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WD’s Subsidiary HGST Announces Helium-filled Hard Drives
The great thing about innovation is that it never has to end. Just when many were beginning to feel that roadblocks would prevent mechanical hard drives from progressing much further, WD’s subsidiary HGST has just announced a small breakthrough. One of the biggest detriments to mechanical storage has been the fact that it’s…
Half-Life Total Conversion ‘Black Mesa’ Released
Need a game to play this weekend? Thanks to the valiant efforts of some serious fans of the original Half-Life, you have one: Black Mesa. As mentioned in a post we made a couple of weeks ago, Black Mesa is a complete recreation of the game that made Valve famous, using a recent version of the Source engine. You can expect…
eBay Updates its Logo for First Time in 17 Years
Microsoft updated its logo last month after having used the same one for 25 years, and this month, eBay is getting in on the action. The company has been using the same bounce-letter logo since its inception 17 years ago, but as the e-commerce giant looks to the future, a logo update should help freshen its image. The new logo looks…
180 Neighborhoods Met Google Fiber Quota, Rollout Begins Next Month
It took a mere month-and-a-half for 180 neighborhoods around the dual Kansas City’s to hop on the path to become ‘fiberhoods’, Google has announced. The company first announced its intention to rollout its jaw-dropping 1Gbit/s Internet service in Kansas City, MO and KS, and the response was staggering right out…
NVIDIA Rolls Out GeForce 306.23 WHQL Driver
Yesterday, NVIDIA released the latest WHQL certified driver 306.23. This driver adds official support for the recently released GeForce GTX 660 Ti, GeForce GTX 660, and GeForce GTX 650. This driver will be the last to support the GeForce 6-series and GeForce 7-series GPUs before they go into official legacy support.
Borderlands 2 Golden Key Details Emerge
Earlier this week, Gearbox’s ChrisF released information about the Golden Key and what wonderful treasures it could possibly unlock. When this Golden Box (shown below) located in Sanctuary is opened, you will always be given a very rare item(s) that is scaled to your character’s level at the time you crack the chest open.
Atari 2600 Gets Turned Into a Core i7 PC
The Atari 2600 is about as iconic as a console can get. Released in 1977, it offered cool color graphics, a massive collection of games, and believe it or not, even had online capabilities. For many reasons, the console goes down as one of the best ever released, and that means just one thing: it’s going to get modded. The regular…
Nintendo Wii U Launches on November 18, Costs $299.99 for ‘Basic’ Model
Haul that suit of armor and javelin out of the closet, because Nintendo has finally announced the release date and pricing for its upcoming Wii U console. Why the armor and weapon? If the Wii U’s launch is anything like the Wii’s, you’re going to need any advantage you can get to score one on launch day. For those who…
Linux + KDE Delivers Better NVIDIA Performance than Windows
Back in August, Valve made a blog post showing off Left 4 Dead performance between Windows and Linux, and surprisingly, Linux came out ahead. Following-up with more elaborate testing is Phoronix, which has found that across the board, Linux’s NVIDIA driver delivers better performance than Windows’, using the same…
NVIDIA Releases GeForce GTX 650 & 660
Helping to round out Kepler’s middle-ground, NVIDIA today has unveiled its GeForce GTX 650 and 660 graphics cards. With the 660 Ti having been released not long ago, a non-Ti version might seem a bit strange so soon, but both cards are a fair bit different. While the Ti edition edges super-close to the GTX 670, the GTX 660…
A School Swaps Laptops for Tablets… And Regrets It
As I had a conversation just this week with someone about the idea of working on a tablet, this cautionary tale at PC Pro immediately caught my eye. It’s a story of a school (unnamed) that adopted iPads in lieu of laptops for its staff and have come to regret it heavily. The reason is no doubt obvious, but generally speaking, it all…
Kingston Demos Portable Windows 8 Drive at IDF
A rather significant feature shipping with Windows 8 is “Windows to Go” – as it sounds, a portable Windows 8 install. Much like ReadyBoost, Microsoft isn’t releasing this feature without some standards, so for a portable drive to be validated, it must first meet the company’s specifications. While speed is important, more so is the…
OCZ Teases Upcoming ‘Barefoot 3’ SSD at IDF
As we discovered in July, OCZ has been hard at work developing its first 100% in-house SSD, thanks to the combined efforts of the three merged companies; OCZ itself, PLX’s UK team and of course, Indilinx. Taking advantage of IDF, OCZ has been flaunting its upcoming SSD to the press, and boy, have our appetites…
Apple Unveils iPhone 5; Sports 4-inch Retina Display, LTE, A6 CPU
At a special launch event held in San Francisco today, Apple unveiled the much-anticipated iPhone 5. One thing this launch proves unlike most of the others is that Apple is having a rougher time keeping details under wraps, because with official specs in-hand, we can see that many of the rumors we’ve read so far have been true.
Steam Soon to Allow Users to Specify Hard Drives for Game Installs
Ever have a friend, that during your big announcement, can’t shut up about their own happenings? Well, Valve is kind of like that friend this week. While Intel, Apple, and other major players are in San Francisco unveiling their latest innovations this week, Valve keeps on giving us reason to talk about it. We’ve already covered…
Beach Buggy Blitz is a Fun, Lighthearted and Must-Have Android Racer
With Riptide GP and Shine Runner, developer Vector Unit has twice proven that it knows how to make a fun mobile racer. Does Beach Buggy Blitz become the third? After having put some time into it this past week, I can confidently answer that with a resounding “yes”. I am not usually one for racers on phones or tablets, but Beach…
Intel Shows Off ‘NUC’ PC at IDF, Makes SFFs Feel Fat
Want a PC as small as an Apple TV but with a desktop processor inside? If so, Intel’s “NUC” concept is sure to be of interest. Intel’s target motherboard size for “Next Unit of Computing” is 4×4″ – about the size of a beverage coaster. Despite that small size, it’ll come embedded with a Core i3 processor…
Valve Releases List of First Greenlight Titles Approved for Release
A mere two months since Valve’s announcing of Steam Greenlight comes the first ten titles that, thanks to fans, have “reached a critical mass” and will soon release on the platform. Interestingly, one such game is Black Mesa, the fan-made recreation of the original Half-Life that we talked about last week and which releases tomorrow.
Firefox OS to be Focused on Open-Source, Targeted at $50 Phones
One of the worst-kept secrets this year has been Mozilla’s work on a phone OS, but its focus and target market has been left up for grabs. Our friends at BSN* had the chance to talk to two folks from Mozilla Foundation about their plans, and sure enough, *shock* a phone is en route. But it’s not exactly going to compete with the best…
A Quick Look at Steam’s ‘Big Picture’ Mode
Valve rolled out the beta for Steam’s “Big Picture” mode last night, and as someone with little-to-no patience, I dove right in. As mentioned in our post from yesterday, Valve designed Big Picture with a gamepad in mind (*gasp*), so I was interested to see how smooth the interface would be – after all, Valve is best known for PC…
Intel Says ‘Compute Moves to Zero’ by 2020
At what point are our processors going to become small enough that their cost and size will no longer be a concern? According to Intel, by 2020. Prior to the company’s annual Developer Forum kick-off, a presentation was shown that gives the example of “Compute Moves to Zero” – that is, the point where…
Rosewill Brings Illumination with its RK-9100 Mechanical Keyboards
Since their release in late 2010, Rosewill’s RK-9000 keyboards have proven popular among those looking to adopt a mechanical model. They’re simple in design, reliable, and have been reasonably-priced – and unlike many vendors which pick and choose only one or two Cherry MX switches to use, Rosewill offered its RK-9000…
GoDaddy Suffering Major Outages, Rendering Many Sites Inaccessible
GoDaddy is currently dealing with a significant outage problem, so if you’ve been experiencing downed websites today, this is probably why. The exact issue is hard to pinpoint, but some have said it’s a problem with GoDaddy’snameservers (DNS), but regardless of that, it seems that thousands, if not millions…
WD Creates ‘World’s Thinnest’ 2.5-inch Mobile Hard Drive
In the hybrid mobile hard drive space, the dominant player has been Seagate – thanks to the fact that it has little competition. In fact, its leading competitor in the desktop and mobile space, WD, has remained quiet on this front. Until now, that is. And what better way to enter the fray than to one-up your competitor at the same…
Valve Kicks Off Beta for Steam’s ‘Big Picture’ Mode Today
Valve has just introduced its ‘Big Picture’ mode for Steam, and while it wasn’t much of a secret that it was coming, there are a couple of surprises to be found here. Despite its goal to bring your PC game collection to your television, Valve has designed Big Picture with a gamepad in mind, even crafting a special way to type…