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Type: News story Tags: Shortbread

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Type: News story Tags: Multimedia Internet

With little fanfare, Nvidia added a new wrinkle to its GeForce GTX 460 family early last week. Dubbed the GeForce GTS 460 SE,...

Type: News story Tags: Graphics

A second patch for Treyarch's Call of Duty: Black Ops has arrived through Steam. The update brings additional performance improvements, complementing the first patch...

Type: News story Tags: Gaming

Big news in benchmarking land: Futuremark has revealed that 3DMark 11, the next version of its popular graphics testing software, will be available on...

Type: News story Tags: Graphics Software

Eight is Enough Intel's Sandy Bridge will not skyrocket sales of microprocessors - analyst Radeon HD 6970 slide (thanks DjiXas) Lavalys: Everest...

Type: News story Tags: Shortbread

Do you really need a discrete sound card? Simple question, and we've taken a look at Asus' new Xonar Xense and DG sound cards to...

Type: Feature article Tags: Motherboards Multimedia

Five Alive Ready, set, fall: PC prices coming down as component costs decline ATi-Forum: AMD Phenom II X6 1100T listed (in German) Intel:...

Type: News story Tags: Shortbread

Eight is Enough Ars Technica: Dell knew about computer failures, hid info from customers Fudzilla: Nvidia's dual-chip card waits for Antilles SemiAccurate on...

Type: News story Tags: Shortbread

I've learned a few things about myself over time. I realize they mean that I'm a little different than most folks, but I can live...

Type: News story Tags: Miscellaneous

We've got a smorgasbord of deals for you this week—and, in what will hopefully become a regular feature, some deals for our Canadian friends, as...

Type: News story Tags: Cooling Storage Displays Memory

Vulnerabilties in Adobe Acrobat Reader are a common attack point for malware and various exploits. According to the Adobe Acrobat blog, the latest version,...

Type: News story Tags: Software

Join us as we pick apart BitFenix's second foray into the world of PC enclosures.

Type: Feature article Tags: Cases

One of the most frustrating aspects of using a laptop is having to deal with a wonky touchpad. Well, help might be on the...

Type: News story Tags: Input devices Mobile computing

Valve should really just stop putting release dates on its products. The much-anticipated sequel to the company's infectious Portal puzzle shooter was at one...

Type: News story Tags: Gaming

Get ready for 16GB/s PCI Express x16 slots! PCI-SIG says it has released the PCI Express 3.0 base specification, allowing members to grab...

Type: News story Tags: Motherboards

A lot of folks, including yours truly, are eagerly awaiting the wave of iPad killers due to arrive early next year. Interestingly, though, it looks...

Type: News story Tags: Mobile computing Personal tech

Eight is Enough TC Magazine: PCI-Express 3.0 specifications are out in the open Graphics first: Nvidia claims that only a successful GPU...

Type: News story Tags: Shortbread