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It's probably safe to say that no matter what kind of good one person does, it doesn't make up for other unrelated crimes they've committed. That said, you might find it hard to choose a side with this story. You see, laptop thefts are nothing new, and are far from unique, but this particular...

Last month, I took a look at a unique external hard drive solution, Seagate's 3TB FreeAgent GoFlex Desk. The reason it's unique is obvious... its 3TB stature. Up until the release of that product, all we saw were 2TB solutions, and the reason was due to a couple of technological hurdles that...

The launch of AMD's "Northern Islands" GPUs has been rumored for some time, but the company itself let the cat out of the bag during an earnings call last Thursday, which placed October 22 as being the official launch date. I don't believe that the company admitted to the exact models being...

Without question, one of my favorite PC games of all time is Duke Nukem 3D. I've played through the game numerous times, and even took advantage of multi-player back in the day (remember TEN?). Last year when 3D Realms released the game on the Xbox 360 as an Arcade title, I even bought it and...

Is anyone playing this one aside from me? I'm about half through the game, and so far I don't mind it, although I'm a bit underwhelmed given how stoked I was for the game's release. The entire thing so far seems like the result of a major copy/paste job... there's just nothing that unique...

Where gaming is concerned, I love this time of year. There are so many releases, and as far as FPS titles go, the one I'm really anxious to get my grubby hands on is Call of Duty: Black Ops. As a general rule, I don't usually research a game too much before it comes out, because I like to keep...

AMD's Eyefinity technology has helped gamers over the past year realise that multi-monitor setups are not that unrealistic, and thanks to great support from game developers, more gamers are considering the move. Sapphire, with its Radeon HD 5770 FleX, helps cater to gamers who do want Eyefinity...

To help combat things such as RSI, companies have long been developing ergonomic peripherals, and for the most part, most of them are predictable. But Smartfish has looked outside the box and developed a mouse like no other we've ever seen, and whether or not that's a good thing... we're here to...

When the iPhone 4 hit the market this past summer, it became one of the best-looking smartphones out there, and also supposedly one of the most durable - despite having a glass casing. This glass, though, is strengthened with various chemicals, and it was Apple's hope that there'd be less RMAs...

Keeping data backed up or synchronized in Windows isn't always the most self-explanatory of processes, and it's because the OS doesn't make it easy to do either of them. Fortunately, there's a solution that happens to be free, feature-rich and most importantly, reliable. It's called SyncBack...

When the Nintendo Entertainment System came out in the mid-80s, along with it came a video game and video game character that would stand the test of time. I'm of course talking about Super Mario Bros. and the lead character... Mario. I don't have to say just how much Mario and family of...

The latest version of Ubuntu was released this past Sunday, and the timing couldn't have been more perfect. As the latest version is 10.10, it only made sense to release it on 10/10/10, and for those at home, 101010 in base two binary in decimal format is 42 (32+8+2), also known as the meaning...

Last month, NVIDIA gave budget gamers a Fermi solution in the form of the GeForce GTS 450, and today, the company has followed-up with an even lower-end variant... the GT 430. Boasting a speed increase of about 50% compared to the GT 220, it's NVIDIA's hope that the GT 430 will find its place in...

When SSDs first hit the scene in a big way, there were only a couple of controller vendors floating about - at least, those that we heard of. Of course there was Intel, but also JMicron, Indilinx and Samsung. Then out of nowhere, came a company named SandForce, and since then, it has become a...

Firaxis' latest Civilization game came out a couple of weeks ago and was greeted by some rave reviews, but at the same time, there were some mixed-reactions to it amongst long-time fans. Me? I've never touched a Civilization game before, so here's a fresh perspective... one I had to write while...

When a company tends to try to be funny with every commercial, it usually grows stale after a while, but I find Geico has done a great job keeping the commercials hilarious. Here are a couple of my recent favorites: <object width="480" height="385"><param name="movie"...

Have you ever tried to add a network folder to a Windows Vista or 7 library, but couldn't properly map it? Or even worse, have Windows completely ignore its files via the built-in indexer? Well, there <em>are</em> fixes, and all are counter-intuitive. Until Microsoft "fixes" this issue, we'll...

In the US, movie lovers have been able to enjoy the services offered by Netflix for over ten years. But despite living in a country literally fused onto the US, Canadians had to wait quite a while... with the service having just launched a couple of weeks ago. Though I've been the type of person...

In celebration of the recent "The Sacrifice" DLC launch for Left for Dead 1 and 2, Valve is offering an incredible deal on both titles. Own the first, but not the second? Valve is offering its latest and greatest Zombie shooter for a mere $6.79 USD. Don't own either? You can pick both up for...

The latest Apple TV media streamer is here, and unlike the original that launched in 2007, this one has a lot of competition. It features a super-small frame, fantastic iTunes movie rental and Netflix support, a clean-looking and smooth-operating interface and overall good performance. But can...