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From our front-page news: The folks at Futuremark have been developing benchmarking applications for years, so they have a good idea of what enthusiasts and computing noobs alike are looking for in an application that's designed to evaluate your systems worth. While the results of these...

From our front-page news: Being a Linux user, I am sometimes limited to what I want to do, especially when it comes to creating sparkly graphs for our reviews, which is why I choose to use Office 2007 on the Windows machine. But a recent announcement by the OOo folks intrigues me. At a recent...

From our front-page news: AMD announced three new ATI TV Wonder products today, the PCI and PCIe 600-Series and also the 650 Combo USB, suitable for desktop and notebook use. All three tuners allow watching/recording of Analog, Digital, Digital HDTV and even ClearQAM Digital HD Cable. The...

From our front-page news: Here's a solution to a problem you likely didn't even know existed. The PC version of BioShock apparently limits the amount of times you can install the game on your PC. Like Windows, this number will cease to exist if major hardware is swapped inside your rig. The...

Despite having a number of models available, ASUS is still not a name that's synonymous with notebooks. But one thing is certain, they don't push out poorly designed products. We are taking a look at a perfect example of what a quality notebook should be, with the G1S gaming series. You can...

This week's Toys-R-Us Sunday circular is boasting a huge sale on all video games. Buy two games and get one free. In case you were curious about the asterisk at the end, it refers to a note at the bottom of the page that states the obligatory "The free game will be the one that's the lowest...

I'm not sure how many System of a Down fans there are on these forums, but for those who are, Serj Tankian (lead vocalist) will be releasing a solo album later this month (Oct 23) and has a new music video over at Last.fm for "Saving Us". This guy is a wicked musician, and even though SoaD is...

VR-Zone has made a post claiming that 3-Way SLI is on the way, and it's got me thinking. One immediate problem I see is that it's currently compatible with high-end cards only, such as the 8800 GTX and 8800 Ultra. This is due to the fact that each of those cards have dual-SLI bridges. Even the...

There’s an ever-increasing variety of CPU coolers out there, each competing for your dollar with advanced features, high performance, and bling. We take a look at OCZ’s latest, the Vanquisher, a smaller tower-style cooler that features a large fin structure and a 92mm, frameless fan. You can...

The time... has finally come. Episode 2 has been elusive, but it's here, and its brought a team. We are not going to touch TF2 or Portal though... we are more interested in going back to where we left off sixteen months ago... You can read the review here and discuss it here.

Intel's X38 is here and we have Gigabyte's top offering in-house. Key features include PCI-E 2.0, dual PCI-E 16x slots, 1333/1600FSB support along with a slew of unique features Gigabyte has become well-known for. You can read the article here and discuss it here.

Looking for a single-drive NAS box that's feature-packed and looks good? Synology's DS107e delivers. Though not inexpensive, Synology delivered one of the most solid NAS boxes to cross our desk, which is packed with functionality and also proves to be one of the best looking units on the market...

From our front-page news: ASUS has a track record of releasing great products with well-thought-out features, but here's a completely new one. As Phoronix has found out first-hand, the new ASUS P5E3 Deluxe WiFi-AP motherboard offers a pre-loaded version of Linux, which I assume would run off a...

From our front-page news: Why don't we see more Mac games? Heck, Linux games? Of course we are talking about commercial games here, such as Half-Life 2. According to reports, Apple once met up with Valve regarding releasing the game for Mac OS X, but Valve demands $1 million up front before they...

From our front-page news: I'm not a fan of OS X, but there is no denying that many people are. To make a statement that your upcoming OS is going to best OS X... it's huge. That's what president Bill McEwen said in an older interview, but a more recent interview shows that nothing has changed. I...

From our front-page news:Ever have a show-stopping computer problem, reformatted your machine, and then later realized that you could have fixed it with a rescue CD? That sucks, but it doesn't have to happen again with the SystemRescueCD, a Gentoo-based Linux distribution that's sole purpose is...

From our front-page news: Seagate have announced their latest mobile hard-drive, the Momentus 5400 PSD. As the name suggests, these have a rotation speed of 5400 RPM and the "PSD" stands for Power Savings Drive. With the introduction of these drives, Seagate hopes to help promote better...

Hi all, For those unaware, Intel will be releasing their new 45nm processors on November 12th, which include both the dual-core and quad-core models. We've covered what's new pretty extensively in the past, so if you are still in the dark, we've somehow failed at our jobs. Unlike...

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Recently, most of the buzz around Intel's technologies focus on 45nm and X38, but what about memory? We sit down with Intel's Christopher Cox to learn more about XMP (Extreme Memory Profiles) and also get a glimpse of what's in the future for memory. You can read the full interview here and...