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  1. Rob Williams

    Gigabyte P55A-UD4P

    S-ATA 3.0 and USB 3.0 devices may seem non-existent right now, but the add-in cards and motherboards to power them are certainly not. We're taking a look at one of Gigabyte's first "333" motherboards that supports both technologies, the feature-packed P55A-UD4P. At $180, it's priced-right given...
  2. Rob Williams

    The Black Friday Roundup Roundup

    From our front-page news: I admit, I am never too impressed by Black Friday, even if some of the deals can't be beat. I'm the kind of person who generally can't stand going to the mall on normal day, so battling hundreds of rabid shoppers in the wee hours of the morning sure doesn't do it for...
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    Volunteers Leaving Wikipedia at Alarming Rate

    From our front-page news: When I stand back and picture what I do on the Internet, I'm kind of shocked that it's not much. I regularly visit certain news sites, such as CNN and Digg, sports sites, like Soccernet and ESPN.com and past that, I can't think of any other site I visit on a regular...
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    Buffalo Launches "First" USB 3.0 External Hard Drive

    From our front-page news: Yesterday, I posted news about OCZ's upcoming USB 3.0-based SSD drives, and there, I mentioned that USB 3.0 external storage didn't quite exist yet at the consumer level. Well, I can put my foot where my mouth is, because I stumbled on a release that occurred just two...
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    ASUS Releases X58-based P6X58D Premium Featuring USB & S-ATA 3.0

    From our front-page news: With all the talk going around about USB 3.0 and S-ATA 3.0, you'd imagine that the first adopters would be those with high-end PCs. After all, nothing says bleeding-edge like a technology you can barely take advantage of! But that hasn't been the case at all, as it...
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    Steam's "Early Holiday" Sale Offers Great Games for Cheap

    From our front-page news: Black Friday is right around the corner, and there's sure to be great deals all over the place, both online and off. Retailers and e-tailers all over are getting in on the fun, but the one to catch my attention is one that Valve is holding, through its Steam platform...
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    OCZ to Deliver USB 3.0 SSD's in 2010

    From our front-page news: S-ATA 3.0 and USB 3.0 are brand-new technologies, but both are readily available for the end-consumer to take advantage of right now. Of course, there's a lot more than just having the ability to use either technology though, such as having actual product to take...
  8. Rob Williams

    Intel's Gulftown Reviewed Months Prior to Launch

    From our front-page news: Ahh, the leaks just keep coming! Yesterday, I posted about a leak that came out of Germany which involved Intel's entire upcoming Clarkdale line-up, seven models in all. Today's leak is a little more robust than a simple list of model names and expected information...
  9. Rob Williams

    HDMI 1.4 Standard Brings Revised Cable Badging

    From our front-page news: One of the biggest issues that exists today is confusion over technology. Most of you reading this site are not going to be tech illiterate, but we're of the minority. Millions upon millions of regular consumers walk into brick and mortar stores on a regular basis and...
  10. Rob Williams

    TRENDnet 300Mbps Wireless N Travel Router

    Travel often? Need a full-featured router, but not its full-featured size? If so, the TEW-654TR deserves your attention. Despite its small size (smaller than an iPod classic), it delivers a lot of functionality, including the ability to act as an AP and also a wireless card. It also happens to...
  11. Rob Williams

    Serious Sam HD Gets a Serious Release Today

    From our front-page news, seriously: Over eight-and-a-half years ago, a very serious game developer released an even more serious game called Serious Sam: The First Encounter. It certainly wasn't unique because of its FPS likeness, but it was unique because the developer tossed a huge amount of...
  12. Rob Williams

    PC Shipments Rise in 2009, But Revenue Declines

    From our front-page news: As if proof was ever needed that netbooks have become more than just a fad, Gartner has just released a report that tells of a nice 2.8% growth for PC shipments in 2009, while at the same time showing an 11% decline in revenue. In most any market, those kinds of results...
  13. Rob Williams

    Intel's Initial "Westmere" Processor Models Leaked

    From our front-page news: Want in on some juicy details about Intel's upcoming Clarkdale (Westmere) processors? Well, wait no longer, thanks to a German e-tailer leaking most of the information people care about, including model names, frequencies, TDPs and even pricing. As a quick refresher...
  14. Rob Williams

    Smoking Around Apple Computers May Void Warranty

    From our front-page news:As tech enthusiasts, if a problem arises with our PCs, notebooks, or whatever other gadgets we might be using, it's automatic to attempt a fix ourselves before going through the dreaded process of getting someone else to. After all, who on this earth would enjoy calling...
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    When Black Friday Deals Are Not Deals at All

    From our front-page news:If I had to choose just one activity I could freely give up and not have to do ever again, I'd ponder over "doing the dishes", but I'd more realistically choose "shopping". Shopping on occasion can be enjoyable, but as the days pass, I'm finding it harder and harder to...
  16. Rob Williams

    Top 20 Gadgets of 2000 - 2009

    From our front-page news: Top lists are far from rare, and as we're getting close to 2010, I'm sure there will be countless more to look through in the next month or two (who knows, perhaps we might even have one). One posted at the website for Paste Magazine caught my eye, as it shows off the...
  17. Rob Williams

    Sapphire Radeon HD 5750

    For a graphics card that retails for a suggested $130, the Radeon HD 5750 sure packs in a lot of features. In addition to its solid performance and superb power consumption, the card supports multiple monitor outputs, DirectX 11, Eyefinity and more. To top it all off, Sapphire includes a voucher...
  18. Rob Williams

    Apple Patents Forced Advertising

    From our front-page news: As a website owner, I'm well-aware of just how important advertising is to both the livelihood of staff members, and to the health of the site itself. There are some types of ads I don't quite agree with, which is why you don't see them here on our site. There's one...
  19. Rob Williams

    Proposed UK Internet Law Bordering on Asinine

    From our front-page news: For the most part, I'm not too pleased about the Internet situation we have in Canada, or at least in most of it. There's a total lack of ISPs, so price-gouging goes on, making ISP services in most of the US look fantastic. After hearing about some new Internet law...
  20. Rob Williams

    Google Previews Chrome OS

    From our front-page news: In the world of software, new products of all stripes come out all the time, and rarely is a launch that exciting. But when the launch involves a brand-new operating system, and one that's being developed by none other than Google, people start to pay attention. Yes...
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