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We've talked a fair bit in the past about Microsoft's browser-selection pop-up that has been introduced to European users of Windows, but since it's been implemented, it's been difficult to know what kind of effect it's had on overall browser adoption. While the numbers still aren't...

Ever since NVIDIA bought out AGEIA for its PhysX engine, the company has been pushing it as something that should be in all games, as it can greatly increase the game play and fun-factor. But according to AMD's Senior Manager of Developer Relations, Richard Huddy, most game developers that...

This is just one of those things that aren't too useful, but are incredibly cool nonetheless. http://8bitnyc.com/ I'm not quite sure how he manages to do it, as he doesn't explain it, but oh well. It's cool as heck :D

When Valve released its beta for a Steam UI overhaul towards the end of February, it just felt like a regular beta. As I mentioned in our news post at the time, the revamped look is quite nice, and intuitive. But there was something lingering under the covers that was discovered later the...

Late last week, NVIDIA posted a video to YouTube that showcases the company's upcoming GeForce GTX 480 graphics card, based on its Fermi architecture. In the video, NVIDIA's Tom Peterson explains the perks that the card has, and how it will compare to the "competition", and of course, why you...

The topic of blocking ads on websites has popped into some of my conversations over the past couple of weeks, and it wasn't until just recently that I realized just how prevalent the activity is. I also realized that my opinions seem to vary wildly from most, and if I had to guess, it's...

Anyone who has been reading our news section for some time likely knows by now that I'm not a fan of DRM (digital rights management) in any current form. It's not that I support piracy, because I'm the stark opposite. I do fully believe that there is always a right way to do things, and also...

Finding a great H55 board to match up with your Clarkdale CPU isn't hard, as the market currently has a great selection. But Gigabyte's H55M-USB3 stands out, as it has a superb feature-set for its ~$100 price tag, and also proves itself in our tests as being a great all-around board, and one...

It goes without saying that solid-state drives are well-worth the investment in order to give your PC some responsiveness, but with all the benefits they can offer, there's one lesser-known issue that we'll talk about here. That issue is simple. As soon as you delete a file on a TRIM-enabled...

Late last week, we talked about some hints that Valve was dropping about a potential Apple-based Steam client, and over the course of this week, there's been even more hints, and also an out-right confirmation to Apple site MacNN about the client, from Valve's own marketing VP Doug Lombardi...

So this family had a hole in their fence, and their two dogs got out. The Animal Care and Control find them and pick them up, and say they will only return them once the hole in the fence is fixed. You fix it, go to the Animal Care and Control to get your dogs back and hear, "I'm sorry Mr...

Ever bought an item from a retailer, opened it up and thought something suspicious was going on? Well, in the case of some microSD cards, that something was possibly the result of Ghost Shift Workers, running machines after hours and flogging the parts on to distributors. Some of these cards...

When Intel launched its Westmere-based line-up this past January, one of the more interesting models released was the Core i3-530. The big reason was its budget $120 price tag. But if there's one thing that can make a budget chip interesting, it's overclocking, and fortunately, there's huge...

Around this time 2009, Western Digital acquired SiliconSystems in their objective to enter the SSD storage market, shortly thereafter releasing their first SSDs. After their initial foray and some further time to integrate and develop SiliconSystems’s IP, Western Digital is back to release...

If there has been just one Web browser to give Microsoft a bit of a scare, it's been Mozilla's Firefox. As soon as that browser hit its 1.0 version, it simply took off, and steadily climbed the charts month after month. Not surprisingly, it was around this exact same time that Internet...

Even though consumers by this point in time should know better, there exists a relentless myth that when an Internet service provider tells you that its service is "Unlimited", it's true. But of course it's not true. You might begin to believe it given the fact you never seem to get calls...

I have a confession to make. You know the game "Portal", from Valve? Yeah, that one. Well, I have never as much as loaded up the main screen. IThat's right... I've not only never beaten Portal, but I've never played it, either. But before you start throwing rocks, calm down, because current...

I sure do, so I appreciated this link that I found at CNN: http://www.cookinglight.com/cooking-101/techniques/cooking-questions-tips-00400000064986/ There's surprisingly a lot of good tips in there, regardless of whether you are baking something or cooking a meal. I am a major repeat offender...

At CES held a couple of months ago, there were motherboard vendors all over showing off their latest wares, but there was no motherboard that grabbed as much attention as EVGA's W555. It's for good reason, too, given that it's a dual-socket enthusiast offering, to be equipped with...

Thecus has long been a provider of quality NAS boxes, some of which we've taken a look at in the past, but as far as full-featured offerings go, it's hard to compete with the N4200. It includes what Thecus calls its "6D" technology, which is based on the fact that the NAS box features a...