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Have you lamented the DRM that encrusts all too many new PC games? Are you sick of paying out the nose for the latest...

Type: News story Tags: Gaming

It's official: Hitachi has joined the 3TB party. Fittingly, the hard drive maker has a trio of products with 3TB storage capacities. ...

Type: News story Tags: Storage

We might just get a sneak preview of Microsoft's next operating system at the Consumer Electronics Show in January. So suggests the New York Times,...

Type: News story Tags: Operating systems Windows

Eight is Enough P2P first seeders: Pirates or "masked philanthropists"? EFF: Appeals court holds that e-mail privacy protected by Fourth Amendment Solid state...

Type: News story Tags: Shortbread

Earlier this week, blog publisher Gawker Media suffered a leak that released information about its users to the Internet. More than a million user...

Type: News story Tags: Internet

Despite looking quite promising on paper, Nvidia's Tegra processors haven't exactly been enjoying widespread adoption in the industry (well, unless you count the Zune HD)....

Type: News story Tags: Mobile computing Personal tech

Gaming sites are buzzing this morning over this post in the Beyond3D forums, which explores the improvement in load times one can experience...

Type: News story Tags: Storage Game consoles

Eight is Enough NYT: Windows 8 could make CES appearance GizmoCrunch: Microsoft tablet in January, runs Windows 7 with Apple-like UI? SemiAccurate: Radeon...

Type: News story Tags: Shortbread

Here's an early Christmas present for all you Radeon owners. Not only is there a new set of Catalyst graphics drivers ripe for the...

Type: News story Tags: Graphics

According to an FCC report (PDF) on the state of Internet access in the United States, 68% of high-speed connections are too slow to...

Type: News story Tags: Internet

Ronald already caught these in the 'bread, but hey, it's not often two high-profile role-playing games are announced at pretty much the same time. In...

Type: News story Tags: Gaming

7 Up TechFlash: Judge dismisses Paul Allen's suit against Google, Apple, and others FCC commissioner: Net neutrality rules should cover wireless X-bit labs:...

Type: News story Tags: Shortbread

2.5" hard drives are most commonly associated with notebooks. However, they've also become a staple of server installations looking to cram as much storage...

Type: News story Tags: Storage Servers Workstations

Eight is Enough Wired: Google DoubleClick caught serving malicious ad PowerColor HD 6970 pictures posted on Forum de Luxx hw-lab.com shares more...

Type: News story Tags: Shortbread

Eight is Enough MPAA, RIAA: Lawsuits won't protect content Dell 2.0: Company shifts focus to Oracle-like acquisition campaign X-bit labs: Intel starts...

Type: News story Tags: Shortbread

The arrival of new AMD CPUs earlier this week has caused prices to fall on the old models, providing us with attractive fodder for...

Type: News story Tags: CPUs Storage

Thanks to USB 3.0, external storage is interesting again. The additional bandwidth offered by the SuperSpeed spec is sorely needed, and even budget external...

Type: News story Tags: Motherboards Storage

By now, you're surely heard of OpenCL, the cross-platform API designed to allow software developers to tap the processing horsepower of GPUs for computational tasks....

Type: News story Tags: CPUs Graphics Software