countless number of opinions from many people, and...

The prospective "PlayStation Phone" has been a popular topic in recent months, but thanks to a couple of videos released over the past weekend, the "rumor" tag can rightfully turned into "fact". I'm not sure of the source of these videos, as they were uploaded to YouTube under a moniker, but...

We've talked a fair bit about home virtualization in the past, but now we're going to take a different turn and tackle VPSs, or "Virtual Private Servers". In essence, a VPS is a virtual machine in the cloud, allowing you to log in from anywhere and gain nearly full control over a remote machine...

I'm starting to get tired of hearing about WikiLeaks, but I'm wondering what you guys think about the entire situation? The site last week, as promised, began releasing a bunch of classified/secret documents, and while some people see this as being a freedom of speech, others see it as a major...

We reported yesterday that Internet backbone company Level 3 brought a dispute with Comcast public, claiming that the company was going against net neutrality principles by charging Level 3 extra for video streaming traffic. Since then, Comcast has spoken up about the situation, while Level 3...

If Internet content provider Level 3 is to be believed, Comcast, the largest Internet/Cable provider in the US, might be in the midst of a real net neutrality test. According to Level 3, which delivers a lot of the Internet's content to Comcast subscribers, Comcast has demanded a deal be settled...

With the surging popularity of streaming content online, media players are popping up all the place from a countless number of vendors. Roku isn't a bandwagon jumper, though, as it's been designing robust media solutions for some time. With all of the competition we've tested, we're taking a...

Leslie Nielsen is one of the funniest men who has ever lived. I just watched Airplane! and all three Naked Gun movies a couple of months ago... they never get old! http://www.cnn.com/2010/SHOWBIZ/Movies/11/29/obit.leslie.nielsen/index.html "Stop calling me Shirley!" RIP

Ask anyone who games on their mobile phone what titles they play, or wish they could play, and chances are good that Angry Birds is going to be mentioned. I have three iPhone-equipped friends who can't get enough of this game, and I admit I've sunk a good couple of hours into it as well. Similar...