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Kingston Unveils First SandForce SSDs at Computex
In an announcement that may not come as a huge surprise to some, Kingston revealed at Computex plans to introduce a new series of solid-state drives featuring SandForce controllers. This marks the first time Kingston will have utilized any SandForce controllers in its products. This is particularly intriguing news given that Kingston…
Microsoft Shows Off Windows 8 at D9 Conference
At the D9 conference being held this week, Microsoft decided for the first time to give a public preview of its upcoming Windows 8 OS, and what a showing it is! Whereas Windows Vista had similar styling as XP, and 7 was simply an evolution of Vista, 8 looks to make the traditional interface we’ve become used to obsolete.
Corsair Launches First Link-Supported CPU Coolers: H80 & H100
With the recent launch of Corsair’s H60 and H70 CPU coolers, it might have seemed unlikely that the company would be releasing even more models at this point in time, but thanks to the launch of ‘Link’, the company’s hardware monitoring and control platform, something had to support it. And with that, we have the H80 and H100 CPU…
Corsair Unveils Sub-$150 ‘Carbide’ Chassis Series
Corsair has been taking full advantage of Computex to show off a slew of new product, but it’s been the Carbide series of chassis that has most successfully grabbed my attention. Yes, more than the H80 and H100 CPU coolers, and even more than Link. Why? It’s because Carbide will mark the first time Corsair has launched a…
Kingston Adds 16GB/32GB to an iPhone or iPad with ‘Wi-Drive’
As expected, Kingston has announced its wireless storage solution for the iPhone, iPad and iPod touch at Computex. Similar to Seagate’s recently launched GoFlex Satellite drive, Kingston’s Wi-Drive comes equipped with a wireless signal for syncing up with Apple’s i-devices for the sake of expanding the rather paltry default storage that any of…
NZXT Introduces First CPU Cooler: HAVIK 140
NZXT might be best-known for its chassis line-up, but over the years, the company has introduced other product lines that help gamers and enthusiasts trick out their PC to their liking. While the company has been a little limited in the cooling department, offering only fans and notebook coolers, with its release of the HAVIK 140, NZXT finally…
OCZ Shows Off Z-Drive R4 SSD at Computex; Reaches 1.5 Million IOPS
In a showing that’s sure to make the performance of our desktop SSDs look inadequate, OCZ took advantage of the ongoing Computex event to show off one of its configurations that sets a new performance record. How does 1.5 million read IOPS sound? Or 1 million write IOPS? That’s right… performance at least 30x faster than even…
Corsair’s First ‘Link’ System Monitoring Kits to Launch in July
At CES, Corsair talked a bit about its upcoming ‘Link’ hardware monitor / control peripheral, but at the ongoing Computex conference in Taipei, the company showed off actual product and has even released pricing details. At launch, set to occur in July, there will be two kits to choose from from; “Corsair Link Cooling” and “Corsair Link…
OCZ Adds a Hard Drive to its RevoDrive Hybrid PCIe SSD
ASUS isn’t the only company showing off product at Computex that likes to combine things, it seems. OCZ, a company with a knack of doing some innovative things with solid-state storage, has done it once again with its ‘RevoDrive Hybrid’. What could possibly be combined with an SSD, you ask? Well, if we look at what Seagate…
ASUS Combines Tablet and Smartphone with ‘Padfone’
If there’s one thing we learned about ASUS at CES in January, it’s that the company loves combining one gadget with another, offering unparalleled flexibility. At the Computex show in Taipei, Taiwan, the company furthered that fact with its announcement of “Padfone” – a device with a simple name, but one that explains the product better than most do.
Gamepads for Racing Games = No-Brainer (So I’ve Learned)
I’ve been a PC and console gamer all my life, kicking things off with a 286 and monochrome display for one, and the Nintendo Entertainment System for the other. In all these years of juggling both, I rarely used one platform’s peripherals on the other. Sometimes it’s due to laziness, other times it just has to do with the fact that I’m…
NVIDIA Announces First ‘GTX’ 500 Series Mobile GPU: GTX 560M
Aiming to provide mobile gamers with the best performance possible for the latest games, NVIDIA took advantage of the ongoing Computex show in Taipei, Taiwan, to announce its fastest 500-series mobile GPU to date, the GeForce GTX 560M. At the same time, the company announced another new product on the other end…
Dirt 3 First Impressions
For those who have been waiting for the next great racer either on a console or the PC, Dirt 3’s release last week was a welcomed one. Even more so after the reviews started pouring in, with ratings averaging 90%. I was a little slow on the uptake to take the game for a test drive, but did this past weekend, and have just one word to sum…
Linux Kernel to Reach Version 3.0 with Next Release
In a bit of news that even Linux geeks will have a hard time getting excited over, Linus Torvalds has confirmed that the next release of the Linux kernel will be called 3.0. It didn’t take long after 2.6.39’s release when Linus began juggling the idea of calling the next release 3.0, and it took even less time for him to go all “alpha-male”…
Google’s ‘Wallet’ App Aims to Turn Our Smartphones into Digital Wallets
Furthering the idea that our smartphones should be able to do it all, Google has announced its “Wallet” mobile app that should soon become available for public consumption. Acting as a digital wallet, this app will be able to store multiple credit cards (no word on bank cards), gift cards and loyalty cards and be usable at a cash…
Is it Time for Microsoft to Replace Ballmer?
It’s been over ten years since Steve Ballmer stepped into the CEO position at Microsoft, and since then, he’s retained a lot of control over the company’s direction. With the major success of select Windows releases, not to mention the Xbox and other Microsoft entities, it’s hard to refer to Ballmer has a complete failure. In recent…
PayPal Co-Founder Gives $100,000 to 24 Students to Drop Out of College
It’s not too often that someone will encourage someone else to drop out of college, and it’s even rarer for someone to encourage twenty-four people to do it. Leave it to Peter Thiel, PayPal co-founder and holder of a B.A. in philosophy and J.D. in law, to be the one to do it. On behalf of the Thiel Foundation, 24 students were…
Could Shadowgun Become the Best-Looking Mobile Game to Date?
NVIDIA has long claimed that its Tegra SoC could deliver the best-looking mobile games on the market, and with Madfinger’s upcoming Shadowgun, there could be proof of that. Building on the success of its Samurai series, Madfinger is looking to take things to the next level with Shadowgun by delivering a graphical experience…
Fedora 15 & GNOME 3.0 First Impressions
After I posted our news item of Fedora 15’s release, I got restless. I had to install it. It’s been a long time since I last used the distro for something other than a quick test, so I figure I’m long overdue for a return. And because I haven’t given GNOME 3.0 a single test since its release, how could I pass up killing two birds with one stone?
Mozilla Releases Firefox 5 Beta
True to its word, Mozilla this week released an official beta version of Firefox 5, with the final build slated for release next month. Firefox 5 will mark the first release to be issued under Mozilla’s revised versioning scheme, and if all goes according to plan, we should still be seeing Firefox 7 before the end of the year.
Duke Nukem Forever Goes Gold!
Dust off those faded, sun-damaged, dog-chewed Duke Nukem Forever pre-order receipts from 15 years ago, because hell has finally started to freeze-over, for under the mighty power of golden god rays from a halogen lamp, the press-ready disc has been conceived. What am I on about? Duke Nukem Forever‘s gone gold!
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 ‘Reveal’ Trailer… Revealed
A couple of weeks ago, Activision released a couple of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 “trailers”, that to me, were not too big of a deal. Alright… I drooled all over myself. But, because the trailers didn’t show much in way of gameplay, aka: nothing at all, I decided to hold off on posting anything…
Fedora 15 ‘Lovelock’ Released; Brings GNOME 3.0 to the Masses
Fedora, the Linux distribution that prides itself on being 100% free (as in freedom), has just seen the release of its 15th major version, codenamed “Lovelock“. For regular users of the distro, there’s a lot of change to take in, and for those tempted to take Fedora for a test drive, there’s a lot of good reason to. The best one could be GNOME 3…
Google Updates WebP Image Codec; Still Requires Chrome or Opera to View
Google last fall announced a complement to its WebM video encoder called “WebP“, destined for photos. Similar to WebM, Google looked to make WebP a much more efficient codec to JPEG – one that offers equal or better quality at a smaller file size. Since Google hosts billions of JPEGs, it’s no surprise why it’s interested in doing what…
Trion Worlds’ RIFT MMO to Offer Free Server Transfers
Trion’s commitment to the community can only be described as outstanding. In an update coming this summer to its MMO RIFT, the company will be offering players the ability to transfer their characters to a different server for free. There are a few restrictions (as always), but to offer up for free what would normally cost you a month’s…