Content and news by JD Kane

Triax Technologies, a Connecticut-based company founded in 2013, has decided to meet the challenge of decreasing the incidence of concussions and other similar head traumas in sports head on. Perhaps that is an unfortunate choice of words, but the message is clear:  Triax is committed to curb the occurrence of concussions in…..

This past Monday, Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a new law that tightens the government’s control over the Internet in the country. The so-called “Bloggers Law” stipulates that all “popular” bloggers must register with the government by August 1, 2014.  Moreover, the new law also stipulates that all websites that attract more than 3000 daily…..

I don’t know about you, but there has always been a part of me that has always wanted to design a PC chassis. Whether it’s actually helping in the mechanical engineering part of it, or even simply just coming up with paint and color schemes, it’s an itch I’ve always wanted to…..

Power supplies are rarely thought of as the sexiest or most attractive part of a PC.  I mean, sure, some of them have things like a bling-tastic LED fan.  But only kids and gamers love that kind of thing, right?  Just speaking for myself, in my personal rig, I use single-braided cable…..

Kingston, renowned for its memory and SSD offerings, has just introduced its very first gaming headset. Called the HyperX Cloud, Kingston’s newest product is a result of a collaboration with the Swedish company QPAD, itself a well-established (if not especially well-known) provider of gaming gear. Kingston has designed the HyperX Cloud to…..

A rough diamond is still a diamond, right? Well, not really. The bling-tastic stones women love are only really desirable after they’ve been shaped and polished. The same is true for PC components and peripherals. To see what we mean, read on for our look at Sentey’s Nebulus gaming mouse.

There’s no doubt that NZXT has its own distinctive style when it comes to its PC chassis designs. Featuring angular surface treatments and builder-friendly details such as cable management routing holes, they are as eye-catching as they are delightful to build a PC in. The company has announced the latest addition to…..

It’s not that uncommon for fans of Formula 1 to be scale modelling hobbyists. In his younger days, yours truly spent countless hours collecting and building 1/24 and 1/20 scale models of my favorite exotic and racing cars, F1 cars from Ferrari and McLaren among them. Participating in this particular hobby is,…..

Its full name might be a true mouthful, but Logitech’s newest gaming mouse, the G502 Proteus Core, promises to be the company’s most capable one to date. Featuring Logitech G-exclusive Delta Zero technology, the G502 Proteus Core’s sensor is said to be “the world’s most powerful and accurate sensor,” according to the…..

They’re coming. USB 3.1’s specification, which will deliver data transfer rates as fast as 10Gbps (gigabits per second), is slated for mass adoption by the end of 2014. The 3.1 specification is twice as fast as the current USB 3.0 spec. Along with the faster transfer data transfer speeds, the new standard…..

NZXT has just introduced its latest fan controller, the Sentry 3. Featuring a 5.4″ color touchscreen interface, the Sentry 3 is completely devoid of any mechanical knobs or switches. This screen, NZXT says, is 33% larger than any other single-bay fan controller currently available. Users only need to slide, swipe, and touch…..

Techgage reviewed Cooler Master’s QuickFire Rapid mechanical keyboard more than two years ago, and it impressed us then. Apparently a solidly-built keyboard endowed with Cherry MX switches wasn’t enough for certain segments of the company’s customer base, since they demanded a plank with the same build quality and 10 key-less form factor…..

Citing a growing outcry to prevent tragic accidents involving people – particularly young children – getting run over by reversing vehicles, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration announced a proposal that it will be requiring all light vehicles to have “rear-view visibility systems” by May 2018. Cars, SUVs, trucks, and vans all…..

Last week, on March 24, 2014, I woke up at an insanely early hour. Ahead of me was a long drive up from the Los Angeles area to San Francisco, where I was to meet up with Techgage’s Big Kahuna Rob for the first time. Although we had obviously been in contact…..

Tesla Motors, renowned for building the all-electric Model S sedan and Roadster sports car, is set to experience a revolution of sorts by introducing its very first fossil-fueled vehicle. The Roadhog is the company’s very first SUV and represents a major shift by the Palo Alto company not just because it is…..

Earlier this month, we ran a news story about Lamborghini’s new V10-powered baby supercar, the Huracan, which runs an NVIDIA Tegra 3-powered dash display. Well, last week in San Jose, California, Techgage overlord Rob and I both attended NVIDIA’s GPU Technology Conference, and while it was a veritable feast of information on…..

Corsair has introduced the newest member of its top-tier Obsidian PC chassis line, the 450D. The 450D is the smallest chassis in the Obsidian series that can fit an ATX-spec motherboard. The 350D and 250D are both geared towards mATX and mini ITX systems, so the 450D is intended for users who…..

ROCCAT impressed us with its Isku FX gaming keyboard last year. This time around the company sent us its Kave XTD 5.1 Surround Sound gaming headset. With a “true” hardware-based surround sound design, as opposed to a software-emulated one, how good is the Kave XTD 5.1? Find out as we put it through its paces.

SteelSeries has announced that it has created what might be the last logical evolution of its venerable Sensei line of gaming mice: Sensei Wireless Laser Gaming Mouse. Regular Techgage readers would know that we love the Sensei. Big Chief Rob reviewed the original iteration of the Sensei in October 2011, while I…..

Corsair, renowned for its Obsidian series of PC chassis, has announced three additions to its more affordable Carbide range. Called SPEC, the new additions, simply named SPEC-01, SPEC-02, and SPEC-03, “have been designed with PC gamers in mind,” according to Corsair. Marked by their distinctive aggressive looks, air cooling-optimized design, expandability, and…..