Published March 27, 2009 · 0 comments

The usual laptop purchasing process is straightforward for the majority of people, see something you like you buy it. The mobile gaming crowd on the other hand holds on to their hard-earned cash and pours over spec sheets with a…

Read more ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4000 Series, Gaming On The Go Gets Faster

Published March 27, 2009 · 0 comments

Living out your days waiting for your computer to finish up its workload? Having trouble keeping up with the enemy in the latest games? If you’re still toiling under the constraints of a dual core, or *gasp* single core*, processor…

Read more Intel Core 2 Quad Q9400, Going Quad On The Cheap

Published March 27, 2009 · 0 comments

Unlike the Jackalope, a creature of myth and legend (jaunty or otherwise), Ubuntu 9.04 Beta is real and available for download. Just be sure to heed the warning and don’t install it on production machines. Otherwise, you’ll enjoy tons of…

Read more Ubuntu Jaunty Jackalope Beta's No Myth

Published March 27, 2009 · 0 comments

Apple has had a grand old time going, fairly or not, at Microsoft’s perceived foibles with a great amount of success. Now Microsoft is playing up the underdog in their new line of ads, which began airing last night, giving…

Read more Microsoft's New Ad Line Going Places, Drives A Volkswagen

Published March 27, 2009 · 0 comments

After impressing desktop buyers with the Intel Core i7-packing Studio XPS last year, Dell followed up with the stylish Studio XPS 435. Sporting an eye-catching case, new configuration options and styling cues that walk the line between functional and over…

Read more Wired Reviews the Dell Studio XPS 435

Published March 27, 2009 · 0 comments

Intel has taken a bit of a hard-line in order to protect their intellectual property recently hoping to either muscle out the competition, corner the market for all manner of chips, or bring some added drama to enthusiast forums…

Read more NVIDIA Files Countersuit, Intel Probably Not Shaking In Their Boots

Published March 27, 2009 · 0 comments

Wherever in the world you happen to be tomorrow at 8:30pm, you’ll be in the midst of Earth Hour. Earth Hour began in Sydney in 2007, when 2.2 million homes and businesses switched off their lights for one hour. In…

Read more Practice Your Light Switch Skills, Earth Hour 2009 is Tomorrow

Published March 27, 2009 · 1 comment

Look at what popped up on eBay, a 4 GB USB flash drive in the shape of a Canon EOS 5D Mark II. Awesome! Not so awesome is the $140+ bid to take it home as of this writing ….

Read more Awesome, Pricey Canon EOS 5D USB Drive

Published March 26, 2009 · 0 comments

Not shutting off that PC when leaving work each day is costing Americans a pretty penny. And not just paying energy bills, there’s a considerable cost to the environment. U.S. organizations squander $2.8 billion a year to power unused machines,…

Read more A $2.8 Billion Reason to Shut Off Your PC

Published March 26, 2009 · 0 comments

Electronics Arts has had a rough go of it over the past year and making one of their largest customer bases happy seems to be on their mind. The company is taking it easy on the Digital Rights Management…

Read more Sims 3 Eschews Invasive DRM, Potty Breaks In Game Still Mandatory

Published March 26, 2009 · 0 comments

Microsoft looks to have jumped the gun a little and published details on the timing of the Windows 7 release candidate on TechNet (now changed back to Windows 7 Beta info). The page, saved for posterity as a screenshot at…

Read more Windows 7 Release Candidate in May?