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When building an HTPC, SFF PC or something similar, a goal that many people share is to build it as power-efficient as possible. With both AMD and Intel constantly developing more efficient processors, and even selling special energy-efficient models, it's become easier to do that. Even hard...

In any market, technology-related or not, there's going to be some form of strong competition. At the same time, it's a given that one company is going to boast about being better than another, even if it's a matter of opinion and something that can't be concluded as fact. But what's not so...

Although we've had the capability of adding USB 3.0 support to our PCs for almost a year, the number of capable devices coming to market isn't that great. But as we've seen with previous looks at such devices, such as OCZ's Enyo, the benefits are clear, as the transfer speed abilities are much...

If you run multiple computers or different operating systems on the same PC and want access to your email without switching computers or rebooting into a different OS, Thunderbird has the answer. Here's a quick guide to setting up different Thunderbird clients to access the same profile, no...

Your PC might be fast, but what about your Web browser? That's right... Web browser. It might seem mundane at first, but there can be stark performance differences between one browser and the next, and after pitting the five most popular options on the market - in both stable and nightly formats...

Enough said, I'm stoked! Been wanting to hook up my Dreamcast, but lack of free room doesn't assist me in that. This is the next best thing :D http://www.xbox.com/en-US/games/s/sonicadventurexbla/

If fifteen years ago you were to say to someone, "I'll just Google it.", they might have that you were starting to lose it. The same could be said about many other companies, like Yahoo!, where people might actually think you are a "yahoo". Despite the unusual names, it's clear that neither...

... so, who has it, and how is it? I paid 0 attention to this one up until launch, so I know almost nothing about it. I didn't realize it was a proper Halo sequel, so I feel like an idiot. Might have to pick it up soon depending on whether it's good or not.

For many years, some companies - namely Intel - have been promoting the idea of using ray tracing techniques in our games. At the same time, there are few gamers opposed to the idea, since the effect could result in increased graphical detail, thanks in part to more realistic shadows...

When you think of GPGPU, what first comes to mind? Video encoding? Image restoration? Password cracking? How about Internet browsing? It might seem silly at first, but Intel and Microsoft have teamed up to make sure that Web browsing with Internet Explorer 9 will be made a lot snappier thanks to...

It might have taken a little bit longer than most gamers would have preferred, but NVIDIA today has unveiled its GTS 450 mainstream offering, based on the Fermi architecture. Up until now, the only options NVIDIA fans had was the choice of ~$200 offerings, but this release, priced at around...

AC Ryan was once known as a company to produce many different products used to spice up your PC, but well over a year ago, it launched its Playon!HD media player series, and recently, those players became available in the US. We're taking a look at the "mini" edition of the series, and see how...

There are a lot of websites out there that regularly do "unboxings", which are more or less the act of unboxing a product and showing the products in all their glory. Well, I don't think such a thing deserves to take the place of an actual piece of content, or even be found in our news section...

Sapphire has launched what it calls its biggest contest ever, and given that the prizes total $100,000, that seems fair to say. Unlike most contests from GPU companies, there's no computer hardware here being awarded as prizes, but rather iPads, iPod touch's, and get this... Honda and Yamaha...

Have you ever wanted to create an automatic logon for your Windows PC but couldn't find the option to do so? Or, on the disruptive side, have you ever found yourself without administrative access? We have... far too many times, and have decided to produce an article that offers up a slew of...

Nikon unveiled a few releases earlier this week, including the S80 and S8100 advanced point-and-shoots, with an emphasis on style and performance. It was the P7000 (P for performance) that really caught my eye, though, because as Nikon states, it's a model that helps bridge the gap between D-SLR...

A couple of weeks ago, we linked to an Intel-sponsored survey that declared that most people do strange things when waiting for their technology to finish whatever it's doing, from loading up an e-mail to loading up a movie to generally anything that would cause you to sit there and twiddle your...

Earlier, I was working on something when Thunderbird popped up a notification in the corner, "Get ready for Call of Duty: Black Ops!". I said, "What?" As a big CoD fan, I knew that the game wasn't due until November, so I immediately thought, "What the hell? Xbox gamers get the game TWO MONTHS...

When Corsair released its H50 CPU cooler last year, it impressed all of the critics - including us. So much so, that we even have multiple units in our lab for our test beds. It was with great interest when the H70 was released, then, as it improves on the previous design in numerous ways. But...

Every so often, a high-end gaming PC gets announced that impresses me enough to talk about it, and today's announcement of ORIGIN PC's "The Big O" is one to catch my attention. In the high-end PC game, there seems to be little that can be done to differ from the competition, but ORIGIN PC has...