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From our front-page news: Last month, I posted about a fresh Nordschleife record that was taken by the Pagani Zonda F... a car that those with the cash could actually acquire. Other records are more impressive, but the cars to accomplish them wouldn't be deemed street legal and have been...

Wacom rarely release new products, however last month saw the launch of the Bamboo and Bamboo Fun tablets. We are taking a look at the latter, which is designed not for professional artists, but casual users who want to get more out of their PC. Have Wacom impressed us once again? You can read...

From our front-page news: The rumors can finally end, because both the m15x and m17x are now officially official. As we posted earlier today, NVIDIA have just announced their 8800M GTS and GTX cards, which Alienware has already thrown into these notebooks. Pricing is not known, but for those who...

From our front-page news: Adobe conveniently released a Lightroom update a single day after I last checked, which brings the application to 1.3 status. Numerous aspects of the application have been improved, including faster performance, easier tabbing and more sensible scrolling. As this...

From our front-page news: On the desktop PC side of things, it's not much of a surprise to see a new GPU be unveiled that totally blows away its predecessor at least once or twice a year. The notebook market is slightly different though, since we've seen NVIDIA's Go 7950GTX hold the top position...

From our front-page news:Apologies all around for not being able to post this yesterday (when it was actually news). For those sleeping under a rock (and thank you, since this news post is not for naught), AMD released their Phenom processors yesterday, after months and months... and months of...

Mid-range displays keep on getting better and Samsung's 2232GW is a great example of that. At 22", it offers a 1680x1050 resolution, 2ms response and a 3000:1 contrast ratio and one of the sharpest images we've seen in a while. You can read the full review here and discuss it here.

We took a look at Intel's first 45nm desktop offering a few weeks ago and already have a preview of it's successor. The QX9770 is equipped with a 3.2GHz frequency and is the first Intel CPU to support a 1600MHz Front-Side-Bus. Read on to see how it compares to the rest of our fleet. You can...

From our front-page news: I've often made known my thoughts on copy protection and the inconveniences of, but I feel compelled once again to step up and ask, what the heck? Specifically, when will companies learn that copy protection only inconveniences legal customers? One could argue that game...

From our front-page news: Since AGEIA first stepped onto the scene, we've obsessively covered every move they've made in hopes that they would finally leave their mark on the gaming landscape with their physics processor. To date, that has not yet happened, but things are looking good for the...

From our front-page news: When BMW made the announcement a few months ago saying that they were bringing their 1-Series to North American shores, there were mixed reactions. BMW fans overall were impressed and excited, while the rest thought the car was uglier than your first blind date. Who...

We haven't reviewed a Gateway product in the past, so I am really unsure as to how they handle review samples. I do know, however, how they handle their XHD3000 samples: I would say they mean business...

VidaBox produces some of the finest HTPCs on the market, but until recently, they've bundled keyboards from other companies. We are taking a look at their first own offering, a wireless solution with built-in trackball. It's compact, sturdy and surprisingly impressive. You can read Kiersten's...

From our front-page news:To be a professional gamer, you need to have the right equipment. Well, it's more likely the fact that you need more than half of your life worth of free time for practice, but that's besides the point. SteelSeries is a company which promise to deliver what pro-gamers...

I decided to check my hard-drives SMART information a few days ago to make sure things were still going smooth after all this time, and found it odd that the Power_On_Hours value was way off. As you can see in the image, it's set to 1750 hours, or 73 days. This is a PC I've had on for almost 73...

In the 1990s, we loved to tally up the number of Microsoft millionaires. Now, it’s Google’s turn. The New York Times cites estimates that there are 1,000 Google employees whose stock grants and options are worth more than $5 million. So there are more than 1,000 Google millionaires, including...

http://gizmodo.com/gadgets/obsession/squirt-gun-fanboy-collects-every-super-soaker-ever-321787.php Who wants to take bets on when this dude was last with a woman?

MTV Games, which owns Rock Band developer Harmonix, has confirmed to Shacknews that Canadian stores will not receive any version of the musical supergroup simulator until December 17. Publisher EA previously announced that the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 editions would arrive in North America...

From our front-page news: While purchasing some music at popular Canadian music retailer Music World earlier, I was told that all sales were final due to the companies plans to go out of business. The exact date is not known, but it should be between Dec 31 and the first week of January. Music...

FiringSquad reminds us that when we're not busy playing the video game or writing mean things about the video game, we should be watching a documentary about the video game and the rising thereof. Being the fickle and narrow-minded individuals that we are, it's fair to say it's just about the...