When it comes to Android devices, there are two inevitabilities. The first is that its popularity is unstoppable. Twice as... Read More

It's been over 12 years since Starcraft launched, and expectations for the sequel have been quite high*. Well, the highly... Read More

A few weeks back, AMD quietly released a couple of new graphics cards in the Radeon HD 5500 series. For a while there, starting... Read More

Smartphone manufacturers have been using very boastful smartphone names lately—everything from the HTC Droid Incredible... Read More

SSDs account for just a fraction of the storage market in terms of units shipped, but high consumer interest and significant... Read More

Yesterday, we chided AMD for its decision not to reveal more details about Bulldozer and Bobcat, but it turns out we didn't... Read More

If you're in the market for an X58 motherboard, there are plenty of options available. A quick search fetches countless results... Read More

Lenovo has been making a push in touch-enabled products as of late. A few months back, we actually tested one of the company's... Read More

By now, we all know that NVIDIA's flagship GeForce GTX 480 is a powerful graphics card. For most systems, it provides a lot... Read More

The MSI XPower series of motherboards is clearly designed to curry favor with overclocking enthusiasts and the high-end gamers... Read More

There was a significant influx of CULV based notebooks earlier in the year, due in part to their excellent balance between... Read More

There's little question, like the sun rising and setting each day, that when Intel launches their latest top-of-the-line... Read More

It's hard to remember that before the advent of SSDs, storage performance was a rather tepid topic. Save for the introduction... Read More

When we published our comprehensive P55 motherboard roundup back in early April, one of the boards we discussed and really... Read More

By now, regular readers of my blog should know that I have an unhealthy obsession with input devices. I constantly experiment with different mice and keyboards in an effort to find the “perfect desktop”... Read More

While trying out the VueZone iPhone app, I consider the ethics of having my two-and-a-half year-old daughter under surveillance. By Daniel A. Begun A number of months ago I was watching one of the final... Read More

When it comes to notebook hard drives you almost can't get enough of two things, capacity and speed. Though SSDs (Solid State Drives) definitely address the speed issue, they only exacerbate the capacity... Read More

In an attempt to squelch my insatiable--and sometimes unhealthy--need to experiment with all kinds of keyboards and other input devices, I recently acquired three more 'boards for the collection, the... Read More

Aside from a powerful graphics card and large monitor, one of the best ways to increase the realism and immersiveness of PC games is with a high-quality, multi-channel speaker setup. Hearing sounds that... Read More

I am a total keyboard snob; there's no ifs, ands, or buts about it. Over the last few years, I've personally tested virtually every possible keyboard type--and every key switch type--and am convinced... Read More

Although USB 3.0 is a relatively new technology that is not yet natively supported by any of the core logic chipsets currently on the market, a number of motherboards from major players like Gigabyte,... Read More

By Daniel A. Begun Those who know me well enough, know that I’m not much of a phone person--which is to say I don’t like to talk on the phone much… I’m more of a talk-to-you-in... Read More

At a recent tradeshow, while I was walking by the BitDefender booth, a BitDefender representative literally shoved a copy of BitDefender Internet Security 2010 into my hands. Never one to say no to free... Read More

Back in February, I met with some very smart folks from a San Diego-based company called Avaak. They were demonstrating a wireless camera system meant for remote video monitoring. What impressed me the... Read More