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From our news: Intel has updated their vPro business platform today, noting that "Today, the business desktop PC just got more secure." One notable new feature is Intel TXT (Trusted Execution Technology), a technology that protects data within virtualized environments, which might prove...

From our news: I am a huge fan of the racing genre, so I guess you could say I am highly-anticipating the next entry to the Project Gotham Racing series as well. PGR4 drops on October 2, but luckily there is a vast amount of info to peruse to help hold you over until that time. Today, Pro-G has...

Backing up your computer is important. Don't be the sucker who loses important files and has to deal with it afterwards! In this how-to, you will learn about using rsync and lftp, writing your own scripts and adding them to crontab and of course, backing up to your external storage, NAS and also...

From our news:When will the governments ever learn? Likely, never, but stories like these are great. After Australia launched a new porn filter application, which cost them a cool $84 million, it was defeated within THIRTY MINUTES by a 16-year-old Tom Wood. So AUS updated the filter, and he got...

I was visiting a Tigerdirect (Large Electronic Retail Store) in Naperville, IL today (8/23/07)(8/22/07). All was going well until after I had paid for my merchandise and tried to leave. A security guard demanded that I show him my receipt, which I respectfully declined with a "No Thanks" and...

Alright, this is cool as hell: Behold the view from 117,597 feet, taken on August 11, 2007 by a camera hanging from a helium balloon launched by a group of guys in Alberta, Canada. Called the SABLE-3 (Southern Alberta Balloon Launch Experiment #3), it was packed with a Byonics MicroTrak 300...

While it wasn't Microsoft's first operating system based on a graphical user interface, Windows 95 represented the biggest step away from the far less user-friendly MS-DOS system. What Windows 95 managed to do was consolidate DOS and Windows software behind a clean desktop that, to borrow from...

After the dinner, yours trully took a walk with Zikria of Mushkin fame to a brand new VW Passat Variant, only to find that the rear window was broken and that the contents of the trunk were emptied. Two of the world's most famous overclockers, Shamino from Singapore and Kinc from Sweden could...

Via The Inquirer: Well, Ageia has been showing off PPU-powered Unreal this week in Leipzig and, yes, the demo footage shown does look pretty neat - a hurricane sweeping through a level, tearing up the scenery and generally behaving like a hurricane does, according to the laws of physics. One...

Whew, a double-hitter! From our news:This has got to be the week for mice releases! We've taken a look at numerous SteelSeries products in the past and have been impressed overall, especially with their 5H gaming headset. Now, in their goal of expanding their entire inventory to include a...

Ars Technica is reporting on new data released from the NPD Group, and I have to say, Nintendo really knows how to sell a lot of product. http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20070823-with-60-sales-boost-ps3-growing-but-still-in-last-place.html Nintendo Wii: 425,000 Nintendo DS: 405,000 Xbox...

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Although DDR3 is still fresh to the computing industry, there is surprisingly many different kits available right now. For our first DDR3 review, we are taking a fresh look at one of the first kits made available back in May, OCZ's DDR3-1333 CL7. You can read the full review here and discuss it...

From our news: Auzentech caught ears of audiophiles everywhere a few months ago when they announced that they would be releasing their Prelude sound card with Creative's X-Fi CA20K audio processor. According to DailyTech, it will be available in retail channels next week, from NewEgg in the US...

From our news: Although Penryn is not slated to be released for a few more months, Anand has found himself with a Wolfdale Dual-Core 2.33GHz chip. Naturally, he compared it directly with a Conroe Dual-Core of the same frequency. Some of the results are actually quite impressive, even though this...

From our news: All of the rumors from past weeks have proven absolutely true. Nikon today announces their D200 replacement, the D300 and also the D2Xs replacement, the D3. Both cameras feature a live-view LCD screen, which was first made popular with Canon's Mark III release this past March. The...

The latest Angry Video Game Nerd was posted yesterday, which takes a look at pornographic games that were found on the Atari 2600. I thought Porky's was the worst there was, but I was wrong. Dead wrong. This is -very- adult, "Viewer Discretion Is Advised." Consider that your warning. <object...

When we got the tip on this one, we felt the need to give it top coverage. You are looking at Costas Schuler's Mercedes Pens, covered in at least (depending on the day, he says) 5,000 used writing instruments. Why, you ask? We're guessing something just clicked one day and he thought it was the...

Ergonomic keyboards are one of Microsoft's specialities, so how does their latest 7000 desktop fare? Notable features include 2.4GHz wireless technology, zoom button, hot-keys, soft palm-rest and also a new mouse that promises 6-months of battery-life on a single charge. You can read the full...

It's official, Les Stewart has done something very bizarre. In fact, he has done something so strange that nine years after the Mudjimba resident finished doing it, he is still getting notoriety. A website which tracks odd happenings around the world, Oddee, has listed Les’ entry in the Guinness...