When KDE 4 was first released, I didn't care much for it, and I thought I never would. But due to recent circumstances, I installed the latest version to see if things changed for the better, and to my surprise, they have. That might be an understatement, because as I see it, KDE 4.3 is easily one of the most polished desktop environments out there.
For the Linux newbie, Ubuntu is the oft recommended distro, for a few different reasons. It's easy to set up, works on a lot of hardware, and doesn't require a manual to understand how to manage it. For the same reason, Ubuntu seems to get a bad rap from more experienced Linux users. I say there's no need of it, and I'm about to explain why.
Are you curious about how we handle all of the testing in our labs? Well, good news... this is the article you're looking for. While still a work-in-progress, we so far explain how we go about installing Windows Vista, and also delve into how we benchmark for our graphics card content. In the future, all of our methodologies will be found here, in great detail.
With the recent announcement of Google's Chrome OS, open source zealots everywhere have been licking their lips raw and playing their trumpets loud. But is another big corporation going to be a good thing for OSS? We take a trip down memory lane and look for whether Google can (or wants to) buck the old trends.
Should content posted on a website be decided by its readers, or companies? Rather than have typical advertising sustain a site and support its growth, are there other avenues worth exploring? These are the questions on the table, and Senior Editor Brett Thomas has taken a hard look at both, analyzing the pros, and the far more important cons.
| Title | Author | Date | Categories |
|---|---|---|---|
| An Open Letter on the State of Video Games | Brett Thomas | June 19, 2009 | Staff Editorials |
| Remembering Apogee & 3D Realms | Rob Williams | May 11, 2009 | Staff Editorials |
| Hello There, Ladies and Gentlemen... | Brett Thomas | May 6, 2009 | Staff Editorials |
| My First Netbook Experience | Rob Williams | January 4, 2009 | Staff Editorials |
| Tales from a Modder's Garage | Craig "Tech-Daddy" Tate | October 15, 2008 | Staff Editorials |
| Clearing Up Misconceptions about CUDA and Larrabee | Rob Williams | August 13, 2008 | Editorials |
| ASUS Shows Faith in Splashtop | Rob Williams | May 14, 2008 | Staff Editorials |
| Creative EAX vs. ASUS DS3D GX 2.0 | Rory Buszka | April 16, 2008 | Editorials |
| Creative: Doing Little to Please Consumers | Rob Williams | March 31, 2008 | Editorials |
| TG Gift Guide 07 - Networking & NAS Boxes | Greg King | December 20, 2007 | Editorials |
| TG Gift Guide 07 - Cooling & Power Supplies | Matthew Harris | December 19, 2007 | Editorials |
| TG Gift Guide 07 - Keyboards & Mice | Greg King, Nate Marion | December 18, 2007 | Editorials |
| TG Gift Guide 07 - Video Cards & Displays | Colin Huckstep, Matt Serrano, Rory Buszka | December 17, 2007 | Editorials |
| TG Gift Guide 07 - Motherboards & Processors | Rob Williams | November 26, 2007 | Editorials |
| Interview with Tom Anderson of Novint | Greg King | May 22, 2007 | Industry Interviews |
| AGEIA in 2007 - Is This the Year of the PPU? | Greg King | February 22, 2007 | Staff Editorials |
| Holiday Hardware Buyers Guide | Techgage Staff | November 15, 2006 | Staff Editorials |
| PNY PR Horrors | Matthew Harris | October 2, 2006 | Staff Editorials |
| AMD + ATI: What could it mean for us? | Rob Williams | July 22, 2006 | Staff Editorials |
| All American Computers.. An Inside Look | Greg King | June 19, 2006 | Industry Interviews |
| Interview with Larry Marchman of Solid State Networks | Greg King | May 15, 2006 | Industry Interviews |
| AGEIA PhysX.. First Impressions | Greg King | March 28, 2006 | Editorials |
| Interview with Andy Keane of AGEIA | Rob Williams | July 27, 2005 | Industry Interviews |