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  1. Rob Williams

    Virginia Tech shooter didn't play violent games

    The final report of Governor Tim Kaine’s Virginia Tech Review Panel has been made public, and video games are NOT identified as a factor in the massacre. Quite the opposite, in fact. The only game cited as being played by Cho is Sonic the Hedgehog. An overall non-involvement with games is...
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    Zune 2 & Zune Flash Images Leaked

    From our news: It hasn't even been a year since Microsoft released their Zune music player, but Zune 2 and Zune Flash images have made their way onto the web, courtesy of Gizmodo. The Zune 2 will feature an 80GB hard drive while the the Zune Flash offers a 4GB and 8GB model, and is far smaller...
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    Nero 8 - October 1

    From our news: It's been well over a year since we took a look at Nero's 7 Ultra Edition, and soon it will be obsolete. According to Computing News, Nero will be releasing version 8 on October 1, and you can expect us to have a review shortly afterwards. New to this version will be some...
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    OCZ Releases Compact Vanquisher CPU Cooler

    From our news: OCZ has once again updated their CPU-cooling line-up with the release of the Vanquisher, a model similar in design to their Vindicator, but much smaller overall. The cooler is equipped with a total of six heatpipes, three that run up along each side of the fins. Also included is...
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    Family Guy Coming To Xbox Live

    From our news: The folks at the official Xbox blog have posted news that popular Fox cartoon show, Family Guy, will be making it's way onto Xbox Live for anyone to download, for a fee of course. When this goes live next week, Season 1 and 2 will be available, as well as the movie Stewie...
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    AMD Announces 128-bit SSE5 Instruction Set

    From our news: The past year hasn't been too good for AMD. Their new releases are lackluster, to the point that they won't even send out their latest releases to regular reviewers. Their ATI branch is suffering similar troubles with their X2-series of cards, which haven't been able to...
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    Kingston 2GB HyperX DDR3-1375 CL7

    Last Friday, we took a look at one of the first DDR3 kits on the market, OCZ's DDR3-1333 Platinum. This week, we are continuing that theme with Kingston's DDR3-1375 CL7, also one of the first kits available. How does this one compare to our OCZ kit? Read on to find out. You can read the full...
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    Halo 3 Gone Gold

    From our news: According to Microsoft's Gamerscore blog, Halo 3 has finally gone gold and is now preparing for it's Sept 25 launch. I am not a massive Halo fan like some, but it's hard not to be excited about this one... it just looks incredible! Also according to the blog is that the developers...
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    Budget HD-DVD player en route...

    From our news: Those of you who haven't made the high-def jump due to prices might have a reason to in the near future. According to reports, budget electronics manufacturer Venturer has plans to release an HD-DVD player by this holiday season that will retail for an SRP of $199. If specs prove...
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    N-Gage is back!

    From our news: Nokia's original N-Gage didn't fare too well on the market, although it was quite an interesting product. It simply didn't have any real redeeming features, except for the fact that it doubled as a phone. Well, they are finally releasing the latest incarnation and the games are...
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    Foxconn Releases MARS P35 "Quantum Force" Motherboard

    From our news: Major Taiwanese manufacturer Foxconn has unleashed a new P35 board this morning, the MARS, which is the first board to be released in their new Quantum Force line-up of products. Touted as an "overclocking" board, the MARS offers nifty passive heatsinks on the PWM/NB/SB, support...
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    What Does It Take To Produce HD Content?

    From our news:Chances are, you will be completely floored at the amount of money and effort required to deliver you HD-content. Engadget HD took a trip down to WFTS ABC 28 to see their setup, as they are first local-news channel to provide their cast in HD. The amount of various machines...
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    Vista SP1 Due in 2008

    From our news: I try to like Vista, I really do, but the more I use it, the more I want to throw the computer. So, to say I am looking forward to the upcoming service pack is an understatement, although the upsetting thing is that there are far more bug-fixes than there are feature-updates. No...
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    Does Nokia's new phone look like the iPhone?

    From our news: To say that Apple's iPhone has a slew of fanboys is an understatement, but who knew that the biggest one was Nokia? Engadget is reporting on a new Nokia phone that was displayed at their GoPlay event yesterday, and man, does it look <strike>kind of</strike> <strike>similar...
  15. Rob Williams

    Logitech G9 Laser Gaming Mouse

    Looking for the ultimate gaming mouse? Logitech's latest G9 offers a lot... and then some. Included is a switchable body, color-changing LEDs, 3200 DPI capabilities, MicroGear scroll-wheel, braided cable and much more. The question: Is it worth your $99? You can read the full review here and...
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    Crysis Demo To Release On Sept. 25

    From our news: I am personally tired of hearing about Crysis, only because I want it to be here already! We've been anticipating playing this graphical wonder forever it seems, but according to Joystiq, we will be treated to a PC demo in less than a month. As the picture suggests, Turbo mode is...
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    189 Mile Wi-Fi Connection Accomplished

    From our news: I can barely keep a great connection between my router and computer (which are right beside each other), but a few Italians have accomplished an incredible feat: 304KM (189Miles) WiFi connection. It was accomplished using a 5.0 GHz Wi-Fi connection and ran between Sardinia Island...
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    MSI 8600GT button-overclockable

    From our news: As if overclocking wasn't getting too easy as is! MSI has gone ahead and announced a new 8600GT that sports two separate BIOS', one stock and one overclocked. If you want the overclocked mode, it's as simple as pushing the button on the card. The differences between the two are...
  19. Rob Williams

    Genius HS-04U & HS-04V Headsets

    Gaming headsets are more popular than ever, so it's no surprise to see such a wide selection available. Although there are some high-quality models available, we found out the hard way that the Genius HS-04U and HS-04V are not some of them. You can read the full review here and discuss it here.
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    Acer Acquires Gateway

    From our news: Computer companies purchasing computer companies seems to be the new fad, and Acer wanted a big part. Today they announced the acquisition of Gateway, for approximately $710 million. What this accomplishes for Acer is that it puts them in the #3 spot for largest PC company in the...
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