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Like clockwork, Valve has once again updated the Steam "Hardware & Software Survey", its useful report on the hardware and software gamers are equipped with. It's been a couple of months since I last checked things out, and I'm a bit surprised at a couple of trends, and also the addition of a...

Remember that "Family Pack" offering of Windows 7 that Microsoft taunted us all with close to the OS' launch, and then pulled not too long after? Well, when the deal ceased to exist, there were many perturbed people, and for good reason. The deal is excellent, and I'm not sure anyone knew just...

Alright... this is interesting. Kyle from [H] went to his local Best Buy and happened upon a couple of NVIDIA GPUs for sale, and no, it's not what you think. These were -direct- cards, as in, in NVIDIA boxes. No EVGA, no XFX... just NVIDIA...

Before you try to answer that question, it might help to appreciate the entire scenario. Would you pay $30 for a brand-spanking new release - as in, not even available on DVD or Blu-ray - via an on-demand service? Oh, and it should be emphasized that this would be a $30 rental... gone once you...

In the past couple of years, notebook PCs have improved in numerous ways. Namely, with a combination of price and performance. Not to mention features. When I think back to a $3,000 notebook I purchased in 2004, I can't help but shake my head, because today, you can get a truly efficient...

For PC enthusiasts, the name "Corsair" is a familiar one. The company has long been producing many products to help us fill out our PC builds, including chassis, PSUs, SSDs and of course, memory. Recently, the company has launched yet another new category of product - audio - and the first...

Last summer, I discovered an up-and-coming game that on the surface looked boring, but proved me wrong within minutes of playing. I'm talking about Minecraft, a game that utilizes pixelated blocks like no other, offering people the chance to build something incredible, either solo or as a team...

For about as long as the Web has existed, JPEGs have been the most commonly used picture format, and for good reason. It's a lossy format, but is able to retain a lot of an original picture's quality and typically results in a much smaller file size. For things like logos or images with a...

It took a month from the time of Apple's announcement, but the second generation Apple TV has finally begun shipping to customers worldwide. We've been using ours for the past couple of days, and are preparing to publish our full review next week. But for now, I'll give some quick impressions...

The gaming market isn't lacking of quality headsets, but it is lacking of any that seem to do anything unique. Psyko Audio looks to break that mold, by delivering a 5.1 gaming headset that defies convention. The speakers aren't in the earcups, but rather the headband, and that results in quite...

I mentioned the other day that where SSDs are concerned, OCZ tends to be at the forefront of things, and has been since the beginning. To prove that even further, the company has finally announced its HSDL storage interface, which makes current SSDs, even some PCI Express solutions, look a...

When in Vegas, it can be assumed that you'll get a fair amount of sunshine, no matter the time of year you happen to be there. But as it seems, there's a point when things can get a little too real. At the brand-new Vdara hotel, located amongst other classy offerings inside of the Las Vegas...

Earlier this week, we linked to a site that acquired leaked specs for AMD's upcoming Radeon HD 6770 and 6750 graphics cards, and from what we saw, it became clear that things could get very, very interesting when they hit the street. Based on the specs alone, both of the cards are set to blow...

I haven't ever been to a vintage computer event, but after looking through this gallery, I'd have to say it'd be a ton of fun. There's a TON of equipment there I haven't even heard of before, and a lot of it still works...

Or at least that's the best way I can describe THIS:

When Sony successfully pushed Toshiba's HD DVD format out of the ring a couple of years ago, things seemed to be good for the future of Blu-ray. For the most part, there has been some good success with it since then, but it's never taken off to the point where the standard DVD format could be...

Like ourselves, our computers have long been able to contract "viruses" and other forms of disgusting malware that can at times render them inoperable. There are of course some major differences between viruses that we as humans can contract and viruses that our computers can, and one of the...

For as long as we enthusiasts have cared about the solid-state drive, OCZ has been there delivering us some of the best offerings available. Today, the company offers ultra-fast SATA and PCI Express models, along with lesser-expensive models for price-concious consumers. Earlier this year, the...

Been itching to buy a piece of NVIDIA's Fermi architecture, but were looking for a total sweet spot? At $130, the GeForce GTS 450 might be it. In all of our tests, it competed nicely with AMD's Radeon HD 5750, but most impressive might be the card's scaling ability in SLI, which can be summed up...

I'm sure by now no one will be surprised to hear that CD sales are on the decline, clearly being overshadowed by the rapid growth of digital variants. It's no surprise, either, since services like iTunes, Amazon MP3, 7Digital and others deliver what's essentially the same music, but at a lower...