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Microsoft Officially Slashes Xbox 360 Prices | Posted on: 27/08/2009 @ 12:40

As we predicated, and as everyone knew, Microsoft has officially cut the prices of its XBox 360's to better compete with Sony's recently price slashed and more slim 120GB PlayStation 3. Microsoft will be discontinuing the Xbox 360 Pro which was originally priced at $299 and will now be priced at $249 to get rid of the model more quickly. The Xbox 360 Arcade will remain at $199 but the Xbox 360 ...

Preview: LG Black Label Chocolate BL40. Big is Beautiful | Posted on: 24/08/2009 @ 10:40

If you've developed some serious wrinkles around your eyes from squinting at your phone to watch Ghostbusters on your train ride home from work, we may have found a handset that will be a better investment more than all the anti-aging cream you could get your hands on. The LG Black Label Chocolate BL40 comes with a large 4 inch display, meaning you don't need to hold it an inch away from your ...

Foxconn P55 Inferno Katana Preview - Quantum Force is Back | Posted on: 21/08/2009 @ 18:20

We’re Back!!! Just when we thought we had finished our P55 pictorial process, several more motherboards showed up for the launch article. We decided to continue with the pictorial process as the early September launch is quickly approaching and figured early coverage now would assist you while wading through all of the P55...

Fable 3 HD Trailer and Game Details Unveiled | Posted on: 19/08/2009 @ 14:40

The third chapter in the RPG Fable series is about to be unveiled. Fable III is due out in Q3 or Q4 of 2010 and will allow players the chance to rule Albion and is sure to include many new twists and interesting plots. During the first half of the game you must overthrow the tyrant king and for the second half you are the king/queen and must rule over Albion, with every choice you make change the ...

Sony PlayStation 3 Slim Unveiled and Price Slashed to $299 | Posted on: 18/08/2009 @ 14:31

The rumors of a Playstation 3 being slashed from $399 to $299 is here and K-Mart let the cat out of the bag as it features an ad on its home page that reveals the price cuts as well as the announcement of a new Sony PS3 Slim edition, priced at only $299.You can go ahead and preorder the new PS3 Slim for $299 and it will be available on August 24th, 2009. Now, that's an affordable blu-ray ...

First Glimpse of Guild Wars 2? | Posted on: 18/08/2009 @ 13:51

The first glimpse of Guild Wars 2 is coming "very soon now" and within a few days we should see the first teaser of the new sequel of Guild Wars. The new Guild Wars 2 will be a huge leap beyond the original in terms of gameplay, graphics, and more. The GW2 team has already been working on the new web site, Guildwars2.com and it too will be unveiled in the upcoming days. Now, we just wait and see ...

Team Fortress 2 Updated With Many New Changes and Additions | Posted on: 18/08/2009 @ 13:41

We saw on day one where all of the classes in TF2 received hats for everyone and then on day 2 we got King of The Hill game mode which is sure to be a hit among all of the players. Now for day 3 of the Classless Update by the Team Fortress 2 development team, they have unveiled a Capture The Flag Sawmill map called CTF_Sawmill. They have completely reworked the map to function as the third ...

GIGABYTE P55-UD6 Lynnfield Motherboard Video Unboxing and Preview | Posted on: 18/08/2009 @ 6:50

Champions Online Open Beta and Has Gone Gold | Posted on: 17/08/2009 @ 15:21

Champions Online has officially gone Gold and the free open beta has begun. Champions Online, a massive multiplayer online game developed by Cryptic Studios, will soon be released worldwide. The Champion's experience during the initial creation of your character and the customization tool is where things begin. Using these two, players can create unique superheros by choosing from thousands of ...

Video Game Market Saturated? Video Game Sales Take Huge Hit | Posted on: 16/08/2009 @ 18:20

The Microsoft Xbox 360, Nintendo Wii, and Sony PlayStation 3 consoles all saw a 24% drop in overall revenue for video game sales in July according to the NPD Group. NPD also said that the gaming console systems also saw a huge drop at a 37% decline when compared to the same time last year. If you had to choose a winner out of the three during these declines it would definitely be Nintendo once ...

Using Dual-Monitors to Optimize Productivity | Posted on: 16/08/2009 @ 1:35

Historically most people couldn\'t justify the expense of a dual-monitor setup in spite of the productivity gains multiple screens afford. So most people were relegated to drooling over the possibility while watching movies like \"Swordfish\" (possibly the most eye popping multi-monitor setup ever) or the 2008 remake of \"The Day The Earth Stood Still\" which reflects not only the broad adoption ...

Assembly Summer '09 | Posted on: 15/08/2009 @ 21:00

Assembly is a four day long computer festival that gathers thousands of people and their computers to the Hartwall Arena in Helsinki, Finland. This was the second year in running when we joined forces with Bosch/Dremel to promote modding and their tools to the crowd. Here is the raport about the event as it was witnessed by us.

Zune HD Preview & Comparison | Posted on: 13/08/2009 @ 23:10

The Zune HD from Microsoft is a hot topic on the Internet recently and more information has been released about the upcoming device. Other companies have struggled to come up with an Apple iPod alternative and Microsoft's previous Zune devices haven't gained much ground either. With the Zune HD, Microsoft is hoping to gain significant ground against the iPod and possibly even overtake it.

TF2 Day 2 Update Provides King Of The Hill Game Mode | Posted on: 13/08/2009 @ 15:40

The Team Fortress 2 team has released its Day 2 update as part of the Classless Update. This time, they announce a brand new game mode - King Of The Hill! KotH game mode will be a very intense fight as each team is trying to essentially be, King of The Hill. This means your team must hold capture point for three minutes while defending off the other team at the same time.Gameplay begins with the ...

ASUS P7P55D Deluxe Motherboard (Intel P55 Express) Preview | Posted on: 13/08/2009 @ 13:40

TF2 Day 1 Update Provides All Classes With Hats! | Posted on: 12/08/2009 @ 17:10

The Team Fortress 2 team is at it again with free hats this time! As part of their Day 1 update, they have introduced eighteen new hats for players. Throughout history, men have worn hats as a way of showing how much better they are than other men. I buy hats, a behatted man seems to say. I am better than you. This is why TF2 has brought us hats for players to show off who is the best of the best ...

Preview: Samsung Omnia 2 i8000 | Posted on: 11/08/2009 @ 13:00

The Original Samsung Omnia caused quite a stir when it was released last year, and quickly became one of the most popular Windows-powered mobiles on the market, doing well against the Sony Ericsson Xperia and HTC Diamond. This leaves quite big shoes for its successor to fill, as both Sony Ericsson and HTC have also promised big things for their new smartphones, due to be released in the next few ...

EVGA P55 FTW - It's Here...Pictorial Preview | Posted on: 11/08/2009 @ 4:40

Sorry folks, we actually have another shameless P55 motherboard picture preview for you. I know Gary thought his ASRock article was the last of them, but EVGA released us this evening to discuss their flagship P55 (E657) FTW (For The Win) product. We know you are urging us to break rank at this point and post up some heavy overclocking benchmarks...

ASRock P55 Deluxe - Pictorial Preview | Posted on: 11/08/2009 @ 0:30

One more P55 pictorial before we call it quits (that is our plan but no promises) as the actual product launch date is fast approaching us now. At least we hope it still is as a number of release dates are in play at this time. All of the proposed release dates occur in September and that is all we can about it. Anyway, our P55 sample today is from ASRock. A company...

MSI P55-GD80 - Pictorial Preview | Posted on: 11/08/2009 @ 0:10

It must be snowing in Texas today as we finally have another P55 board to preview without it coming from Gigabyte or ASUS. Today's star is the MSI P55-GD80, which is designed to compete directly against the ASUS Deluxe and Gigabyte UD5 series. We have been very impressed with MSI as of late with the AMD based 790FX-GD70 plus the uATX form factor...

USB Ultra infrared receiver v2.0 to remote control the PC and power on/off DIY guide | Posted on: 10/08/2009 @ 8:01

Today, a new interesting infrared receiver solder guide for the PC is finished. Who like to control the PC or HTPC comfortable from the sofa, can solder different IR receiver types for commercially available universal remote controls. There are some self building guides in the ocinside.de modding section for several years and today a new special infrared receiver soldering guide for the PC is ...

Interactive AMD Phenom product ID guide | Posted on: 10/08/2009 @ 8:00

A so called product ID or OPN description is on each AMD Phenom and Phenom II CPU, but this product ID is not really easy to understand without studying several datasheets. On the new AMD Phenom product ID guide simply select the description of your processor over the drop-down fields or type it directly into the new OPN field. Then you will see the technical data and processor description below ...

MSI P55-GD65 Lynnfield Motherboard Video Unboxing & Preview | Posted on: 09/08/2009 @ 15:10

MSI P55-GD80 - Pictorial Preview | Posted on: 09/08/2009 @ 4:00

It must be snowing in Texas today as we finally have another P55 board to preview without it coming from Gigabyte or ASUS. Today's star is the MSI P55-GD80, which is designed to compete directly against the ASUS Deluxe and Gigabyte UD5 series. We have been very impressed with MSI as of late with the AMD based 790FX-GD70 plus the uATX form factor X58M...

Microsoft Windows 7 RTM review | Posted on: 05/08/2009 @ 17:31

Should you jump right in and start deploying Windows 7 in your company now, or take the usual approach of waiting for SP1? The pre-release versions of Windows 7 have been promising, but does the RTM deliver on that promise?

OpenGL 3.2 Specification Officially Released | Posted on: 03/08/2009 @ 19:30

Last month when NVIDIA had published their first official 190.xx driver beta, it was discovered that there was early OpenGL 3.2 support. There was no OpenGL 3.2 specification out in the hands of public developers, but with NVIDIA working closely with the Khronos Group, it wasn't too surprising...