Intel is previewing early prototype silicon of its next-generation Thunderbolt controller codenamed Falcon Ridge at the National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) show this week in Las Vegas. The new ‘Falcon Ridge’ Thunderbolt controller runs at Continue reading “Intel Announces Next-Gen Thunderbolt with 4K Resolution Support & 20Gbps Speeds”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
Apr. 9, 2013 at 9:42am
GELID Solutions today announced the SlimHero, which is a low profile CPU Cooler of company’s SILENT product line. The “SlimHero” features 4 sintered power heatpipes with a silent and slim 120mm high airflow PWM fan. Continue reading “Gelid Launches SlimHero CPU Cooler”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
Apr. 9, 2013 at 9:29am
Samsung today announces that the Galaxy Note 8.0 is coming to the U.S. market on April 11th! The Note 8.0 was originally unveiled at Mobile World Congress in February, but it will be available to Continue reading “Samsung Galaxy Note 8.0 Tablet Coming To America April 11th”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
Apr. 9, 2013 at 9:20am
Crucial today announced the immediate availability of the Crucial M500 solid state drive (SSD). The Crucial M500 SSD series uses the Marvell 88SS9187 controller with custom firmware made by Crucial for the M500. The 2.5-inch Continue reading “Crucial M500 SSD Now Available – 1TB For Under $600”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
Apr. 9, 2013 at 9:13am
According to several reports, the IRS will be trying to collect personal information about tax payers that are red flagged from sites like Facebook and Twitter. The IRS is trying to catch tax cheaters trying Continue reading “IRS collecting tax payer information from Facebook and Twitter”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
Apr. 8, 2013 at 3:03pm
Activision has released “The Replacers – Official Call of Duty: Black Ops II” trailer today! This video features Peter Stormare (Prison Break) and J.B. Smoove (Curb Your Enthusiasm) and is very well done. The video Continue reading “Call of Duty: Black Ops II ‘The Replacers’ Uprising Trailer”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
Apr. 8, 2013 at 8:54am
Over the weekend, Fusion-io announced that the ioFX workstation acceleration platform is now available with 1.6 TB of capacity, in addition to the original 420 GB form factor. The high capacity ioFX is ideal for Continue reading “Fusion-io Unveils 1.6 TB ioFX Workstation Acceleration Platform”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
Apr. 8, 2013 at 8:43am
Noctua today presented the latest models of its award-winning NH-U series of quiet single tower CPU coolers: Whereas the NH-U12S comes equipped with the renowned NF-F12 120mm fan and succeeds the highly popular NH-U12P SE2, Continue reading “Noctua Introduces NH-U12S and NH-U14S Single Tower CPU Coolers”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
Apr. 8, 2013 at 8:37am
NETGEAR is expanding its market-leading family of next-generation 802.11ac wireless products with the R6250 Smart WiFi Router. The industry’s newest router to support the upcoming 802.11ac wireless standard, the R6250 is designed for customers who Continue reading “Netgear Launches R6250 Smart WiFi 802.11ac Router”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
Apr. 8, 2013 at 8:30am
Looking for a cool viral video to watch on Friday afternoon? We ran across an impressive stop motion photography clip on YouTube that uses Post-It Notes to bring a couple popular video games to life. Continue reading “Post-it Note Arcade – Impressive Stop Motion Animation”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
Apr. 5, 2013 at 2:41pm
The Google Developer team has released a great tutorial that has Timothy Jordan covering Google Glass. The nearly hour-long video goes through what Google Glass can do, such as record videos, take photos, chat, get Continue reading “Google Glass Tutorial Video Released”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
Apr. 5, 2013 at 10:57am
For months we have heard rumors that Intel was having some issues with the USB 3.0 implementation in Haswell systems. When a computer with Haswell processor wakes up from S3 sleep mode, problems can occurs Continue reading “Intel Haswell USB 3.0 Issues Over in July 2013? Intel Announces C2 Stepping Chipsets”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
Apr. 5, 2013 at 9:03am
The NVIDIA GeForce GTX TITAN is already an amazing graphics card, but it appears that Gigabyte is trying to improve it even more. The folks over at HardwareZone spotted a Gigabyte GeForce GTX TITAN that Continue reading “Gigabyte Working on Custom NVIDIA GeForce GTX TITAN Video Card”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
Apr. 5, 2013 at 8:34am
Most Apple iPhone 5 cases protect your phone and/or extend the battery life, but have you ever seen one that claims that it could boost your Wi-Fi signal—by up to 50 percent? A company called Absolute Technology says they have made an Apple iPhone 5 case called Linkase that protects your phone and also has a slide-out antenna for improved WiFi. Read on to see how it performs!
By Nathan Kirsch •
Apr. 5, 2013 at 12:00am
We heard that Microsoft was slashing prices of numerous Windows 8 computers in its online store and it got us wondering what was going on. The Microsoft Store’s reduced prices are fairly broad and apply Continue reading “Microsoft Drops Prices on Windows 8 Devices, But Why?”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
Apr. 4, 2013 at 7:33pm