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Why Search for Piracy when Google Reader Hand-Delivers It?
Thanks to its ease-of-use and ability to store my RSS feeds in the “cloud”, I’ve been a long-time user of Google’s Reader aggregator, and have had little to complain about. But this past weekend, I encountered something a little unusual with the service – something that could be considered humorous for some, but a major problem…
Xbox Live Update Introduces PayPal as a Payment Option
Long before millions of people were subjected to having their personal data stolen via a certain online network, I often wondered if there were better ways to pay for digital goods online, such as those found on Xbox Live or PlayStation Network, than to simply hand over credit card details. Of course, game cards are one option…
Intel Upgrades Warranty on SSD 320 Series Drives
It has been less than two months since Intel launched its new SSD 320 series solid-state drives, but yesterday it was announced that the company would be extending the traditional three year warranty to a full five years for both current and future 320 series owners. It’s very possible Intel liked the numbers it was seeing on failure…
Is Intel’s Thunderbolt Dead in the Water?
When Intel unveiled its ‘Thunderbolt’ connector this past February, it seemed there were reasons to be both excited and a little disappointed. The latter was due to the fact that Thunderbolt wasn’t quite the ‘Light Peak’ we had come to know. While offering similar functionality, it totally lacks a fiber-optic connection, which was the reason…
Seagate Announces Wireless ‘GoFlex Satellite’ Hard Drive for iOS Devices
At CES this past January, Kingston showed us an upcoming product that we knew had the potential to become a boon for iPad and iPhone users – a mobile hard drive with wireless capabilities. At the time, the idea and implementation impressed us enough to warrant Kingston’s earning of one of our “Best of CES 2011” awards…
Techgage Goes to 1,000!
With the publishing of Ryan’s Z68 SSD caching article this past Monday, we hit a significant milestone – one that took me until just last night to realise. That article marked our 1,000th piece of content, and with our first-ever having been published on March 1, 2005, it sure took us a while to get here! Despite that, it’d be impossible for…
Contest Reminder: Futuremark PCMark 7 and PowerDVD 11 Ultra!
We’re in the process of running two small contests, and both end tomorrow night. For those who haven’t entered yet due to A) Laziness, B) Lack of time or C) Lack of knowledge about them – none of those excuses are good enough! If you at all want a chance to win a copy of either PowerDVD 11 Ultra or Futuremark PCMark 7, get on…
Why We Need More Game Developers Like CD Projekt RED
Polish game developer CD Projekt RED this week released the long-awaited follow-up to The Witcher, called The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings. There are a couple of interesting things about the game, but most of all, it happens to be a PC-only offering, and an RPG at that. While on game consoles, single-player RPGs are not uncommon…
Sony Details PlayStation Network ‘Welcome Back’ Package
The moment those who’ve been waiting for ‘Welcome Back’ details is over, as Sony has laid out its “customer appreciation” program across three of its regional blogs. In total, gamers in North and Latin America and also Europe will be gifted two PlayStation 3 games and/or (it’s not too clear) two PlayStation Portable games.
A Quick Look at Our NAS Test Suite; Critique is Welcomed!
After quite a long NAS drought, we’re soon to publish our look at Thecus’ N4200 four-bay offering, which up to this point in our testing is looking good. The last time we published some NAS content, it came courtesy of our networking-guru Greg King, when he looked at Synology’s DS209+. That was over two-years-ago, so to say we’re…
Corsair Announces Force Series 3 SATA 3.0 Solid-State Drives
If you are salivating over the second generation SandForce-powered SSDs or are simply eager to see more competition in the SSD market, then we have some good news for you. Corsair has today announced its Force Series 3 solid-state drives. As one may expect they utilize the SATA 3.0 “6Gbit/s” interface and are powered by…
PlayStation Network Coming Back Up; Sony Posts Restoration FAQ
In what’s sure to be a major relief to devout PlayStation gamers everywhere, Sony has finally begun bringing up the bulk of its online PSN service, one piece at a time. There have been a couple of issues that have prevented the service from remaining up since the original restoration, but as it appears now, the service is once again stable.
YouTube Introduces ‘Top 100’ Music Videos Feature
Remember when MTV was more about music and charts and less about teen pregnancies and glorified idiots? No? To be fair, those days ended long ago, but in its prime, MTV was a great source of discovering some hot music, and to see which tracks were burning up the charts. Today, though, there are a multitude of…
Are Traditional Game Consoles Soon to be a Thing of the Past?
With Nintendo scheduled to take the veil off its “Wii 2″ in the weeks to come, speculation has begun to run rampant with regards to what kind of console it’s going to be, or if it’s going to be the last of its kind. For those who just love their traditional console experiences, there’s no good feeling in picturing the boxes as we know them going…
How Does a $3 HDMI Cable Compare to a $120 One?
It should be a secret to no one that there exist a lot of “snake oil” audio and video cables out there, in the sense that they are overpriced but do the same job as a modestly-priced alternative. Most often, even the companies themselves can’t seem to produce definitive proof, and you’d be hard-pressed to see even the most hardcore…
Upgrading to a Corsair Obsidian 800D Chassis and H60 CPU Cooler
As one might expect, being that I deal with a lot of benchmarking and testing of new hardware, I tear down and build up PCs often – but rarely my own. It’s only on occasion when I’ll take a look at my own PC and realize that a change needs to be made. Sometimes it’s performance-related, other times its aesthetics-related, or it could…
Intel’s Next-Generation Atom, ‘Silvermont’, Due in 2013
Intel’s super-small Atom processor hasn’t seen a major update since its original launch in 2008, so what’s in store for the future? According to CNET, the major update will occur in 2013 with the introduction of “Silvermont“. And a “major” update it should be, as Atom will become a full-blown SoC, as was to be expected with the rising…
NZXT Releases ‘Sentry Mesh’ Fan Controller
I’m starting to wonder if the designers at NZXT are reading my mind, because with the launch of the company’s “Sentry Mesh”, another one of my ideas has come to fruition. I’ve often thought that with meshed fronts on many chassis today, a fan controller with a brushed aluminum finish kind of stands out. Well, for those who enjoy…
Z68 Motherboards Without Video Outputs? What’s the Deal?
With the launch of Intel’s Z68 Express chipset came the expected influx of supported motherboards. Because Z68 is meant to be a higher-tier P67, however, there were not quite as many models available at launch that we expected, with GIGABYTE dominating the listings with at least eight motherboards. It’s clear that while GIGABYTE is anxious…
Checking Out What’s New with PowerDVD 11
As a long-time fan of CyberLink’s PowerDVD software, I got a hold of the company’s latest version a couple of weeks ago, and thought I’d talk a little about it here. As a commercial media player, PowerDVD 11 isn’t quite as scaled down as a VLC or MPlayer. Rather, it comes in three flavors; all quite robust. Out of the box, Blu-rays and all other…
Intel Releases Z68 Chipset; Features SSD Smart Response Technology
In a launch that should come as surprise to no one, Intel has taken the veil off of its Z68 Express chipset. Though it might seem a bit odd to release a follow-up to P67 so soon (not even counting the two months that no boards were even available), Z68 is to become the higher-tier chipset; one that’s a bit more expensive than P67…
OCZ Technology Launches Agility 3 and Solid 3 SSD Models
OCZ has officially taken the lid off of the new Agility 3 and Solid 3 SSD model families. For those not familiar with either of those model names, they have traditionally been lower-cost alternatives to each of previous generations of the Vertex SSD family. The Agility 3 and Solid 3 models are indeed based upon the same…
Microsoft Purchases Skype for $8.5 Billion
In a rather surprising deal this morning, Microsoft purchased Skype for a cool $8.5 billion, gaining 100% ownership of the VoIP provider. Going forward, Skype will become a new business unit from within Microsoft, and according to the company, it will become an integral piece of the puzzle for upcoming products. Will we see Skype functionality…
Test Drive Unlimited 2’s First DLC Pack is Out (and for Free!)
When game developers prepare for a launch, the hours to preface it are sure to be the same among them all. As well as internal and beta testing might have gone, there are almost always launch issues – most times minor, but sometimes major. In the case of an MMO, servers might be unreachable for the first week for a lot of players, or for…
Canonical Sets the Goal for 200 Million Ubuntu Users in 2015
From the ‘I don’t think so, Tim.” files comes Canonical’s latest published goal: 200 million Ubuntu users in 2015. According to OMG! Ubuntu!, Mark Shuttleworth outlined this lofty goal at the Ubuntu Developer Summit in Budapest, Hungry on Monday. So just what does Canonical have up its sleeve? If Ubuntu had a mere 8 million users…