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From our front-page news: As sad as it may be for some people, the demise of HD DVD is becoming ever-clearer. Just yesterday, we posted about a petition that's going on, regarding Warner's decision to pull-out of the HD DVD camp. Since then, the total signatures have jumped up around 60% to...

During CoolIT's CES-presence this month, the Freezone Elite was unveiled. In addition to offering stellar performance comparable to the original, the new MTEC control center is thrown in as well. This self-regulating module proved to do a fantastic job, making the Elite a superb cooling...

That was such a classic episode.

I just ran into a similar problem here, but different symptoms. I have a Vantec NexStar 3 enclosure with a Toshiba 200GB 2.5" drive inside, and it connects via USB. I wanted to get a program off the drive yesterday for benchmarking (because due to a Vista crash, I had to reinstall it), and each...

From our front-page news:In case you somehow missed it, we posted our "Best of CES 2008" article yesterday, awarding ten products we saw during our travels a few weeks ago at the event. These are products that deserve recognition, and products you should be on the lookout for once available in...

From our front-page news: With G94 due next month, it's almost a surprise that it took this long for "leaked" benchmarks to roll in, but in all honesty, I think it was worth the wait. According to Chinese website PC Online, the upcoming 9600GT is set out to put the 8600GT to absolute shame, and...

From our front-page news:Seagate issued a press release yesterday announcing their new 250GB 2.5" drive, which led many to ask the question, "why?", and that's a valid one. Many other companies have already released 250GB drives, so what took one of the world-leaders in storage so long to...

From our front-page news: Just one week after the proposed "iPod tax" was dropped, Jennifer Stoddart, the Privacy Commissioner of Canada, speaks up loudly regarding her concerns for DRM. This comes at a perfect time, as a bill that would have pushed DRM to the limelight continues to be pushed...

From our front-page news:They say that the early-bird catches the worm, but that might not be the case for Toshiba. Despite coming to market with their HD DVD format three months before Sony's Blu-ray, many believe that the format is now en route to death. Much of this has to do with the recent...

From our front-page news: Building a brand-new machine? Somewhat of a performance-hound? Looking to increase the size of your ego? Then you might very well need a power supply that delivers at least 1000W worth of monstrous power. But, the most common problem arises when you decide such a...

If you thought about liquid-cooling your PC, but were put off by the complexity of a typical installation, Thermaltake's BigWater 760i may be the solution for you. The drive-bay mounting system is a novel solution, but can it provide enough of an advantage over air-cooling to make it worthwhile...

It's true, but I think most televisions nowadays don't use much power when turned off. The best thing to do is to pick up a Kill-A-Watt and test each device in the house to see what uses power when turned off and what doesn't. Most of my electronics use between 1 - 2W while turned off, including...

SANTA MONICA, Calif., Jan 21, 2008 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Activision, Inc. (Nasdaq:ATVI) today announced that the Guitar Hero(R) franchise has set an industry record, surpassing $1 billion in North American retail sales in just 26 months, according to The NPD Group. Additionally, Guitar Hero(R)...

Like one of the movie's characters--who erroneously receives paychecks--a Chicago-area man has allegedly been receiving nearly $100,000 a year for much of the past five years without actually showing up at the office or doing the job. Admittedly, it would be very difficult to fess up if you had...

I agree that most of the problems that stem from social networking sites are because of the people using them, but in the example of that girl who committed suicide... she was like 14-years-old. What do you expect? 14-year-olds are naive and are sometimes too foolish to realize that there is a...

From our front-page news:Choosing a new gaming mouse can be a difficult process, especially given the selection available. In order to help gauge how sixteen of the top mice fare with gamers, a Malta gaming community, playREACTION, brought the entire slew to a LAN gathering and had members of...

I assume it will, because that support was supposed to be seen in 2.0 a while ago... it just never seemed to surface. I'd be just as happy with a .docx to .doc converter for Linux.

From our front-page news: It might be hard to believe, but it's already been over two years since OpenOffice.org 2.0 was released, with 2.3.1 being the most recent update. Although not too much is even known about version 3.0, it's roadmap was recently unveiled and shows a September 2008...

From our front-page news: When news broke last week that Microsoft may be considering a purchase of Yahoo!, I think many people, myself included, assumed that Yahoo! was in great shape. The opposite might be true, for the time being, as it appears Yahoo! is having a difficult time converting all...

From our front-page news: Sun Microsystems made headlines last week when they purchased MySQL AB, creators of the MySQL database platform, and not surprisingly, many were confused and unsure of what to expect. It's all for good reason too - when a huge acquisition takes place, especially where a...