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In today's MMO world, gold-selling is a real "issue", hated by many, and taken advantage of by many others. Generally speaking, the lure of purchasing in-game gold for your favorite MMO can be hard to ignore. It comes down to a "would I rather pay $xx or spend 10 hours doing something boring?"...

Digg, the popular social news site, has long been appreciated and loathed by many. For regular users, it's a great source of the latest news, singled out by fellow users. For others, such as site owners, it's a frustrating service, as getting anything of value to the front-page is near...

I'm sure that most of us have heard the old adage, "It's okay to lie, sometimes", but how well does that same mentality carry over to piracy? Is it okay to pirate sometimes? Personally, I'm not quite sure the "sometimes" idea works, because if it's wrong to do something, can it ever be right? It...

Have you ever said, "If I were a billionaire, I'd give a lot of money to charity"? Well, it seems like Bill Gates and Warren Buffet have joined forces to help persuade the world's billionaires to do just that, and as it stands, there are FORTY of them willing to donate up to half of their wealth...

StarCraft II might be causing grief for some gamers, with overheating graphics cards, but that has done little to throttle the initial success of the game, with over 1,000,000 copies sold on launch day. As Blizzard notes in its press release, the game sold 1 million in the first 24 hours, and...

Yes, Dog Eat Toe. It seems that some dude had a wicked infection in one of his toes, and his faithful canine friend noticed it. So, the owner ends up getting drunk and passing out, and the dog ends up EATING HIS TOE. It's a good thing, though, because the owner was pretty much forced to go to...

Yesterday, we mentioned in our news that Windows 7 has finally surpassed Vista in overall usage, so on a somewhat related note, how about we take a look at browser shares today? As hard as it is for some of us to believe (myself included), Internet Explorer has changed what was a continuous...

Last month, Seagate unveiled the world's first 3TB consumer hard drive - albeit an external one. The launch was rather impressive, though, because months earlier, it sounded like it was going to be quite a while before a 2TB+ drive would become a reality. But thanks to Seagate's clever thinking...

Do you think that getting a Blu-ray movie off of its disc and onto your PC is complicated? It once was an arduous chore, but today, it's easier and more accessible than ever. We take a look at one of the simplest ways to both rip a movie onto to your PC, and then encode it into a variety of...

For KDE users like me who can never wait to get a hold of the latest version, tomorrow will be the day to celebrate, as the developers will be releasing the final version of KDE 4.5. This latest version follows up to February's launch of 4.4, and rather than unveil a bunch of new enhancements...

A couple of months ago, we talked about a report that divvied up our time online and gave us a basic understanding of where it's all spent. Well, there's a new take on this same question, and this time it's from one of the most reputable sources around: Nielsen. The firm best known for measuring...

In case it isn't that obvious, downloadable content is becoming big business, and it's not surprising to see new companies jumping on the bandwagon all the time. It makes perfect sense, too. What company wouldn't want to sell a $50 game and then release $30 or more worth of downloadable content...

Well, it's happened. Windows 7 has finally passed Vista in terms of overall usage, and it took a just under ten months to accomplish. That's far more impressive than Vista's first ten months, that's for sure. Since its launch, 7 has been on a clean incline, and if it keeps up the rate it's...

There are few things I enjoy doing more than gaming, but despite that, I sometimes have a difficult time buckling down to give a new game a try. It doesn't matter how well-received it is by others... I am for some reason, insanely stubborn. Just how stubborn? Well, I still haven't played more...

It hardly feels like it's been a couple of months since I attended the GO OC 2009 North American regional final, but lo and behold, fifteen months have passed since! The 2010 iteration of the event is being held a little bit later this year for various reasons, and happens this coming weekend...

StarCraft II was launched last week to much fanfare, and though I haven't heard of any sales figures yet, the game seems to be well-received so far. Well, for those who can play it without their graphics card overheating, that is. Yes, it seems that even the biggest games on the planet can ship...

Arcade machines are unfortunately becoming rarer by the day, but for those who have the money, and also the room, the popularity of purchasing a machine for home use is increasing. The problem, though, is that when you choose an arcade machine, or a pinball machine, you're usually limited to...

I admit, Need for Speed World is a game that came out of nowhere for me... I just had no idea it was on the horizon until last month, and here it is... released. Has anyone else been paying attention to this one at all? It's essentially Need for Speed, but online-only. The game is free to play...

Since it's been quite a while since I last took openSUSE for a spin, I couldn't resist downloading the 11.3 release that came out in mid-July. To see how the distro fares today, I installed it onto my home PC and used it for just over a week. So, read on for an in-depth look at what's new and...

Hope you're having a great birthday Doomsday! It's probably already like midnight over there, so hopefully you're already a little wobbly by now :P