NVIDIA's Ion Platform


Take Intel's Atom processor and pair it with NVIDIA's GeForce 9400M chipset and you've got the Ion platform. The latest bold move from NVIDIA offers an alternative to the anemic 945G chipset in current Atom based PC designs, with a faster, more capable chipset that can fully accelerate HD video decode among other things... [Read more...]

MP5 + Wii Remote = WeeP5


Modding a Wii remote is nothing new but modding one into a semi-realistic looking MP5 9mm submachine gun is pretty damn cool. [Read more...]

Video Games Feed Male Urge To Conquer

Scientists at the Center for Interdisciplinary Brain Sciences Research at Stanford University claim that video games feed the male urge to conquer. On the other hand, women in the study didn’t exhibit the same behavior. I’ll bet the results would be the opposite if they studied “shopping” instead of video games.

"I think it's fair to say that males tend to be more intrinsically territorial. It doesn't take a genius to figure out who historically are the conquerors and tyrants of our species – they're the males. "Most of the computer games that are really popular with males are territory and aggression-type games."

Corsair TX850W Power Supply


Corsair reaches out to grab the part of the power supply market that could easily be thought of as the enthusiast "sweet spot." 600 watts too little...1000 watts too much....ah, 850 watts, just right. [Read more...]

Lenovo to Release Dual-Head Laptop


The ThinkPad W700ds appears to be the first laptop ever to sport two LCD screens -- a 17-in. primary and a 10.6-in. secondary screen. The souped-up "mobile workstation," as Lenovo calls it, also comes with customers' choice of quad-core Intel Core 2 processors and Nvidia Quadro mobile graphics CPU with as many as 128 cores. It also comes with as much as 8GB of DDR3 memory and a pair of hard drive/solid-state drive bays for up to 960GB of storage. [Read more...]

Apple’s New Multi-touch Mighty Mouse // Aluminum??


















Let’s face it, the Mighty Mouse is flawed. Luckily, Apple has filed for numerous patents directly hinting at a multi-touch Mighty Mouse, which could prove to bring us an unexpected treat sometime in the near future. [Read more...]

Intel Core i7 920 and 965 review


Intel launches these Nehalem based puppies on the new name Core i7 as in their 7th architectural generation. [Read more...]

Myst Online Goes Fully Open Source


Massively reports that developer Cyan Worlds has turned their MMOG Myst Online: URU Live into an experiment by releasing all of the game’s assets to the public as open source. They hope that a development community will grow around the project. I’m sure someone will introduce porn into the game world and someone else will create a scam around it.

Amazingly, they aren't simply releasing it into the wild and leaving it alone; Cyan has decided to hold one Myst Online server shard open for players to have a centralized world, despite the fact that others can now freely put up their own Myst Online servers.

Self-Balancing Robot Table Demo’ed

A Japanese engineer has built a self-balancing robot table that can even deliver food and play some irritating beep music. Check out the video to see this thing in action. Funky. [See video...]

PhysX by nVidia


Effects physics, as you may recall, is the physical simulation of things that don't impact gameplay but simply enhance the visual impact of a game. [Read more...]

October Video Card Price Guide

We break down the trends and prices from the entry-level, mainstream and enthusiast-level cards, and find the best overall values. If you're looking for a new video card, or just want to see where the market is heading. [Read more...]

October Hard Drive Price Guide

The break down on the trends for Parallel and Serial ATA desktop drives, and SSDs, finding the best overall values in each area. If you're looking for additional storage, or just want to see where the market is heading, then be sure to check out the detailed price lists and commentary. [Read more...]

Weekly CPU Prices - Week of October 27, 2008

While the AMD and Intel processor charts are continue to show stable prices, there is at least a hint of increased activity. Although small, there are more price changes than last week, and many of these are on mainstream processors. [Read more...]

High-End Memory Prices - Week of October 27, 2008

If you want the inside scoop on the high-end memory market. [Read more...]

MDS Brings Skynet One Step Closer with Expressive Robot

Creepy robot alert! Nexi is a robot that is able to learn and can interact with humans using speech, expression, and body language. Dubbed an MDS (Mobile Dexterous Social) robot, it gets around by being mounted to a Segway-like chassis. Kinda looks like Chucky to me. [See video...]

An Introduction to Virtualization


An introductory piece that should allow anyone an easy entry into the fascinating world of virtualization. Did we mention it also plays games? [Read more...]

Sony A900 is just $3000


The 24.6 Megapixel Sony A900 is the highest resolution sensor in the full-frame DSLR class. Does high ISO noise mar the picture? [Read more...]

Intel's X25-M solid-state drive


Here is some news about Intel coming into the SSD market with their version of Flash HDDs. If you are into Gaming and High-Performance PCs, this is an interesting read.

The first of these SSDs to hit the market will be the X25-M, which boasts an impressive 250MB/s sustained read rate, a 70MB/s sustained write rate, 80GB of storage capacity in a 2.5" form factor, and support for Native Command Queuing. Read on to see how this drive stacks up against a mix of solid-state and mechanical alternatives through our exhaustive suite of performance, noise level, and power consumption tests. [Read more...]

Rovio robot from WowWee


The Rovio is finally ready to roam around domiciles and keep baddies at bay. First announced (and spotted) at CES 2008, this long-awaited robotic sentry is up for pre-order right now, and it comes packing a 640 x 480 webcam to stream back live video in MPEG4 format. Furthermore, it can snap stills, head out on a customized patrol route and avoid obstacles with its infrared sensor.

New chips (HYDRA) open the door to gaming rigs with a mix of ATI and NVIDIA cards

The groundbreaking technology is titled the HYDRA Engine. The accomplishment of the engine is nothing short of unbelievable to those who follow the graphics industry. It uses hardware and software to allow virtually any AMD/ATI and NVIDIA GPU to work together and share workloads with the CPU, scaling programs almost linearly. [Read more...]

Solar Powered Table


This solar powered Sun Table is pretty damn slick, even with it’s $2,200 price tag. The thing is fully charged with four hours of direct sunlight and works even when partially covered. It even says the table can work after being shot…you know, like with a bullet…which is pretty handy I suppose.

QuakeCon 2008!!!

Here we go

13 Years of Nvidia Graphics Cards

A little history lesson about how nVidia came to be. [Read more...]

ATI Radeon HD 4870 X2 - R700 Preview: AMD's Fastest Single Card

Looking for the latest Single PCB solution in high-end graphics? This may be it... AMD has out-gunned nVidia once again. This is just the preliminary release card. I can't wait to see what the final product will do with optimized drivers!. [Read more...]

Terminator 4 Movie News

Check out the new T4 movie trailer starring Christian Bale and directed by McG. From the trailer, the movie is definitely taking on a new direction in the storyline. [Read more...]

Best Gaming Graphics Cards for the Money - July 2008

Getting The Most Bang For Your Buck!

The graphics card landscape changed tremendously in June '08, with the introduction of the Geforce GTX 260 and GTX 280 cards, and ATI’s counterattack with the Radeon HD 4850 and 4870. And let’s not forget Nvidia’s counter-counterattack with the Geforce 9800 GTX+!

Find out which cards are the best for your gaming needs... [Read more...]

nVidia Supports ATI Radeon PhysX Efforts

Here's some news about a third-party developer named Eran Badit that is trying to get PhysX to run on Radeon GPUs. [Read more...]

NVIDIA's First 55nm GPU: GeForce 9800 GTX+

Shortly after the GT200 launched, AMD "responded" with its Radeon HD 4850, a cheap card by comparison, but a far more interesting one from a practical performance standpoint. Priced at $199 and selling for as little as $170, the Radeon HD 4850 managed to invalidate most of NVIDIA's product line. In response, NVIDIA dropped the price of its GeForce 9800 GTX to $199 as well and introduced one more card: a $229 GeForce 9800 GTX+.

Originally we thought the GTX+ was a silly last minute afterthought as it looked like nothing more than an overclocked 9800 GTX. While its clock speeds are higher, it also happens to be the very first 55nm NVIDIA GPU. [Read more...]

AMD Radeon HD Series 4000


Hey everybody and welcome to yet again a new graphics technology release. It is only a few days ago since NVIDIA released their new flagship product the, GeForce GTX 200 series. Obviously they did that really strategically; shortly before AMD's launch of their Radeon series 4000 products. While NVIDIA is at the high-end with that particular product release, AMD does things a bit different. See, AMDs new products are targeted at the mainstream market, well slightly above it actually. The products announced will be twofold, the Radeon 4850 and 4870. The new leading mainstream products that quite frankly definitely do pack some really good punch. [Read more...]

DirectX 10 on WinXP

Here are some links to information that I have found online regarding getting DirectX 10 working on Windows XP platforms. If you're like me... a die-hard PC Gamer who don't like/want to "upgrade" to MS-Vista, then the info on these links should be of interest to you.

Zdnet (DirectX 10 for Windows XP)
Techmixer
TechnoSpot
Softpedia
Jen Blue Blog
DirectX 10 General Info from Microsoft

Old News but interesting:
No DirectX 10 for WinXP... but DirectX 9.L may be the same thing!

BF2142 1.5 Update BEWARE!!!

I recently updated to the latest 1.5 patch for BF2142. And, found that with this patch your Northernstrike unlocks are not available to be gained. If you have available unlocks and want to go up to Northernstike Kits... I was lucky to have another computer that I had not updated and still had the 1.4 patch. Where I was able to gain access to go up to Northernstrike Kit(s) with my specific soldier ID using this v1.4 machine. Just a heads up to everyone who may have not unlocked all their Northernstrike Kits.

GeForce GTX 280 review


The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 200 series - Moving beyond gaming

THIS IS SPARTA! Oh ... hi everyone. Yeah once you get to play games with the beast we'll be showing off today I tend to get a little melodramatic. I have this weird thing that once I really like a piece of hardware I try to find a weird euphemism for it that fits the product. The actual GeForce GTX 280 we put to the test reminded me of pure brute force. But all that brute force streamlined, well organized and efficient could very well be an euphemism for SPARTAAAANS. [ Read more... ]
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