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If you're a gamer, and it doesn't really matter for how long, chances are good that you have some fond memories of old games you used to play in years past. These games could have been on the PC, or consoles, mobiles or any other device... it doesn't matter. Personally, I have a lot of fond...

So, I found out about this dude a couple of weeks ago, and finally managed to catch a special of his (Hot and Fluffy), and I have to say... he's easily one of the funniest stand-up comedians I've ever heard. There was one point where I had a hard time breathing from laughing so hard, and I can't...

When NVIDIA first launched its Fermi architecture earlier this year, the crowd that seemed to gain the most consist of those who take advantage of GPU's for non-gaming purposes, such as scientists, designers or anyone that needs to execute complex mathematical code at a heavily paralleled level...

As soon as solid-state storage hit the scene in a big way a few years ago, some people immediately began to contemplate the potential demise of mechanical storage as we knew it. That argument has once again been brought to the table by storage-tracking site Enterprise Storage Forum. Does...

SSD's are not considered to be "affordable" by many, and that's especially true when talking about PCI Express versions. But, that's soon to change, with the launch of OCZ's Revo - a drive that barely charges a premium over current high-end SSD's. While we iron out the details for our full...

That seems like a straight-forward question, but what exactly is cheating? Indeed, "cheating" could refer to a hundred different things, from hacking a game to explore it beyond the way it was meant to be, typing in a code to enable a God mode, or to take advantage of a glitch to make your game...

What's that sound? Ahh, it's of course the millions of gamers looking to be the first to hit 300 APM in StarCraft II, of course! That's right, StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty is officially released, and the servers are live. I personally know of a few people who headed out for midnight launches...

Last month, I made a post regarding tentative changes to our graphics card test suite, and also mentioned that some of our hardware would be upgraded. At that time, I contemplated moving the parts into a new chassis, and after cluing into the fact that the TJ10 simply does not support...

About two weeks ago, the openSUSE Project released version 11.3 of its popular Linux distribution, and after putting it off for quite a while, I decided to give the latest version a download and see what SUSE has been up to. After all, the last time I took a serious look at SUSE (over four years...

I'm sure this will come as a surprise to no one, but a popular use for the BitTorrent protocol is downloading illegal materials, whether they be movies, music, games, applications, books or any other piece of copyrighted digital property. You probably also realize that the effect of this is...

It's hard to say, the way things are going. When the Mach 3 first came out, I thought it was a ridiculous idea, until I tried one. The shave was unbelievably smooth. Then along came a four-bladed razor. I tried one for fun, and it felt no different than the Mach 3. Now the one I'm using has four...

Ahh, the company I love to hate has given me yet another reason to continue hating. In the past, I mentioned that Rogers (Canadian do-all media deliverer) intercepts your Web searches to go to its own ad-ridden search in lieu of whatever your browser's default search engine choice might be, and...

Earlier this month, a rumor surfaced that claimed Intel would be launching some new processor models this summer, and sure enough, it's proven true... and a lot sooner than I expected. This past weekend, Intel quietly updated its processor line-up, adding some fresh faces to the line-up, as well...

As we all know, SSDs are expensive as heck. That hasn't changed overnight, but the times are certainly a' changing. At $1.55 per GB, Western Digital's 128GB SSD hasn't just broken the $200 barrier, it's smashed it. As we observed in our review, this drive first launched at a whopping $3.2 a GB...

In the software world, the word "Boost" is synonymous with the exclamation, "BS!", as nearly every kind of third-party software speed boost turns out to have the unwritten small print of "under certain conditions"... roughly translated as "this is useless". People often try to speed up their...

For about as long as NVIDIA has been touting 3D Vision, it has been promoting a kit that bundles both a monitor and the 3D Vision package together, effectively giving people a one-stop shop for getting into 3D on the PC. The monitor was the 2233RZ, and anyone who has read up on 3D Vision in the...

When choosing which OS to run, or when updating to the latest version of your preferred OS, chances are that you are thinking about the improved security you're about to equip yourself with. Well, at least I hope you do. What you probably don't think about, or stress over, is just how unsecure...

The folks over at DigiTimes have stated what a lot of us have been thinking for a while... graphics card price cuts on current product is inevitable, and should be en route soon. Last week, NVIDIA launched its first truly affordable Fermi-based solution, the GeForce GTX 460 (we'll have our...

Interested in entering a tech contest that for once awards big prizes, rather than a bunch of little ones? Well, it looks like Kingston has exactly what you're looking for, but unfortunately, it benefits only those who live in the United States. What makes this contest interesting isn't the...

With the rip-roaring success (understatement) of the original StarCraft game, Blizzard wasn't about to walk into the development room for the sequel and not pony up some cold hard cash to make sure that it gets the best ratings possible and sells like there's no tomorrow. Well, it sure...