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From our front-page news:I have no doubts that every single person reading this has at some point lost data that should have been kept. Curses the Recycle Bin for making it so easy, I say. Happily though, the data is often recoverable with relatively inexpensive programs (such as R-Studio which...

An MD5 hash is a value based on an advanced cryptographic algorithm and has multiple uses. One of the most common is the storing of a password in an encrypted format. Our forums, and most other websites, will base encrypted passwords in MD5 since it's rather difficult to crack. Another popular...

Razer is well-known for producing high-quality peripherals, but audio can be an entirely different bag. Our concerns over their new found venture can be set aside though, as the tag team effort between them and THX helped build an amazing 2.1 system that's actually worth its $400 price tag. You...

Charlie at the Inq is a little pissed off with Intel, and it seems he well has the right to be. According to him (could be elsewhere also, I don't know), Intel is only allowing friends (aka: non-competition) have access to the complete USB 3.0 spec. That means these companies can get to work on...

From our front-page news: According to recent findings, once a Windows XP machine is upgraded to service pack 3, it's impossible to uninstall Internet Explorer 7, if it happens to be installed. It's a truly odd bug, though, because if you install SP3 with IE6 installed, you can install IE7 after...

From our front-page news: I think it's safe to say that there is no such thing as true security anymore, because the news of poor security measures used in important agencies (government, banks) is never-ending. Take this latest case, where the FBI found 3,500 pieces of counterfeit Cisco...

From our front-page news: NVIDIA's CEO, Jen-Hsun Huang, is a vocal man. If something rubs him the wrong way, he'll let the world know about it. You have to respect that, especially when he's not afraid to tell the industry at large that Intel's wrong. We first learned of his intense angst...

Remember back in March we found out that Gigabyte was looking to make some of their own gaming accessories? Well, TweakTown got a first-hand look, and it looks... like a keyboard, which is nice. http://www.tweaktown.com/news/9419/gk_k8000_keyboard_up_close_and_personal/index.html

http://lifehacker.com/388612/get-91-off-microsoft-office-ultimate Though there are things I dislike about the latest version of Office, $60 is an absolute steal! You need to be a student though, or at least have access to an .edu account.

From our front-page news:I have to admit something. I have never completed the original Far Cry, due to being a wimp. I haven't completed Crysis due to my everlasting desire to give you guys content. But I still can't help but drool at a brand-new trailer/commentary that Ubisoft Montreal pushed...

From our front-page news: When I took a look at Intel's latest budget chip, the Core 2 Duo E7200, back in April, we weren't sure of when it would be launched, since Intel kept quiet on the actual release date. Well sometime between then and now, it was pushed out to retailers, and is priced...

From our front-page news: Linux gamers have it somewhat rough. There are countless free and open-source games available, but the platform severely lacks commercial support. There are a few exceptions, but the key word here is 'few'. One of the biggest requests from Linux users is to have Valve's...

From our front-page news: Anti-videogame renegades share one common trait. They love to point the blame at the retailer for putting M-rated games in the hands of children, and for the most part, I agree that kids shouldn't be playing some of the games on the market today. However, what's...

From our front-page news: In only what could be called an attention-getter, the MPAA lawsuit against TorrentSpy was successful, with the courts ordering the now defunct torrent-tracking site to pay $111 million, or $30,000 for each of the 3,699 infringements documented. This penalty is...

From our front-page news: Popular UK-based notebook manufacturer Rock has gone into administration and appointed Deloitte & Touche LLP to help sell the company. In a notice on their website, Rock points out that part of the reason for failure is due to "the cash flow difficulties faced as a...

Sam was retrieving a rugby ball on the bridge near his home in Wigan on Thursday evening when a charge leapt from overhead powerlines into the steel toecaps of his boots. He was knocked unconscious by the fall and all his clothes were burned off. After paramedics arrived Sam regained...

From our front-page news: Just two days ago we were wishing Wolfenstein 3D a happy 16th birthday, so it seems appropriate that another old-school 3D-shooter has a new title announced. id Software has just announced Doom 4, a follow-up to Doom 3, which was a follow-up to Doom 2. From what I...

From our front-page news: Most of you who visit this site are hardware enthusiasts, and picking out a new GPU, CPU or any other piece of computer hardware is not likely too much of a hassle. But that's because you know what to look for. You read reviews, like the ones here. You study up on...

From our front-page news: Popular office suite OpenOffice.org has just released it's first 3.0 public beta, and Ars Technica takes a quick look. The new version revamps the application as a whole, updating the look and feel, and essentially making it more of a competitor to Microsoft's Office...

X48 is new, but there are many boards already begging for your dollars. We are taking a look at the most robust of them all, the P5E3 Premium, which includes built-in WiFi, a great board design and fantastic overclocking abilities. It would almost be a perfect board if it weren't for the $375...