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From our front-page news: It was only a matter of time before this happened! According to numerous reports, beloved Family Guy character, Cleveland Brown, will be debuting in a spin-off show entitled "Cleveland". Somewhat uncreative, but let's assume the name of the show was chosen in the middle...

From our front-page news: NVIDIA's 9600 GT is a well-rounded card as we found out throughout numerous reviews late last month, but according to techPowerUp!, there is a new feature with the card that the company did not relay to reviewers. Even better, after some investigation, it seems most...

When we met AblePlanet at CES, their Clear Harmony noise canceling headphones really caught our attention. Their built-in noise canceling circuitry is intended to reduce the infiltration of ambient noise, but can they stack up sonically against some serious competition within their price...

I watched the first Die Hard last night with my brother, and noticed a hilarious spot where an edit should have been made, but wasn't. I am sure many people here have seen this movie, but at around the 35m mark, John is in a room of the office building where construction has not completed. A...

No, my forum account has not been hacked - it's really me. Up to now, I've been using the same computer for both benchmarking and regular use/gaming (two hard drives), but I decided it would be a lot easier to have separate computers for each... (duh). I decided to use the recently reviewed...

We just got word that world-renowned car customizer, Boyd Coddington died this morning around 6 am. Although we don't have any details on what caused Coddington's death, we do know that he was in and out of the hospital over the past month. A spokesperson for the Coddington Corporation confirmed...

From our front-page news: As much as Sony is hated, I have to disagree with anyone who says they don't do anything cool in the console market. I admit that I am somewhat of a Playstation 3 and PSP fanboy, even though none of it has to do with the current games that are released for either. I am...

From our front-page news: Latest reports show that iTunes is cleaning house in the music business world, claiming the 2nd spot in music sales for all of 2007, coming short of beating Wal-Mart. As it turns out, people do actually purchase their music at Wal-Mart. The fact that iTunes took the...

From our front-page news: Courtesy of our friends at HotHardware comes along some new information regarding ATI's upcoming Catalyst drive, version 8.3. Some features will include CrossfireX and Hybrid graphics. CrossfireX is the most notable due to the fact that it will enable both triple and...

AMD recently released two new ATI TV Wonder HD tuners, both of which have been in our lab for the past few months. In that time, we've put them through numerous tests to see what each one was made of. While the 600 PCI left a bit to be desired, the 650 Combo USB proves to do a lot of things...

We've been fans of NVIDIA's 8800 GT since launch, and Palit helps us remember why. Though utilizing reference clocks, the Super+1GB doubles the competitions memory, but as we found out, it's difficult to see a difference. Overclocking yields far better results, and luckily, this card delivers...

Sony today released a new trailer for the game, which you can enjoy below in streaming format. No release date has been announced yet for the project, but it is still expected to hit the PlayStation Store sometime later this year. http://www.shacknews.com/onearticle.x/51494 This is going to...

From our front-page news: There has been much interest hovering around Lenovo's X300 for a few months now, but up to now, it's all been unofficial. Until now. As predicted, a full-featured machine will retail at around $2,799, but foregoing a few features will bring the price down a bit. The...

From our front-page news: Intel seems gung-ho about delving into the gaming side of things lately, first evidenced by their purchase of Havok last September and further proven by their induction into the PC Gaming Alliance, the PC-gaming-specific research group founded by other major companies...

In the world of computer cases, it seems that far too many do not stand out from the crowd. Cooler Master has decided to break tradition and create something special. With many features not seen before and full eATX compatibility, how well does the Cosmos S stand out? You can read Bill's full...

From our front-page news:I think it goes without saying that Yahoo! is in a rough spot. They have been sinking at a rapid rate for the past few months, despite still being a major stature in the online world. Recent layoffs shed some of the excess weight, but there is a lot more the company has...

From our front-page news: Australia has never been that friendly towards games that offer gratuitous violence or over-the-top sexual content, but that might be changing in the near-future. As it stands, the Australian rating system doesn't allow games to sell that include a rating above MA15+...

From our front-page news:As is well-known by everyone, HD DVD is dead, with Blu-ray reigning supreme. So, what do you plan to do with your huge HD DVD collection that you've accrued since launch? Wired's How-To wiki takes a look at how you can take all of your HD DVD movies and convert them to...

From our front-page news: Nowadays, acquisitions are almost as popular as beginning a new company. The latest attempt is courtesy of EA, who really, really wants Take-Two Interactive. Who can blame them? Despite Take-Two's shaky history, they own one of the top franchises in the world, which in...

If building a new computer or simply upgrading, you likely want to make sure your GPU decision is a good one, all while making sure not to break the bank. We are taking a look at the EN8800GT TOP which fits the bill. Even better, it's pre-overclocked, to improve performance even further. You...