Looking back at another wild year in the tech sector Two years ago, the world was supposed to end, based on the Mayan calendar. And last year, we heard about the death of the PC ad nauseam. Of course, neither of those things happened, setting up yet another event-filled 12 months of technology news that…
Top Deal: You wouldn’t know it by looking at your processor, but that seemingly flat surface is a landmine of pits and nooks and crannies. Sure, they’re microscopic, but they also wreak havoc on dissipating heat from the integrated heat spreader (IHS) to your cooler of choice, be it liquid or air. Hence why thermal…
The movie North Korea supposedly didn’t want you to see Despite the efforts of hackers who were apparently ticked off with Sony Pictures Entertainment over The Interview, a far-fetched comedy in which the CIA enlists the help of TV personalities played by Seth Rogan and James Francos to assassinate North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, millions…
Happy Holidays from Champaign, Illinois! Thanks for the overwhelming support we’ve received this year from our loyal community and PlayStation fans around the world. We’ve had a helluva (terrible joke #1) time this year! Ever since we first revealed Saints Row: Gat out of Hell at PAX Prime, we’ve been humbled by the reception and…
Discrete audio for the mobile road warrior Unlike desktop PCs, you can’t just open up your laptop and insert an audio card for discrete audio processing. However, there are USB-based solutions, including Asus’ new Xonar U3 Plus, a pocket-sized USB sound solution with a built-in 150-Ohm headphone amp, DSP (digital signal processor), and other features….
Howdy! This is Pringo Dingo Games! We’d love to present to you our first game, Paparazzi! Paparazzi is a two-player local multiplayer game where one person plays as the celebrity,and the other plays as their enemy, the paparazzi. It’s a frantic game of cat-and-mouse with a humorous twist! The more photos the paparazzi takes of…
A new mid-range GTX 900 Series card may be imminent We expect to see quite a few product announcements at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas next month, which runs from January 6-9. However, rumor has it one part that won’t make the trip is Nvidia’s GeForce GTX 960 graphics card. Instead, a…
Happy holidays, everyone! I know a lot of you may be new PS4 owners, so I wanted to welcome you to the PlayStation Nation and offer up a little not-so-secret pro tip to help you out while you’re gaming: Docs for PlayStation. If you’re like me, you don’t like having to search through a paper…
The next step in China’s effort to block all things Google After several months of service disruptions, China appears to have found a way to block access to Google’s Gmail service through third-party email clients. China had already been disrupting service to Gmail for the better part of six months, though users have been able…
Handy information for app developers Microsoft recently revealed some interesting stats and trends about Windows and Windows Phone, and among them is a tidbit that Windows Phone app developers may want to pay attention to. As it turns, most Windows Phone app downloads come from so-called “low memory” devices. On Windows Phone 7.x devices, low…