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In the post-Vista era, Microsoft has done a lot of good in order to win back the trust of its fans, or at least regular users of its software, thanks mostly to the very successful Windows 7 launch. Not long after that OS launch, we were impressed once again with the announcement of Windows...

Fudo left the Inquirer to start up FudZilla, and then Theo left to start Bright Side of News* and then Charlie left to start up SemiAccurate.

A couple of weeks ago, rumors were floating about that OCZ Technology would be selling off PC Power & Cooling, a company it acquired just three years earlier. Not too long after our post was made, OCZ contacted us to let us know that the rumors were absolutely false, and that PC Power &...

You must be thinking of a different company... Hypersonic sells PC's and notebooks, not power supplies. I was going to link to the website, but it looks like my prediction came true. It looks like Hypersonic is no more: http://www.hypersonic-pc.com/

I'll ping Robert to make sure he sees this question. I happen to be the one with Intel's SSDs which is the reason Robert hasn't included them in his graphs. I'm having a hard time giving them up given that I've been using them for other purposes (like our motherboard reviews). I'm working to...

Alright, I am not familiar with hidden SSID's at all, but aren't they supposed to be hidden, as the name implies? I have never used a hidden SSID, but I always figured that the only way to connect to them would be to manually create a connection and type out the SSID for that network, and then...

The turbo happens only with that particular button? Have you ever spilled something on your gamepad, like soda or water? That kind of effect is exactly what can happen when you spill liquid on an input device (I've done it more than once). It could also be a power issue, but it seems unlikely if...

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I am not sure if I'm missing something here, but what's the big deal with this again? Deltas, at least with temperatures, just don't matter to me. It could be that those cores are less-than-ideal compared to the others. As long as it's stable (which it is), I'm pleased. Plus, if the top-end...

Over the weekend, I received a press release from a company I haven't heard of before, MingleStick, with an interesting product that allows you to quickly sync information with other people, effortlessly. On its latest product, the company has teamed up with our friends at Kingston to...

When thinking of the word "PDA", it's hard to not think of Palm, given that since the company was launched in the early 90's, its devices were in the hands of a lot of people. It can be said that those companies that kick things off early have the best chance of succeeding, but that's not...

NVIDIA is kind of proud of that cooler, and mentioned that it spent a fair amount of time on its design. I still haven't been able to see just how well it works though, but I'd have to imagine it's not so bad.

If Intel's recent launch of the Core i7-980X Extreme Edition six-core, twelve-threaded monster of a CPU wasn't attractive enough to get you drooling into your keyboard, then the latest motherboard from EVGA aims to fix that. Formerly known by the W555 codename, the EVGA Classified SR-2...

Making the decision to upgrade to an SSD isn't difficult, but finding the "perfect" SSD is a different story thanks to the sheer amount of choice out there; sometimes even from the same vendor! Fortunately, OCZ's Vertex Turbo delivers a great blend of performance and GB per dollar, making it...

I've been battling myself over whether it was a comet or not, but after looking at images all around the Web of those, shooting stars and meteorites, the pictures of the comets is what matched what I saw best. http://www.drennon.org/bill/comet2b.jpg That's what best describes what I saw. That...

Hi Ron: The screenshots weren't helping me out too much is half of the problem. As it appears in those, even on the TRIM drive, the SSD is loaded with data, but really, it isn't. Back in December, when I began doing all this testing, the TRIM-affected drive basically showed as 100% empty...

Over the past week, there have been two DLC-related (downloadable content) stories that have caught my eye, mostly because of the ill effects it seems to be inflicting upon today's gaming. Years ago, if you wanted a new map for your favorite game, you could go online and download one...

For as long as Intel has been offering solid-state drives to consumers, none of the available models could have ever been considered "budget" or "value-oriented". That is until now, with the X25-V. This 40GB drive isn't much different from Kingston's SSDNow V series from a few months back...

It's not uncommon for a company which focuses on one thing to branch out into another, but I am not sure many people would have predicted a company such as Arctic Cooling would begin producing audio equipment. Fortunately though, the company has obviously done its research, as the audio quality...

I'm going to be taking a look at Thecus' latest NAS that I posted about a couple of weeks ago, and because it can use 1Gbit Ethernet, I figured now would be a good time to look at how to go about upgrading my network to support it. I often transfer files from one PC to another as well, and...