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Progress marches on and it's marching in a big way. Clarkdale processors have been replaced by Sandy Bridge and the same fate awaits the Gulftown series thanks to the upcoming release of the Sandy Bridge E that will use the new uber high-end LGA2011 socket expected to launched in the first...

With a lot of the software we use on a daily basis going 64-bit, isn't it about time that our Web browsers catch up? While it's not of utmost importance from a performance perspective to go 64-bit (it's just a Web browser, after all), there's little reason not to go in that direction -...

As strange as that title might look, don't worry, it's much too late in the year for April Fools'. K. Y. Srinivasan, a Microsoft employee, have landed themselves at the top of the Linux 3.0 kernel developer contribution list with a total of 343 changes. The information was first unveiled at...

A recent ruling in California struck down the proposal that would bar violent video games from being purchased or rented by anyone under the age of 18, which reaffirms that idea that the sole persons responsible for the games that children play are the parents. While the aforementioned proposal...

It's been quite a while since I last checked out Valve's official 'Steam Hardware & Software Survey', so given we're fresh into the second-half of the year, I decided to see where things stand. A lot has changed since last October, and as we're currently in the preparation stage of a GPU test...

With the mobile game craze seemingly unable to reach a peak, and with Sony, Microsoft and even Valve making it relatively easy for indie developers to publish their games for mass consumption, it might seem like there is no downside to the settling on indie game development as a career choice...

If you keep up with current tech trends, you're likely aware that where audio/video cables are concerned, the market is chock-full of snake oil models. Even just a couple of months ago, we linked to a story at PC Mag that compared five HDMI cables to each other, ranging from $3 to $120, and...

Chasing small furry animals down alley ways and rabbit holes remains a vice for poor Alice, her mind yearning for an escape from reality. What creatures can she dream up this time? - nothing too pleasant it seems. Join us as we review Alice: Madness Returns on the PC and see what dark...

It's no secret that mobile broadband is expensive when looked at from a 'per GB' standpoint, but did you realize that mobile data is one of the most expensive resources on earth? In fact, in a loose comparison, it could be even worth more than gold, because I'm quite sure you'd have a lot more...

We've just entered the second-half of 2011, and looking back at the first six months, we can reminisce over some of the major events that have occurred within the music industry. In March, Amazon launched its cloud-based music storage service, which allows users to store all of their Amazon...

AMD last week released its first Llano-based desktop processors, the A8 and A6 series, and it appears that this week, the products will be making their way onto e-tailer shelves. At the time of writing, it seems that only Newegg currently has stock (we checked four others), and even there, only...

It's been about a month since Apple announced its upcoming OS X 10.7 'Lion' at its developer conference, and with news that it has just hit its 'Gold' status, a release is virtually imminent. Typically, once an OS X version goes gold, it will hit store shelves within two weeks, but being that...

In ye olde days, overclocking was a mysterious art, one that few would dare venture into. Today? It seems to be almost as common as simply using a PC - at least in enthusiast circles. Whether it be your CPU, GPU or memory, overclocking is a quick way to squeeze extra performance out of your...

It's been known for a little while that OS X 10.7, 'Lion', would offer support for the ATA 'TRIM' command, but for those who weren't planning to make the leap to Apple's latest OS, that became a tough feature to ignore. Well, don't fret, because it turns out that the 10.6.8 update Apple rolled...

More often than not, if I return to a game after not touching it for a while, I'll start my quest over from the start, to take in the game as if it were my first time through. In fact, I am currently doing this with Mafia II for the third time, and have been loving it. Well, imagine if you were...

At tech site ITworld, there's a feature called 'I'll Try It!' where one lucky (or unlucky) person gets to live for seven days doing something unconventional, to see how they'll get by. Normally, I'd be up for all sorts of challenges, because how bad could they be? Well, a recent challenge laid...

Bigger is better, right? Lamptron sure thinks so and has just announced the launch of its FC9 fan controller to try and prove it. This controller promises to be able to handle just about anything that users can throw at it, and then some. You can read the rest of our post and discuss here.

Progress marches on and it looks like it's Best Buy who is high stepping to Apple's beat. Today it was reported that the retail giant has suspended online sales of the current MacBook Air in preparation for Apple's refresh of the little white laptop. You can read the rest of our post and...

Alright, I'm not sure how I let this one slip under my radar, and I really can't believe it's been a full fifteen years since Quake hit the PC, but it's true. The game that followed in the footsteps of Wolfenstein 3D and Doom wouldn't have been easy to fill, but Quake managed to do the job. At...

Take a medium-high population server, put it at the top of a transfer list and watch as all hell breaks lose in a 4 hour period over the weekend. Thankfully, transfers have since been disabled on the Alsbeth server, but it doesn't make up for the fact that what was once an instant login...