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Intel Tests the Waters of Liquid Cooling
All-in-one liquid coolers are everywhere lately with the latest one announced yesterday at the Intel Developer Forum (IDF), still ongoing in San Francisco. Intel and water cooling? Yes, you read that correctly. The processor power house in conjunction with Asetek has unveiled its version, the RTS2011LC (installed on a X79 board…
Support for Thunderbolt Strong at IDF
At the start of summer, we asked, “Is Intel’s Thunderbolt Dead in the Water?“. At that time, it seemed like that could be the case, thanks to expensive chipsets, cables and even products – not to mention a lack of products in general. With a multitude of companies supporting Thunderbolt showing off their wares at Intel’s on-going…
Google Launches Super-Fast Flight Searching Site
Google tends to launch more projects than I can keep track of, and despite their volume, it’s a rare day when one of them strikes me as being amazing. Google Flights finds itself under that exact description, because after a couple of quick tests, I could see me using this as my primary source of flight-booking in the future.
Kingston Launches KC100 Enterprise SSDs; Features 5-Year Warranty
Just weeks after the launch of Kingston’s first SandForce SF-2281 solid-state drive with the HyperX series, the company is now announcing the launch of its SSDNow KC100 lineup targeted at business and enterprise solutions. KC100 is a 2.5″ SSD powered by the latest generation of SandForce’s award-winning controllers…
Microsoft to Release Public Windows 8 Build Tonight
Thanks to the Windows 8 development blog Microsoft launched last month, we’ve been talking quite a bit about what the upcoming OS is set to feature. So far, the excitement level seems to be high, evidenced by comments made in our forums and other comment sections around the Web. Could Windows 8 outshine…
NVIDIA’s GeForce 285.27 Beta Driver Boosts Performance Up to 13%
NVIDIA has just released its latest GeForce beta driver, version 285.27. The major focus here is SLI-related performance improvements, with gains of up to 13% being seen when using dual GTX 580s. The 13% boost affects Metro 2033, while Call of Duty: Black Ops, Civilization V, Crysis 2, F1 2010, Lost Planet 2…
AMD Sets Guinness World Record for CPU Frequency
Overclocking-wise, AMD unfortunately hasn’t been the first choice by many for some time, though the company has continually been producing the best parts it can, evidenced by the fact that there’s never been a Black Edition far from reach. Could things turn around with the help of the company’s upcoming Bulldozer line-up?
In Search of the Rarest NES Games
Are you a collector of something? It could be anything… pens, comic books, coins, stamps, or even video games. The latter is something that’s only begun to catch on in the past couple of years, as we’re beginning to enter an age where some of the most popular titles ever sold are well over 20-years-old – in some cases, nearing 30.
iOS 5 Gold Master Expected to Ship Soon
The iOS 5 development cycle has been atypical in terms of length compared to previous releases, but according to a new report, the gold master (final) will be shipping to device assemblers within the next week or two, which means the OS could be deployed to regular users as soon as a couple of weeks.
HTC Considering its Own Mobile OS
In an interesting admission, Taiwanese smartphone vendor HTC has stated that it’s been considering purchasing its own mobile OS – though chairwoman Cher Wang insists that nothing is set in stone. As the company currently offers both Android and Windows Phone-based models, the idea of it pursuing its own OS is interesting.
EA’s Origin Service to Soon Introduce Third-Party Titles
Since its launch earlier this summer, EA’s Origin digital game store has been met with some rather vocalreaction. If Web forums and comment sections are to be believed, Origin is the worst piece of software that could ever grace our PC. But if there’s one valid complaint I can agree with, it has to do with its selection. If Origin has Steam…
Microsoft Releases Tool to Use a Mouse Across Multiple PCs
It’s a common misconception that a KVM is required to use a mouse across multiple machines, but in actuality there have existed software solutions for some time. Thanks to Microsoft’s labs project, “The Garage”, a free solution has just become available for Windows users, and it looks quite robust overall.
15 Minutes of Dead Island Gameplay
I gave some first impressions about Dead Island in a post yesterday, but one thing it lacked that I would have liked to include is a gameplay video. So, I recorded one last night while ripping up a couple minor quests with my brother, and I have to say, this game doesn’t like to be recorded at all. Neither FRAPS nor PlayClaw was able to…
Microsoft Bringing Hyper-V Support to Windows 8
Proving that virtualization can be for more than just the enterprise, Microsoft has announced that it will be including Hyper-V support in all versions of Windows 8. First introduced with Windows Server 2008, Hyper-V is Microsoft’shypervisor that allows you to install all recent versions of Windows and some versions of…
1.7 Million Dirt 3 Steam Voucher Codes Compromised
If you received a copy of Dirt 3 via the purchase of an AMD graphics card, you may want to pay close attention to this story. It appears that up to 1.7 million Steam voucher codes have been compromised – and not because a ‘hacker’ broke into a server. Rather, the codes were being stored on a third-party fulfillment agency’s website as plain…
Dead Island First Impressions
It used to be that World War II games were the laughing-stock of the gaming world thanks to their abundance, but the most blatant fad today has got to be zombie games. We might have Valve’s Left 4 Dead to thank, because since its release in 2008, there have been a countless number of zombie-based games released, or games that…
The Game that DLC Built
As I have made clear through various news posts and articles throughout the years, I am not that big a fan of DLC. More often than not, downloadable content feels like little more than a money-grub by the developer or publisher – offering gamers things that feel like they should have been in the game from the get-go. Pre-order DLC is…
Nintendo Offers Free NES Games to 3DS Early Adopters
When Nintendo launched its 3DS handheld earlier this year, it seemed to be well-received overall – at least by reviewers. But with its $250 price-tag, some had a hard time jumping on the bandwagon, especially if they already owned a regular DS. As a result, sales were paltry, prompting Nintendo to drop the price last month to…
Upcoming Intel IGP Driver to Boost Performance by 40%
AMD and NVIDIA are the undisputed champions where serious gaming graphics are concerned, but Intel has consistently been making improvements to its integrated solutions that aim to deliver a real option to those who are content running their games with modest resolutions, medium detail levels and without AA.
Windows 8 to Offer Native Mounting of ISOs and VHDs
The updates from Microsoft’s Windows 8 team keep on rollin’ in, and I have to admit that if the momentum keeps up, Windows 8 might even outshine the success of Windows 7. On Tuesday, the company released details aboutISO and VHD native support – that is, the ability to mount either image and be able to access the files…
OCZ Announces RevoDrive Hybrid SSD+HDD PCIe Solution
Three months ago, during Computex, OCZ showed off its latest RevoDrive PCIe SSD, dubbed ‘Hybrid’. As the name no doubt gives away, the product sees a hard drive paired with an SSD, in order to have them act together and give users the best of both worlds – speed and storage. This is an idea that has been tried a countless number of…
When Purchasing an Intel Processor Can Be Confusing
When the time rolls around when a PC enthusiast needs (or wants) to build a new computer, choosing the right components more often than not isn’t that difficult. For those not too familiar with computer hardware, it’s a different story. If minimal research is done, someone could end up purchasing a processor that either far exceeds…
Revamped Ribbon-based File Manager Coming to Windows 8
Microsoft has been divulging quite a bit of information on its upcoming Windows 8 OS on its official development blog, and the juicy tidbits don’t seem to have an end in sight. In a new update, the company has gone into great detail about the improvements that the Explorer file manager will be seeing, which not too…
NVIDIA Interviews Battlefield 3 and Borderlands 2 Devs at PAX
At PAX Prime 2011, which occurred this past weekend, some folks at NVIDIA managed to take the time to peruse the games on display and scored a couple of interviews with people currently working on some of the most anticipated games in the coming year. Most notably, Patrick Liu from DICE was able to talk a bit about the…
Is Focusing on Browser Performance Important?
Whenever a new version of a Web browser is released, something sure to be listed in the release notes will have to do with performance. It could be anything from a more optimized JavaScript engine to having a smaller memory footprint. All in all, any performance increase is appreciated, but I do wonder if such a hardcore…