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Sinking 773 Hours Into a Nintendo DS Game? It’s Been Done
Having been an MMO game player for a number of years, registering 1,000 hours to a single title in a year isn’t exactly a foreign thought to me. In fact, I’ve been playing my primary MMO since 2002, Asheron’s Call, and I’m sure my total accrued playtime is at least four times that. Ugh, that’s a little rough to think about… let’s carry on.
OCZ Launches a Revolution, the RevoDrive 3 PCIe SSD
“If you build it, they will come”. Well, OCZ has built another SSD monster; say hello to the RevoDrive 3 andRevoDrive 3 X2. This third generation PCIe-based SSD boasts the highest performance ever seen yet for workstation or even desktop use. Featuring version 2.0 of OCZ’s Virtualized Controller Architecture…
Report: 49% of Notebooks in 2015 to Use Quad-Core Processor
It wasn’t too many years ago when a dual-core processor in a notebook seemed exotic, but today, even quad-core processors don’t make anyone bat an eye. Overall, their adoption still hasn’t made a major impact in the market, but according to IHS iSuppli, things will shift by 2015, at which point a predicted 49% of notebooks sold will…
Crime Pays When You’re a Phone Crammer
Of all the things that disgust me in life, the idea of it being okay to charge customers left right and center for every possible thing under the moon, including things they didn’t ask for, ranks high on the list. Not sure what I am talking about? Look no further than the entire telco industry, where it’s not uncommon to have a $5 or higher…
AMD Releases ‘World’s Fastest’ Mobile GPU; the Radeon HD 6990M
AMD this week has launched what it touts as being the fastest-ever mobile graphics processor to be released; theRadeon HD 6990M. Don’t let the name fool you though, this isn’t a dual-GPU part as the name would imply, but rather it’s earned this top-tier name for likely being the final highest-end mobile part of this current-generation.
Netflix Separates DVD and Streaming Services in the US; Raises Prices
During the first half of 2011, Netflix was embroiled in a bit of controversy while at the same time had a lot to brag about. This past April, the company boasted a staggering 3.6 million subscribers gained in Q1, and then last month, the National Association of the Deaf up and sued the company for its lack of subtitles (a fair…
EA Acquires PopCap for $750 Million
Last month, an acquisition rumor emerged involving casual game developer PopCap, and at the time, it was Electronic Arts that got most nods as being the most probable purchaser. Well, anyone who agreed with that has been proven right, as EA today announced its plans to purchase the developer for $650 million in cash and…
Sapphire Holding Rally Experience Contest for SSC Members
Since launching its Sapphire Select Club (SSC), Sapphire has offered some cool exclusive contests for its members, but the latest might take the cake. Fancy rally racing? Love Dirt 3? Then this contest should be right up your alley. Just for being an SSC member and a Sapphire Radeon HD 6000 series card owner (any SSC…
Are You an Over-30 Gamer? Weirdo!
It’s no secret that daily lifestyle shows such as NBC’s Today are rife with intellectual brilliance from both the hosts and guests, and a recent episode featuring television personality and advertising mogul Donny Deutsch is hardly an exception. During a segment that welcomes viewer questions, one involved video gamers…
Windows 7 Has Sold 400 Million Licenses Since Launch
In February of last year, Microsoft hit a major milestone with its Windows 7 OS – 60 million sold. That milestone was reached less than six months after its launch, and as a result, Windows 7 became the fastest-selling OS of all time. Momentum didn’t slow afterwards, however, as about five months later, Microsoft boasted 150…
First Impressions of Google’s Facebook-killer, Google+
I never thought I’d be writing about Google+, but here goes. You see, I’m not a huge fan of ‘social networking’, at least what I’ve experienced so far. It’s not that I’m anti-social. In fact, I’m far from that. Upon first joiningFacebook, however, I had plans to use it as a way to keep in touch with friends and colleagues that I…
Mini-DisplayPort to HDMI Cables Could Be Recalled
If you’ve been meaning to pick up a mini-DisplayPort to HDMI cable, you may want to accelerate things and pick one up as soon as possible. The folks behind HDMI’s licensing have deemed that such cables cannot be licensed, and thus shouldn’t (read: can’t) be sold. As a result, it’s expected that a major recall will…
TG Asks: What Are Some of the Best Music Games for the PC?
Thanks to some console best-sellers such as Guitar Hero and Rock Band, the music genre has literally exploded with new games over the last couple of years. While many of the games that require a special peripheral exist on a console, there are still a ton of great music games available for the PC. With this post, I hope to learn about…
Macgo Brings Blu-ray Playback to OS X
Apple users who’ve wanted to watch Blu-ray movies natively in their OS of choice have been left in the dark thanks to either licensing issues or Apple’s preference to focus on its own streaming content, but any way you spin it, the deliberate lack of Blu-ray functionality sucks. Fortunately, a new player from Macgo appropriately called ‘Mac…
Taking a Look at the Latest Steam Hardware Survey
It’s been quite a while since I last checked out Valve’s official ‘Steam Hardware & Software Survey’, so given we’re fresh into the second-half of the year, I decided to see where things stand. A lot has changed since last October, and as we’re currently in the preparation stage of a GPU test suite overhaul, the information to be gleaned from this…
Making a Living Developing Xbox Live Indie Games? Don’t Count On It
With the mobile game craze seemingly unable to reach a peak, and with Sony, Microsoft and even Valve making it relatively easy for indie developers to publish their games for mass consumption, it might seem like there is no downside to the settling on indie game development as a career choice. But, as it seems, it’s not as easy as it…
UK Store Wants to See an End to the ‘Cable Con’
If you keep up with current tech trends, you’re likely aware that where audio/video cables are concerned, the market is chock-full of snake oil models. Even just a couple of months ago, we linked to a story at PC Mag that compared five HDMI cables to each other, ranging from $3 to $120, and their conclusions stated that all of them displayed…
40GB of Mobile Data Can Cost as Much as a House
It’s no secret that mobile broadband is expensive when looked at from a ‘per GB’ standpoint, but did you realize that mobile data is one of the most expensive resources on earth? In fact, in a loose comparison, it could be even worth more than gold, because I’m quite sure you’d have a lot more to show for half a million dollars worth of gold…
Who’s Right Where Cloud Music Storage is Concerned?
We’ve just entered the second-half of 2011, and looking back at the first six months, we can reminisce over some of the major events that have occurred within the music industry. In March, Amazon launched its cloud-based music storage service, which allows users to store all of their Amazon MP3-purchased music for free, and up to 5GB to…
AMD’s First Llano Desktop Processors Hit E-tail
AMD last week released its first Llano-based desktop processors, the A8 and A6 series, and it appears that this week, the products will be making their way onto e-tailer shelves. At the time of writing, it seems that only Newegg currently has stock (we checked four others), and even there, only two of the four models are being offered…
OS X 10.7 ‘Lion’ Reaches Gold Master Status
It’s been about a month since Apple announced its upcoming OS X 10.7 ‘Lion’ at its developer conference, and with news that it has just hit its ‘Gold’ status, a release is virtually imminent. Typically, once an OS X version goes gold, it will hit store shelves within two weeks, but being that Lion will primarily be distributed via the Mac Store app…
secAU Kicks Off Hard Drive Overclocking Competition
In ye olde days, overclocking was a mysterious art, one that few would dare venture into. Today? It seems to be almost as common as simply using a PC – at least in enthusiast circles. Whether it be your CPU, GPU or memory, overclocking is a quick way to squeeze extra performance out of your hardware. But how about overclocking…
Techgage Contest: Thermaltake Level 10 GT Chassis!
Prior to receiving Thermaltake’s Level 10 GT full-tower chassis for review, we knew we had an interesting product on our hands – but we weren’t aware of just how blown-away we’d be in the end. It’s one of the best-looking chassis on the market, is super-easy to build with and has top-notch cooling ability. It’s rare for us to not drum up at least…
AMD Releases First Llano-based Fusion Desktop APUs
If it seems like AMD’s Llano desktop processors have taken forever to get here, it might be because… they have – or at least it feels that way. When I first heard of Llano and what AMD planned on doing with it, I couldn’t wait to see a release. After all, with it, it means that both Intel and AMD now have true hybrid processor designs, combining…
Apple Adds SSD Trim Support to OS X 10.6.8 Update
It’s been known for a little while that OS X 10.7, ‘Lion’, would offer support for the ATA ‘TRIM’ command, but for those who weren’t planning to make the leap to Apple’s latest OS, that became a tough feature to ignore. Well, don’t fret, because it turns out that the 10.6.8 update Apple rolled out last week quietly added the feature in.