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SteelSeries’ Sensei Gaming Mouse Packs a Real Punch
“Feature-packed” is a term we often use to describe products that offer a lot of features and lacks nothing, but there may be no product more deserving of that description than SteelSeries’ Sensei ‘pro-grade’ gaming mouse. It’s identical in design to the award-winning Xai, but has a much greater focus on the pro-gamer, making sure…
First Borderlands 2 Trailer Released; Introduces Gunzerker Class
To coincide with the kick-off of the Gamescom show in Cologne, Germany, Gearbox has released the first trailer for its upcoming Borderlands 2 game, set to see a release in 2012. In the span of this 30 second trailer, we’re introduced to one of the new classes, Gunzerker, and get a taste of what it’s capable of. With its…
Apple Begins Selling Mac OS X ‘Lion’ USB Thumb Drive
In a quick bit of Apple news, the Cupertino company has just released a thumb drive variant of its Mac OS X ‘Lion’ operating system, allowing those who would rather forgo the download-only option to do just that. Kicking things off with last year’s MacBook Air model, Apple decided to get rid of optical discs for install media, and as…
GIGABYTE Announces Native PCIe 3.0 Support On Current 6-Series Motherboards
We’re a few days late getting this bit of information posted but it may prove no less exciting for owners of current GIGABYTE 6-series motherboards. The company has announced that Intel’s upcoming 22nm Ivy Bridge CPUs expected in the first quarter of 2012 will be a direct drop in upgrade for LGA1155 systems, but we’ve…
Intel Will Not Include CPU Coolers with Sandy Bridge-E Models
When Intel launched its Sandy Bridge CPU line-up earlier this year, it released a large collection of models in order to leave as few gaps in the price-ranges as possible, and as long as you weren’t looking for a true high-end product, there was little to complain about (ahem, perhaps aside from certain chipset issues). But what…
Google to Acquire Motorola Mobility for $12.5 Billion
Not respecting the fact that some people like to kick off their Monday slowly to help get themselves into a groove for the rest of the work week, Google’s CEO Larry Page announced via the company’s official blog its plans to acquire Motorola Mobility for a healthy $12.5 billion. This, my friends, is the sort of news that makes this…
Firefox 6 Released; Introduces ‘Permissions Manager’ & Improved Dev Tools
As it’s been almost a full two months since the release of Firefox 5, it can be assumed that most users are beginning to become a little bit bored. But don’t fret; Firefox 6 is here! While officially set to launch tomorrow,Firefox 6 has been moved to the /releases/ folder, stating that it is in fact the shipping version.
Bing Beats Out Google in Search Effectiveness
Google has been in the search engine business longer than most, and compared to the likes of Microsoft and Yahoo!, it has dedicated far more effort into making its own product the best it can be. To call that a smart move would be an understatement, because Google’s search engine business gained users early, and helped…
Why Won’t Nintendo Develop for Mobile Platforms?
Given the massive popularity of mobile gaming today, doesn’t it seem a bit odd that the company with some of the most iconic video game characters around are seemingly ignoring it? After all, with the average iPhone gamer spending about 15 hours per month gaming on the go, why wouldn’t Nintendo want a piece of this rapidly…
Intel Rolls Out Three More ‘Upgradeable’ Processors
Last September, Intel rolled out its first-ever ‘upgradeable’ desktop processor, Pentium G6951, and since then, the company has kept quiet about its potential successes or follow-up products. Given this, and also the fact that the G6951 and idea behind it was rather controversial, it lead many to believe that both were dead in the water.
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive Announced
It’s been almost seven full years since Counter-Strike: Source was released, and given that it came out a mere four years after the original, no one would blame you if you thought that a third game in the series would never see the light of day. But, at the Eurogamer Expo 2011, Valve has shown that the series isn’t to remain stagnant, with Counter-Strike: Global Offensive set to launch in 2012.
Is the PC Era Coming to a Close?
Given the unbelievable growth mobile computing has seen in the past five or so years, especially with regards to things like tablets, it seems obvious that the “future is mobile”. But does that mean that the era of the PC is coming to a close? According to Dr. Mark Dean, one of the co-creators of the first IBM personal computer, it is.
How Long Should a Thumb Drive Last?
For a couple of reasons, I tend to keep about five or six thumb drives around for the sake of having non-disc copies of bootable software, and also a quick place to backup small, but important data. OS-wise, I keep a thumb drive with a Windows 7 install on it at all times, along with Gentoo, and Ubuntu. Then I have Ultimate Boot CD…
USB 3.0 Could Support 100W Devices In Near-Future
When USB 3.0 was first made commercial a couple of years ago, its introduction was a welcome one. While we didn’t see quite the same sort of leap going from 2.0 to 3.0 as we did from 1.1 to 2.0, USB 3.0 is faster than a SATA 2 port and sits just behind SATA 3. In gist, it’s fast, and most people will never be able to totally saturate…
GameFly to Launch Digital Game Distribution Service Later this Year
When Valve launched its Steam platform in 2004, the company entered an unknown territory and I’m sure had no real idea of what to expect with regards to its success. Well, it goes without saying that creating Steam was the best decision the company ever made, and though it doesn’t disclose revenue, it can be assumed…
Installing Gentoo on a Notebook in 2011
The first time I installed Gentoo, back in late 2004, I used an at-the-time brand-new Dell Inspiron (5150 if I recall) notebook as the victim. At that time, Gentoo was a new world to me, and a confusing one. It took me about a half-week’s worth of actual work to get it installed, but it happened, and it was one of the most satisfying…
Comcast Introduces ‘Internet Essentials’ Package for Low-Income Families
Comcast, home to some of the most caring and thoughtful executives around, today announced an “Internet Essentials” plan that aims to get the Internet into the hands of all low-income American families. At a mere $9.95 USD / mo, the cost of the package should be much easier to handle than Comcast’s other offerings, which start…
AMD Begins Producing DDR3 Memory
As soon as DDR3 hit the mainstream market in 2008, the appeal of fast RAM kits seemed to disappear almost instantly, and it was this point that I stopped reviewing individual kits due to the apparent lack of need or interest. When DDR3 kits are as fast as they are, the fastest kits out there become a niche product, and given the…
The Curse of the 100°C CPU
I’m not sure how I got this curse, but it feels like no matter what kind of preemptive action I take, I inevitably hit 100°C on the CPU I’m using at some point. To help prevent this sort of thing from happening, I upgraded to a Corsair 800D chassis and H60 CPU cooler a couple of months ago, up from an Intel stock cooler (the large…
Humble Bundle 3 Adds Bonus Games; Adds HB2 Special
It’s been over a week since we first talked about the latest Humble Bundle, in its third iteration, and quite a bit has happened since. Most notably, the folks behind the offer decided to make it just a bit sweeter by throwing two moregames into the mix, Steel Storm and Atom Zombie Smasher, and for those who pay more than…
Linus Torvalds Moves from GNOME to Xfce
It may not matter too much in the grand scheme of things, but as an avid Linux user, how could I not be just a little interested in what the creator of the Linux kernel, Linus Torvalds, uses as his preferred desktop environment? Throughout the years, I’ve agreed with him on desktop-related issues more often than not, especially with…
Borderlands 2 Announced
The moment all Borderlands fans have been waiting for has arrived – and out-of-the-blue. It’s been rumored that Gearbox originally wanted to announce Borderlands 2 later this month, but due to a couple of leaks, its hands were forced, and fans of the series couldn’t be happier. In conjunction with an official announcement, Gearbox has…
EA Launches Latest Cash Grab: ‘Season Ticket’
Whether or not you are fond of the ‘downloadable content’ idea that game publishers have clearly embraced, it’s not going to go anywhere. In fact, while DLC was limited to just a select few titles a couple of years ago, there are very few games released today that are not built from the ground-up to support it. In some ways, DLC can be…
The Future Of Our TVs: 4K Resolution?
Think our HD content can’t get much better than 1080p? With TV makers set to begin production of 4K models for mass consumption in the near-future, it might. Currently, almost all of the 1080p content viewed comes from either Blu-ray or select cable broadcasts, with most streaming services and cable providers preferring 720p…
Kingston Releases USB 3.0 Media Card Reader
With the USB 3.0 interface quickly gaining normalcy, we’re seeing storage devices being launched left, right and center that support the super-fast speeds that it provides. We’ve even taken a look at a few such solutions ourselves (and have more in the works). But among all these thumb drives and other external storage…