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From our front-page news: AMD's Phenom line-up should have been the product to save the company from the slump they've been in for the past year, but as we are all well aware, that was not the case at all. In fact, clock-for-clock performance put Phenom below Intel's offerings, all while having...

From our front-page news: It's official: The next version of Internet Explorer will be called Internet Explorer 8. To all out there who knew this years ago, pat yourselves on the back. Though, since the browser has followed the same naming scheme for quite a while, it's best to not gloat too...

From our front-page news: Facebook, the home of around five-trillion apps and several dozen users, have issued an official apology for the issues caused by their Beacon shopping feature. The feature is designed to show your friends what you have recently purchased online. However, the feature...

From our front-page news: If there is an immediate downside of the OLPC, it's the fact that it runs Linux and not the most popular desktop operating system on the planet. That will change in the near-future though, as Microsoft is actively working on a special version of Windows XP and Office...

From our front-page news:Xbox 360 owners all share the same fear - the dreaded Red Ring of Death. Like many, I picked up my Xbox 360 at launch and played the beast for months on end with nary a complaint. After a while, the RRoD problem rolled onto the scene and many had their systems cease to...

From our front-page news:"How-To" guides are popular because people like direction. This is especially true when it comes to guides for building a new PC, especially an "ultimate gaming PC". Techgage's Senior Editor Greg King gave me a shout earlier, after he saw a segment on G4TechTV for...

Own a notebook and not impressed with the onboard sound solution? Would you like the ability to be a bit more "hands on" with your audio? Do you want something that's different than what everyone else has? ASUS might just have the answer for you. You can read Matt's full review here and discuss...

http://www.amazon.com/Microsoft-HALOHEL-Halo-Legendary-Edition/dp/B000K8ZTK8/ref=xs_gb_20_center-2_rw_uk_16759?%5Fencoding=UTF8&m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_p=305207801&pf_rd_s=right-1&pf_rd_t=701&pf_rd_i=20&pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_r=1TFQZS7DTHMQBHVGS8PQ Looks to be a one-day event, so you...

If you're Apack, how do you surprise the rest of the cooling industry? Release a tower-style CPU cooler that doesn’t look like a butterfly. The new ZEROTherm Nirvana NV120 is that cooler, and luckily, it impressed. Could the Nirvana NV120 be our newest air-cooling champion? You can read Rory's...

Choosing the perfect motherboard and processor could be a difficult task if you don't know what to look for, but we take out the hassle and deliver a list of options you should peruse. Both AMD and Intel are covered, as are all price-ranges. You can read through the first portion of our gift...

Thumb drives are a dime a dozen, so to help sell their 8GB DataTraveler II+, Kingston added a little software tool from the folks at Migo. Their software enables the user to carry their desktop to another computer and then back again. But, is this special functionality worth the premium? You...

I've been in the process of planning an upgrade to my main machine (in sig) for a few months, and all I need are the last few components, such as a case and cooling. Here's a partial list of what the system will include: Intel X3210 2.13GHz (will overclock to 2.5GHz or 2.6GHz, but no higher)...

Choosing the right external HDD can be tough. In order to sell, products such as the OneTouch 4 rely on their robust software bundle to help move off the shelf. People should be given a solid backup suite, especially given the price. This is exactly where Maxtor fell short, with their OneTouch 4...

Some retailers are selling the PhysX card for $99.99: http://www.ageia.com/where_to_buy/index.html Of course, the price tag is thanks to a $50 mail-in rebate. Going to go pick up UTIII today and see just how useful the card is there.

From our front-page news: If there were such thing as a physics-powered pot sitting around, it would be AMD's Richard Huddy doing the stirring. In two separate interviews, Huddy gives his opinions on hardware-based physics (a la AGEIA). First off are mentions of GPU-based phyics, which Huddy...

Who do you run to when you need a new chassis? Antec? Thermaltake? SilverStone? Today, we are adding a new company to our personal list: Hiper. If their Anubis mid-tower had to be summed up in a single word, it would be "Quality". Not too bad for their first showing! You can read Greg's full...

From our front-page news: There's no such thing as a shortage of Gabe Newell interviews, but that's a good thing. Gabe is not your typical development studio head-honcho who is bound into ultra-strict deadlines by those who require a great financial quarter. Like it should be, he believes games...

From our front-page news:Is Toshiba UK joining in on the holiday spirit? I'd like to think that they are instead, just cluing in. For months and months, Toshiba's HD-DVD players (even the Xbox 360 add-on) qualified for free HD-DVD flicks, but their laptops that included the advance player didn't...

From our front-page news: For all those out there who have an AGEIA PhysX card and Unreal Tournament III, you will be pleased to know that two downloadable levels are exclusive to you. I had an opportunity to test out these levels a few months ago at DigitalLife and had a blast, although it's...

From our front-page news: Who is with me in saying, "It's about time!"? Up until now, if you wanted to purchase and download a PSOne or PSP game to a PSP, you needed to have a PS3. Highly inefficient, since most PSP owners don't own a PS3. That's now changed though, as Sony has unveiled the...