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Is there enough social networking in your life? If not, you might be interested in a new venture concocted in collaboration with Crytek CEO...

Type: News story Tags: Gaming Internet

Microsoft seems to be erasing all traces of the Start menu we all know and love, at least in Windows 8's default configuration. Last year's...

Type: News story Tags: Operating systems Windows

We know that Windows 8 is taking a page out of Windows Phone 7's playbook by implementing the same Metro user interface. According to the...

Type: News story Tags: Operating systems Windows Personal tech

With Chinese New Year celebrations at an end, hardware makers in the Far East have started announcing fresh products again. This week, our inbox collected...

Type: News story Tags: Graphics Cases Input devices Mobile computing

You've probably heard about this by now, because it's all over the news: Facebook has filed for its initial public offering. What you may...

Type: News story Tags: Internet

With major new versions of Firefox and Chrome rolling out every few weeks, it's easy to tune them out. Believe it or not, though, the...

Type: News story Tags: Internet Software

EA has received a lot of well-deserved flak for making certain new games exclusive to its Origin distribution service. All PC releases should be...

Type: News story Tags: Gaming Internet

Hoping to see a new Xbox sooner than the rumored late-2013 time frame? Well, sorry to disappoint. A Microsoft executive seems to have confirmed the...

Type: News story Tags: Game consoles

The upcoming Windows 8 public beta will no doubt offer a myriad of improvements over last year's developer preview. Microsoft has outlined a handful of...

Type: News story Tags: Operating systems Windows

Either we're looking at an inaccurate rumor here, or the next-generation Xbox won't be the graphics powerhouse some of us expected. The folks at IGN...

Type: News story Tags: Graphics Game consoles

Antec's Three Hundred budget mid-tower has made quite a name for itself. We've included the case in our own system guides, and Newegg is...

Type: News story Tags: Cases

With its Metro interface, Windows 8 will have more than a few things in common with Windows Phone 7. Judging by the latest update...

Type: News story Tags: Mobile computing Operating systems Windows

A group of MIT researchers has developed a new algorithm that improves upon the fast Fourier transform. In some situations, the algorithm is claimed...

Type: News story Tags: Software

Last week's Consumer Electronics Show made the point of a release roundup somewhat moot. This week, though, we've received a handful of press releases unrelated...

Type: News story Tags: Cases Cooling Storage

As promised, quite a few websites are protesting the pending Stop Online Piracy Act legislation by staging a one-day blackout or strike, while others...

Type: News story Tags: Internet

Full-sized home-theater PCs seem to have fallen out of favor in recent years thanks to the popularity of smaller form factors like microATX and Mini-ITX....

Type: News story Tags: Cases

Truly distinctive case designs are surprisingly rare in the PC world, but Thermaltake has one of its own with the Level 10 series. We've...

Type: News story Tags: Cases

By now, you're likely familiar with the basic technology behind Lucid's various products. Whether it's the original Hydra GPU load balancer or the

Type: News story Tags: Graphics Gaming Software