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From our front-page news: When it comes to a Windows desktop, you pretty much know what to expect. The basic Explorer shell has been around as long as Windows, and since Windows 95, it really hasn't changed too drastically. On the Linux side, though, it's typical to see various desktop...

From our front-page news: Alright. Is there a single person out there who didn't realize that a "digital transition" was coming? You didn't have to be a tech-head to know what changes were on the horizon, thanks to the incredible amount of publicity on all of the popular US channels. So, color...

From our front-page news: Western Digital today announced what we new was inevitable, a 2TB hard drive, built using four 500 GB platters, which produce an areal density of 400 GB/in2. The launch model is part of WD's Caviar Green series, meaning that it's designed for low noise, low power...

From our front-page news: Late last week, we linked to Tech Report's article on ACard's DDR2-based storage drive, which for the most part, was quite impressive. It was lacking the overall density we'd like to see, but it was fast, even keeping up in many tests to Intel's X25-E. Speaking of...

When NVIDIA released their GTX 285 and 295 earlier this month, they successfully reclaimed the performance crown for both single and dual-GPU graphics cards. We're finally putting both of these models through our gruelling testing, in both single card and SLI configurations, to see just how much...

From our front-page news: Towards the end of last month, we reported on an industry story that stated that notebooks, for the first time ever, outsold desktop PCs. This occurrence took place during Q3, so chances are good the variances between the two are even more defined for Q4. What's to...

From our front-page news: If there's one thing I realize well, it's that from time to time, people can run into a string of bad luck. The past few weeks have proved that fact to me, where computers are concerned at least, and I'm sure I'll divulge more into that at some point. As I mentioned...

From our front-page news: Intel on Friday announced that Craig Barrett will retire in May from both his role as Chairman of the Board and also from the Board of Directors. Craig became the Chairman in May 2005 after leaving his CEO position, which is now in Paul Otellini's hands. His CEO...

From our front-page news: It may be difficult to believe, but despite the fact that iTunes is up to version 8, and has been out since 2001, I purchased my first track from the service just this past weekend. What took me so long? DRM too me so long. As soon as I heard the wretched tech was...

From our front-page news: Fast storage, can we ever get enough? With the introduction of the solid-state disk, it's become so clear to us all just how much of a bottleneck traditional mechanic storage has become. Our CPUs are getting faster, but with even faster storage, we could see substantial...

From our front-page news: That's the big question, and it's a good one brought up by VoodooPC founder Rahul Sood over at his blog. His thoughts are that with the advent and development of netbooks, PC innovation could be curbed, and for the most part, I can agree with him on most points. An...

There's been a fair amount of attention hovering around NVIDIA's ION this month, and for good reason. It's small, offers decent performance, and can deliver huge peripheral connectivity. We were able to spend some time with the ION earlier this month, putting it through various tests, such as...

From our front-page news: Hardcore PC gamer? Then chances are good you enjoy a good first-person shooter from time to time. Well, being a PC gamer, it's probably hard to not enjoy this genre, because let's face it, it seems to be the de facto genre that people think of most when picturing PC...

From our front-page news: There haven't been too many companies unaffected by the state of the economy, and we can now add Intel to that list. In a release issued yesterday, the company announced plans to consolidate manufacturing operations, which includes closing down of some factories, all...

From our front-page news: When it comes to technology, I don't often agree with many judges, but this one I do. Judge James P. Jones gave his opinion in a recent P2P-related lawsuit, and came to the simple conclusion that a downloaded file doesn't necessarily equate to a lost sale, which is a...

If you want to get rid of that air CPU cooler, but find water-cooling too complicated and expensive, CoolIT might have just what you're looking for. Their Domino A.L.C. is designed to offer greater cooling-abilities over air, while retaining reasonable noise-levels. Best of all, it's...

From our front-page news:Price cuts on popular Intel processors have been rumored for a while, but it was all made official on Sunday, with the updated prices being reflected in their processor pricing list. The five current Core 2 Quad models have been affected, with three new low-power...

From our front-page news: We've talked a little bit about Mirror's Edge in our news in the past, but it wasn't until the other night that I was finally able to sit down and see what the game was all about. Well, actually, it was more like sitting down and finding a level we could use for...

From our front-page news: "OLED" has been a term thrown around quite a bit in the past year or two, partly in thanks to the Optimus Maximus, but as time passes on, prices for the very cool technology continue to plummet, so it's a sure thing that we'll be seeing more affordable uses for it in...

From our front-page news: Ugh, what's happening to radio? There's been a lot of doubt hovering around radio broadcasts for a while, but the truth is, they seem to be just as alive as they ever were, even with the advent of the Internet and streaming services. Many people love driving to work...