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Migrating Your EA Games from Steam or Retail to Origin

Posted on October 25, 2013 12:00 AM by Techgage Staff

A little known fact about EA’s Origin gaming platform is that most EA titles purchased outside of the service can be registered within it. The problem: EA doesn’t offer a good list of supported titles, preferring to leave it up to gamers to figure out. Thanks to that, we’ve been compiling our…..

AMD Debuts Radeon R9 290X: Cheaper than GTX 780, But Faster

Posted on October 24, 2013 11:50 AM by Rob Williams

Aloha, AMD Hawaii! Yes – the much-anticipated Radeon R9 290X has arrived. Our look will come later, but we can still take a look at what it is that makes this thing tick. What it brings to the table: 2,816 cores, a 1GHz clock speed, 4GB of GDDR5, and perhaps most interesting,…..

Forget Plastic Gears: Haitians Are Building Umbilical Cord Clamps with 3D Printers

Posted on October 24, 2013 10:00 AM by Rob Williams

3D printing might not be in the mainstream limelight quite yet, but it’s clear that it has a definite future. To date, we’ve seen people design complex objects such as a music record and an exoskeleton, and simple things like a cup, a gear, or practice abstract art. Even in poor countries,…..

Thecus’ N2310 ‘Home’ NAS Designed for Affordable Pricing, But Remains Feature-rich

Posted on October 24, 2013 8:30 AM by Rob Williams

It’s beginning to feel like October is “NAS Release Month”, as WD, QNAP, and Synology have all released new models this month. Not wanting to be one of the few without something to show-off, Thecus has just announced its N2310, a “budget” NAS that’s designed for the home user in mind. Under…..

ASUS P9X79-E WS Workstation Motherboard Review

Posted on October 23, 2013 9:11 PM by Techgage Staff

If a workstation build is in the cards, or you’re looking to build the baddest multi-GPU gaming rig around, the X79 platform remains the one to consider. But what motherboard could possibly fill the “ultimate” void, one that’s able to handle a lot of stress, or for that matter, 7 graphics cards?…..

WB Montréal Drops Batman: Arkham Origins Launch Trailer

Posted on October 23, 2013 1:03 PM by Rob Williams

Ahead of Friday’s much-hyped launch of Batman: Arkham Origins, WB has posted a launch trailer dubbed “Personal Mission”. In it, we can see that this is the most ambitious of the three Arkham games, and it could also become the grittiest. A prequel, Akrham Origins takes place years before the events of…..

ROCCAT’s Power-Grid Allows Gamers to Interface with their PC from a Smartphone

Posted on October 23, 2013 11:20 AM by Greg King

Never one to keep pace with the status quo, ROCCAT has released what it claims will be a new way to interface with your PC.  Power-Grid, a free to download app on the Android and iOS marketplaces, promises to turn your smartphone into a “sophisticated, fully customizable remote control for the PC,…..

Cooler Master Intros New Glacer 240L Liquid Cooler

Posted on October 23, 2013 9:53 AM by J.D. Kane

The market for AIO (all-in-one) CPU liquid coolers seems to be exploding with each passing day, with companies introducing either all-new models of self-contained, no maintenance water cooling solutions, or evolutions of previously-introduced models. With the introduction of its new Glacer 240L, though, Cooler Master seems to be moving the goal posts…..

ASUS Announces Updated USB Audio – Xonar Essence STU USB DAC

Posted on October 23, 2013 8:30 AM by Jamie Fletcher

ASUS’ ST/STX range of audio cards were very well received by both reviewers and the public when launched a few years ago, even garnering an Editor’s Choice here at Techgage. It showed, for the first time, that there was a real demand for premium PC audio for dedicated music listening. I say…..

Apple’s OS X ‘Mavericks’ Released, Begins Era of Free OS X Releases

Posted on October 22, 2013 4:12 PM by Rob Williams

Citing the fact that it wants “every Mac user to experience the latest features, the most advanced technologies, and the strongest security“, Apple has announced that it’s decided to make all future OS X updates 100% cost-free. This includes Mavericks (10.9), which just so happens to be available in the App Store…..

Apple Announces 1-pound iPad Air & Next-gen Retina-equipped iPad mini

Posted on October 22, 2013 3:17 PM by Rob Williams

Most Apple events of late don’t pack  a ton of announcements, but today’s held in San Francisco is quite an exception. In truth, there’s almost too much to talk about, so let’s start with an announcement related to what we were actually expecting: New iPads. First up is the second-generation iPad mini.…..

Nokia’s First Tablet is the $499 Windows RT-equipped Lumia 2520

Posted on October 22, 2013 10:54 AM by Rob Williams

The future of Windows RT as a platform is uncertain (a point Brett discussed in detail last month), so it’s almost ironic that this is the point where we finally get to see the long-rumored RT tablet from Nokia. In development for over a year, it became a little unclear whether or…..

First Impressions of NVIDIA’s SHIELD Gaming Portable

Posted on October 22, 2013 10:20 AM by Rob Williams

Before leaving NVIDIA’s press event in Montreal last week, we were hooked-up with one of its SHIELD gaming portables. With ‘Console Mode’ announced at this event, and the fact that we hadn’t done any SHIELD testing prior, I had looked quite forward to tearing it out of its box and getting to “work“.…..

Synology Launches Three New NASes, Including the Video Transcoding-capable DS214play

Posted on October 22, 2013 9:15 AM by Jason Bozarth

One of the more enjoyable, albeit exhausting, aspects of this industry is the onward march of technology, year after year.  While our goal is to provide as much information on new products and hardware as possible, our job is often made easier by press releases. Announced today, Synology has two new NAS…..

Second Time’s the Charm: BlackBerry Rolls-out BBM App for iPhone and Android

Posted on October 22, 2013 8:30 AM by Rob Williams

Do you miss the days of old where you could tell your peeps to hit you up on your BBM? Do you avoid unattractive friends so as to have a perfect-looking contacts screen? If so, BlackBerry’s just-(re)released BBM app for Android and iOS was made just for you (and a couple of…..

Call of Duty: Ghosts Launch Trailer Released

Posted on October 21, 2013 2:15 PM by Rob Williams

In advance of its November 5th launch (PC, PS3, Xbox 360 & Wii U), Activision has just dropped a Call of Duty: Ghosts launch trailer that runs for a little over a minute. In that minute, though, we can get a good idea that Ghosts is going to live up to the…..

NVIDIA Prepares You for Batman: AO & Battlefield 4 with GeForce 331.58 WHQL Driver

Posted on October 21, 2013 12:43 PM by Rob Williams

Your eyes are not deceiving you: NVIDIA has just dropped a brand-new GeForce driver, and it’s not a beta! At the forefront, the 331.58 WHQL driver adds official support for Batman: Arkham Origins (due out on Friday) and Battlefield 4 (due out next Tuesday), along with the usual onslaught of profile updates…..

Sony Takes Us Through the Years as a PlayStation Gamer

Posted on October 21, 2013 12:20 PM by Rob Williams

If you’ve been a gamer for some time, you’ve undoubtedly got a trove of memories stored in your brain that can invoke happiness or excitement whenever they’re brought to the surface. Sony understands the power of nostalgia like this, and caters to PlayStation gamers who’ve been supporting the platform since the beginning…..

QNAP’s TS-x70 Business-class NAS Series Targets Big Storage, Fast Network Performance

Posted on October 21, 2013 10:32 AM by Rob Williams

A couple of weeks ago, we talked a bit about WD’s latest business-class NASes, the Sentinel DS5100 and DS6100. From all angles, these NASes pack a punch, what with a dual or quad-core Xeon, and not to mention Windows Server built right in. At around the same time, QNAP also announced a…..

Logitech’s Speakerphone P710e Designed for the Mobile Conference Room, Boasts NFC Pairing

Posted on October 21, 2013 9:00 AM by Rob Williams

For those who might need to transform any room into a conference room at any given time, Logitech has its Mobile Speakerphone 710e. While its ease-of-use is a highlight, one of the P710e’s biggest goals is the ability to deliver professional-sounding audio back and forth. In addition, it’s also designed to be…..

NVIDIA Demos Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag Running at 4K Surround

Posted on October 18, 2013 2:18 PM by Rob Williams

You might have caught our post earlier that NVIDIA announced compatibility for 4K with Surround (an effective 24.9 megapixels), and to prove that it is in fact possible, the company had a demo of Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag running at just that configuration. Interestingly, NVIDIA chose to show-off portrait mode, so instead…..

ROCCAT Ryos Series Successfully Lands on Store Shelves

Posted on October 18, 2013 1:10 PM by Brandon Mietzner

Those who followed our CES news posts back in January, will undoubtedly recall the announcement of ROCCAT’s first mechanical gaming keyboards, the Ryos line. Those who have been eagerly waiting to get their hands on one of these beauties are now in luck, ROCCAT has shipped the Ryos MK and the Ryos…..

Forget Choosing Between 4K or 3×1: Enter NVIDIA’s Surround 4K

Posted on October 18, 2013 9:30 AM by Rob Williams

One of the best experiences as a tech enthusiast is witnessing the progression of certain technologies, such as displays. As a gamer, though, there are some forms of progression that don’t get me quite as excited as others. Take 4K, for example, one of the most in-your-face buzzwords this year. You might…..

Free Games and a SHIELD Discount Await for New GeForce Buyers

Posted on October 18, 2013 9:00 AM by Rob Williams

As we head into the most expensive season of the year, you’ve undoubtedly been wondering how you should treat yourself. Well, if you’re in need of a new GPU, NVIDIA will soon be launching a very compelling campaign that might just convince you to buy more than just a graphics card. With…..

AMD Lets Loose a Couple of Radeon R9 290X Benchmark Results

Posted on October 17, 2013 4:24 PM by Brandon Mietzner

There has been a lot of buzz around the new AMD line of video cards, we just released our reviews of the Radeon R9 280X and Radeon R9 270X, but the Radeon R9 290X has been an elusive beast. Today is a very different day, and AMD has sent us some of…..

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