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GameStop Apologies for Deus Ex / OnLive Issue with Free Gift Card
Last week, it became public that GameStop had been removing OnLive coupons from the boxes of the PC version of Deus Ex: Human Revolution, and given the company’s admission to this on its Facebook page, it seemed as though the initial public backlash did nothing to clue the company into its wrong-doings. As time went…
Linux Celebrates its 20th Birthday
On August 25, 1991, computer programmer Linus Torvalds posted a message to a Usenet group stating that he had begun work on a MINIX replacement, one that was just meant to be a “hobby”. He said he was to be free, and said that it’d likely never support anything other than AT hard disks – as that’s all he had at the time.
GameStop Removing OnLive Coupons Deus Ex: HR Boxes
GameStop has come under fire for many things over the years, but the latest incident takes the cake. It’s been known for some time that the company will open most games that are sold in order to keep the disc behind the counter, secured. But with the PC version of Deus Ex: Human Revolution, employees have been instructed…
Windows 8 to Have Improved Transfer Dialogs
I haven’t been thrilled about all that’s been floating around about Windows 8, but with its development blog launched about two weeks ago, Microsoft has been unveiling more good than bad. Its latest announced improvement? A much-needed overhaul of the file transfer dialogs, to improve both control and performance.
Steve Jobs Resigns as Apple CEO
There have been some major announcements made in the tech industry over the past two weeks, but this might be the biggest, and the most important. It has just been announced that Steve Jobs has resigned as CEO at Apple, handing over the reigns to the previous head of the company’s worldwide sales and operations, Tim Cook.
Acronis True Image Home 2012 Released
There are few pieces of software in our virtual toolboxes here at Techgage that are quite as important as AcronisTrue Image Home. With it, we can keep regular backups of our own PCs, and also create full PC images of our benchmarking rigs that allow us to get back into action fast in the event that we need a fresh…
GIMP 2.7.3 Gains ‘Single-Window’ Mode
For about as long as the free image editor GIMP has existed, an oft-requested feature has been a single-window mode, a la Adobe Photoshop. Though both tools exist to accomplish the same overall goals, GIMP’sdesign saw the toolbox and images themselves separate from the main application window, which to some…
NZXT’s Sentry Mix 6 Fan Controller Brings Sliders, 50W Channels
This past May, NZXT released its Sentry Mesh fan controller, which like the name would suggest, had a meshed front perfectly suited for those with a chassis to match. In some ways, it was a much-needed product, as some fan controllers kind of stood out in the wrong way on meshed chassis. But with the Sentry Mesh also came…
Deus Ex: Human Revolution Released!
In the summer of 2000, Ion Storm released what became an instant cult classic and its most successful title during its tenure, Deus Ex. On the surface, the game looked like the usual futuristic action game, but for fans, there’s a lot more to it than that. At its heart, it’s an RPG in the truest sense of the word, allowing the…
Microsoft to Natively Support USB 3.0 in Windows 8
Since the introduction of USB 3.0, we have needed to install third-party drivers in Windows in order to have the ports function, which for obvious reasons hasn’t been ideal. On the newly-launched Windows 8 developer blog, we’re told that this problem will cease to exist with the release of Microsoft’s next OS, with native USB 3.0…
Logitech’s G300 Ambidextrous Gaming Mouse Looks to Impress at $40
If you’ve been on the lookout for a new gaming mouse, it might be worth waiting another month or so for the release of Logitech’s G300, announced late last week. In both looking at the photos and the specifications, the G300 looks to be one of the better gaming mice released in the past year or more, and with a $39.99 price…
Windows 8 Could Require Internet Access for Continued Use
It’s no secret that one of the most pirated pieces of software is the entire Windows OS, and if not for the fact that a Windows license is forced on consumers more often than not with the purchase of a desktop or notebook PC, the number of non-legal users could be at unfathomable levels. Piracy is an issue Microsoft has obviously sunk…
The Greatest Graphics Cards of All Time
I’ve been a PC user almost all my life, but up until about ten years ago, I never had an extreme interest in PC hardware, focusing more on software and games. I am not sure what clicked inside me and made me develop a keen interest in hardware, but like most enthusiasts, I retain a mental list of hardware I consider to be…
HP Pulls Plug on its WebOS Products; Making Changes to its PC Business
In a surprising move, HP has announced that it’s cancelling all of its WebOS products, including the Pre andTouchPad, and is unsure of what to do with the OS itself. As someone who has had a keen interest in WebOS due to its openness and overall potential, this news is a bit upsetting, and to be honest…
25 Foods We’ll Never Be Able to Eat Again
We’ve already talked about one “Top 25” list today, so how about another? This one isn’t tech-related, but hey, it’s Friday, and it’s one a lot of us can relate to. It lists 25 foods that we’ll never be able to eat again, as they either failed in the market or were pulled for some other reason. There’s nothing quite so frustrating…
Top 25 Epic Deaths in PC Gaming
A lot of people might not admit it, but I’m willing to bet that deep down, we all have a soft spot for epic or hilarious deaths in video games. Well, at least I do. Be it falling accidentally off of a cliff or getting hit by a car when crossing the street, I can’t help but snicker. Heck, some games outright glorify epic accidents or deaths, so I…
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 to Offer Dedicated Servers for the PC
Well, here’s something I never expected to see. Either Activision (and/or Infinity Ward) has lightened up a bit, or it’s begun to consider Battlefield 3 a serious threat to its bottom-line, because the company has announced that Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 will support dedicated servers on the PC.
World of Warcraft’s Subscription Numbers Continue to Decline
Since its release in late 2004, World of Warcraft has become the envy of all other MMO-makers out there. Thanks to Blizzard’s creating of a game that was both welcoming to light and heavy game players alike, not to mention one that’s quite captivating, subscription numbers skyrocketed like no other MMO had seen before.
Intel’s MLAA Techniques Use the CPU, not GPU
Graphics buzzwords – love ’em or hate ’em, we’re sure treated to a lot of them. One of the more recent, and mostprevalent, is ‘Morphological Anti-Aliasing’. This is a unique technique that aims to provide quality AA effects in games where AA is either not possible in the engine, or just wasn’t a concern to the developer.
First Impressions: From Dust
I’ve never been a big fan of god games, and with the last one I played being Black & White, it’s been a good ten years since I last touched one. But when a friend linked me to a From Dust gameplay video a couple of weeks ago, the game grabbed my attention, and I had a good feeling that my god game drought would be…
AMD Releases Catalyst 11.8; Introduces CPU Overclocking
AMD has released the latest version of its Catalyst graphics driver, 11.8, and with it come the usual slew of bug fixes and game performance improvements, in addition to a new feature that Black Edition processor users will enjoy – CPU overclocking. That’s right, in the major first step of turning its Catalyst Control Center into a…
Sony Drops Price of PlayStation 3; Unveils WiFi-less PSP for EU
At the conclusion of its Gamescom keynote, Sony surprised everyone by announcing worldwide price drops on all models of the PlayStation 3. The base model, including a 160GB hard drive, will retail for $249.99 in the US and Canada, €249.99 in Europe and ¥24,980 in Japan. Other models that either include a bundled game…
PNY Releases Self-Contained Liquid Cooled XLR8 GeForce GTX 580s
Care to own a GeForce GTX 580, but don’t care for the added heat that such a beastly graphics card can add to a PC? For quite some time, EVGA has been no stranger to releasing its high-end GPUs with water-blocks built-in, and now it seems that PNY is getting in on the action as well. Its latest XLR8 Liquid Cooled GTX 580s…
Crysis 2 DX11: Where Tessellation Becomes Overkill
The story of Crysis 2 is one of pain and anguish – as long as we’re talking about its launch, and PC gamers. While many believed that the game should have become a true successor to the title that became its own meme (“Can it run Crysis“), what we saw instead was a game that was heavily influenced by consoles, in way of…
Cooler Master Launches GeminII S524 CPU Cooler
The hottest days of the summer may be behind us, and Cooler Master wants to make sure that the temperature of your CPU follows. Not soon after the launch of the Hyper 612 S/PWM CPU cooler comes another release, the GeminII S524. Like the original GeminII cooler, the S524 is a top-down unit, a rare sight in today’s…