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  1. Rob Williams

    Parents punish kid... kid hires hitman

    Ryder caught a ride from his mom's friend to go meet the "hitman," and offered up his stepdad's pickup as payment. He was quickly taken into custody where he is being held for attempted murder. While I'm sure every "parents with too much free time" group will use this to pin all of society's...
  2. Rob Williams

    AsylumLAN 30

    Greg, Matt H and I are at the AsylumLAN in Evansville, IN and will be keeping this thread updated throughout. It began at around 6PM, though gaming didn't really begin until a few hours later. Things are going strong right now as I write this (11PM), but more people should be arriving tomorrow...
  3. Rob Williams

    SilverStone Kublai KL01 Mid-Tower

    SilverStone has been producing amazing cases for a while, but for some, their best offerings are pricey. That's where the Kublai series comes into play. Built on the essence of the higher-end models, they attempt to pack quite a punch with their Kublai, all at an affordable price. Have they...
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    Logitech G51 Gaming Surround Speakers

    More than just a design refresh of the X-540 system, the G51 gaming speaker system delivers plenty of substance and several features that are intended to appeal to the specific tastes of gamers. We've got a set, and we're putting it to the test. You can read Rory's full review here and discuss...
  5. Rob Williams

    Could PlentyOfFish Be Worth $1 Billion?

    From our front-page news: I first learned about PlentyOfFish last year when a friend passed me a link. It was an impressive read. One man, one server, and $10,000 per day ($3.5m/y). It's hard to not feel a bit envious. It turns out the site is still growing rapidly with over 500,000 unique...
  6. Rob Williams

    Apple Sells 2 Million Copies of Leopard in Three Days

    From our front-page news: Apple is a company that loves their huge numbers, so they wasted no time to let the world know that they sold 2,000,000 copies of their latest OS X, Leopard, over the weekend. No matter how you look at it, 666,000 copies per day (Fri - Sun) is an impressive feat and...
  7. Rob Williams

    40GB PS3 Model Uses Less Power, Runs Cooler

    From our front-page news: According to new reports, the 40GB PS3 model not only runs cooler and is quieter, but also uses 65W less overall power, for a total running wattage of 135W. Quite an impressive drop in power draw for just the processor swap to 65nm. This almost makes up for the blatant...
  8. Rob Williams

    WiFi-Capable SD Card Removes Need For USB Cable

    From our front-page news: If you own a digital camera, and there is little doubt that you do, then you well realize how much of an arduous chore it is to find the USB cable in order to milk the pictures onto your computer. That's where Eye-Fi's SD card would come in handy. Though it retains...
  9. Rob Williams

    Planar 24-inch PX2411W Wide-Screen

    As 24" monitors invade our homes, it's important to make the right purchasing decision. What matters most? Lots of features, better image quality or the best gaming experience? We are taking a look at Planar's latest 24" model to see where it excels... and where it doesn't. You can read Matt's...
  10. Rob Williams

    Intel Core 2 Extreme QX9650 - The 45nm Era Begins

    Intel will be launching their first 45nm desktop processor in a few weeks, but we have an in-depth look for you here today. Penryn brings improved efficiency, new high-k metal gate transistors, additional cache and something that will make multimedia buffs rejoice: SSE4. Welcome to the 45nm era...
  11. Rob Williams

    Is this a reason for concern?

    Maybe a hard-drive expert can tell me whether or not this is a problem or not. Nothing is on the drive... just using it for testing. Every time I boot into Vista, it nags me to backup the drive and replace it. Thanks!
  12. Rob Williams

    RAID Card For Your CompactFlash

    From our front-page news: When adding a RAID card into your PC, chances are good that you care a lot about performance, or reliability. Well, I'm not sure how to take this one. Addonics Technologies has just released a $50 PCI RAID card... that allows you to plug in up to four CompactFlash...
  13. Rob Williams

    Encoding gone horribly wrong?

    Enough said...
  14. Rob Williams

    Logitech G15 Revision 2

    Logitech released a revised G5 mouse earlier this year, and now have given attention to their most popular gaming keyboard, the G15. Updates were made for the sake of size, so a few features have been modified to reflect that. In the end though, it still proves to be an exceptional offering...
  15. Rob Williams

    ASUS Maximus Formula Special Edition

    We took a look at the Blitz Formula and Extreme boards from ASUS just over two months ago, and now we have the X38 version of those boards on the bench today. In addition to featuring a Northbridge waterblock, it also has "extreme" overclocking ability and a great bundle. You can read the full...
  16. Rob Williams

    Another BitTorrent Tracking Site Bites the Dust

    From our front-page news: It is not a good time to be the admin of a BitTorrent tracker website. Just days ago, popular UK TV torrent tracking site, TV-Links.co.uk was shut down, with the owner arrested. Now, the same scenario has occurred with Oink.cd (previously Oink.me.uk), a site with over...
  17. Rob Williams

    KDE 4.0 Beta 3 Pictorial

    From our front-page news: The next major KDE update is due in early December, and early looks are all over the place. This one in particular takes a look at many various aspects of the updated desktop environment, and I have to say, things are looking good. In fact, things are turning out a lot...
  18. Rob Williams

    Hitachi Rolls Out Energy-Efficient Hard-Drives

    From our front-page news: Hitachi has unveiled a replacement for their DeskStar series, which will be available in 250GB, 320GB and 500GB densities. The eco-friendly P7K500s will use at most 4.8W on the higher-end models thanks to a few different methods, such as having a lower-powered mode and...
  19. Rob Williams

    Pear Cable Withdraws from James Randi's $1M Challenge

    From our front-page news: Earlier this month, we reported on a story where James Randi was putting audiophiles to the test with a $1 million dollar prize. This all began because of an audio editor who highly recommended a pair of $7,250 Pear Anjou speaker cables, noting they were far better than...
  20. Rob Williams

    Nigerian Man Builds Homemade Helicopter

    From our front-page news: I've built little in my time, and I blame the reason on my not planning things through. Apparently that's not the case for a Nigerian man, who built a HOMEMADE HELICOPTER. Being a physics undergraduate, Mubarak wanted to build some vehicle and actually found it cheaper...
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