Items tagged with overage
Back in early March, we covered news that AT&T was instituting broadband meters after years of providing unlimited service. For standard DSL customers, 'unlimited' now means 150GB per month, while U-verse subscribers have a higher cap of 250GB/s. AT&T claims that these caps are necessary due to the fact that a small number of customers...
Read more...
We’ve just posted our coverage of this year’s Quakecon at HotHardware. We’ve got plenty of pictures and information from id’s keynote address, NVIDIA’s kick-off event, tons of case mod pics – including the contest winners, and all of the vendor displays. We’ve got some pics of the lovely Frag Dolls as well, and news about a handful of yet...
Read more...
This past weekend marked the twelfth anniversary of a gaming event started by a group of die hard Quake players in suburban Dallas, Texas. Evolving and growing rapidly since its grass roots founding, Quakecon has become the largest LAN gaming event in the United States, with over 3000 gamers attending, some from places as far as Japan, Iraq,...
Read more...
Intel's Core 2 family of processors has been officially launched today and it's causing quite the frenzy as technology websites all over the web post reviews. Our very own Marco Chiappetta took a gander at the new Core 2 Duo and the Core 2 Extreme processors, so head on over and take a look. After you've had a chance to digest...
Read more...
Intel has lifted the NDA on their new Core 2 Duo line of desktop processors, formerly known as "Conroe", and the review madness has begun. You can read our article by clicking here, and then when you're done be sure to check out some of the other articles from around the web... AnandTech (Woodcrest) GD Hardware GotFrag [H]ard|OCP...
Read more...
We stayed stateside and didn't attend Computex this year, but the Tech Report did such a good job summarizing the best of Computex 2006, that it feels like we just got home. It's obvious Geoff was a busy man out in Taipei. "COMPUTEX IS A SPECTACLE like no other. An ocean away,...
Read more...
All of today's big news is regarding the official release of NVIDIA's GeForce 7950 GX2. If you missed the frash link at the top of the page, you can read our review right here, but we've also pulled together a few other articles from around the web to give you some different perspectives... GeForce 7950 GX2 Reviews: The Tech Report...
Read more...
"To game is to live." - Anonymous Gamer The Day After Yesterday - Welcome To E3, Day Two The majority of yesterday was spent in the West Hall, which consists primarily of console games with the Sony and Nintendo booths overshadowing everything else in the hall. I tend not to spend as much time in this area, but thought that you might...
Read more...
"You'd do better in a volcano with a nitroglycerine towel." That's a quote from our E3 shuttle bus driver sans non-family friendly commentary. Welcome To E3 Here I am back for my 10th E3 (Electronic Entertainment Expo) - unfortunately, I missed out on the very first one in 1995. Hopefully, never again. E3 is many things to...
Read more...
Yesterday we posted some info on what sony has to offer at this years E3, and tonight we have some information about Nintendo's Press Conference. BFR Provides some decent shots of a few upcoming games for Nintendo's Wii, and has a little more information concerning how the system will tie into the next Zelda title....
Read more...
We've posted up detailed coverage of Ageia's PhysX launch details at GDC. Stop on by to see where Ageia is today, what makes the technology tick and where the industry is headed in the fully interactive world of real-time dedicated physics processing. ...
Read more...
In 2002, AGEIA's founders broke into the gaming industry with the intention of revolutionizing the way PC games would be played. Focusing their attention on the notion of in-game physics, the ultimate goal was to bring a new level of realism to the latest and greatest titles on the horizon. In short, the company has developed the world's first...
Read more...
PC Perspective has teamed with FileShack and has posted some video coverage of CES 2006. There are still the usual pictures and editorial comments we're accustomed to, though the videos certainly give those who have never attended CES a better idea of the total experience. Once you've seen the videos, be sure to see what our own Marco thought...
Read more...
For all of you Blizzard fans out there, techFEAR has a two part coverage piece one this years BlizzCon. If your a World of Warcraft fan, you might find this particular interesting, as they explore the thought process of the game's design. Click here for part 1, and here for part 2."Blizzard held its inaugural annual conference, BlizzCon 2005,...
Read more...
Hey everyone, I've got some reading material to help you fall asleep. Not to say that it's boring, in fact QuakeCon has produced some nice new footage of Quake 4. The lucky folks attending QuakeCon have been allowed to experience Quake 4's deathmatch, while the rest of us will just have to settle with some pretty screenshots for now... oh...
Read more...
Hey folks, I hope your all having a good weekend. I'm just stopping in for a few minutes to update you on the news that's floating around this weekend... enjoy! C3 Expo 2005 Coverage @ XYZ Computing "It is conveniently (for me) located at the Javits Center in New York City so even though it mainly featured...
Read more...
Unless you live under a rock, most of you have heard about NVIDIA's new GeForce 7800 GTX. If you haven't done so yet, check out Marco's comprehensive report on NVIDIA's 24-Pixel Pipe powerhouse. After that, we've listed out a fair collection of other coverage from around the web. Whether you want a brief overview or more...
Read more...
Good Morning Peeps, how goes the battle? Things are clicking along nicely here in the HH Labs this weekend. Yet another white-out with snow going on in the area, adding another 8-10" of the stuff before the day is through. It's all good though because there are many of us here on the HH Team in the Northeast and it only forces...
Read more...
Good morning all :) Sorry about the later update, yours truly is feeling really under the weather today. So, I don't mean to be rude, but we are going to get things started so I can get some rest. Here is your AM update... Thermaltake PurePower 680W Power Supply @ Bjorn3D "After you stop drooling at the thought...
Read more...
Well it's 1AM right now, and my only mental functions consist of 'News' and 'Sleep', so I'll proceed in that order. Firingsquad has announced the final winner of their contest, so be sure to check out their site to see if it's you... after you check out our news of course :) Soltek SL-K8TPro-939 Motherboard Review @ PCStats "The new Soltek...
Read more...
Good evening my friends welcome back to HH. Things around the Canadian portion of the labs have been fairly mundane over the past week or so, and for that, I would like to apologize. I have been dealing with some fairly substantial situations in my personal life; but, things have been resolved and my life...
Read more...
It's feeling like the calm before the storm here around the HH Northeast labs. There is an onslaught of new gear on its way to us and a few of very large OEMs preparing for some major launches in the next few weeks. If you take a look around at some of the Computex coverage on the web (I'll provide a link or two for you in the...
Read more...