Reinventing Wi-Fi If nobody ever bothered to reinvent he wheel, we’d all be riding around on four semi-circular stones with uneven surfaces and poor braking performance. Keeping that in mind, we won’t necessarily dismiss a startup’s attempt to reinvent Wi-Fi as you know it. In short, startup Eero wants to blanket your home in fast,…
Another bottleneck bites the dust Out with the old and in with the new, or in this case, MSI is anxious to bid a fond farewell to the Advanced Host Controller Interface (AHCI) and get cooking with Non-Volatile Media Express (NVMe). To get the party started, MSI issued a round of BIOS updates for a…
Top Deal: Not yet ready to invest in a 4K or 5K panel? Holding out for when 8K panels become mainstream? No problem, though that 15-year-old CRT is a bit of an eyesore, don’t you think? While you wait for whatever super-duper-ultra-high resolution monitor it is you’re after, a nice Full HD 1080p can the…
Today I was lucky enough to get my paws on The Order: 1886 Collector’s Edition, which lands in select retailers alongside the game on February 20th in the US. Watch the unboxing video for a first look at what’s inside, and learn more here. The Collector’s Edition contains The Order: 1886 set in a collectible…
Secret deals come to light You’re not supposed to know it, but Google, Amazon, Microsoft, and Taboola have been paying the developers of Adblock Plus to stop blocking ads on their respective websites, according to a paywalled article in the Financial Times. The deals are confidential in nature, though FT says it was able to…
It’s here. The Battlefield Hardline open multiplayer beta is available on both PS4 and PS3 today. If you have PlayStation Plus, all you have to do is hit up PlayStation Store and download the free beta (exact availability times vary by region and content refresh schedule). Now, I’m a “get to the point” kinda guy,…
Refreshed Blade sees several upgrades Razer’s original Blade laptop is officially old news. That’s because Razer today introduced a pair of refreshed Blade gaming notebooks, one with a Full HD 1080p (1920×1080) IPS display and the other with a touch-enabled QHD+ 3K IGZO (Indium Gallium Zinc Oxide) panel. Both models feature updated internals, including a…
Leaked slide shows next generation chipsets with more PCIe lanes It’s been several years since we’ve seen a meaningful upgrade to PCI Express in Intel’s chipsets. For the most part, budget on up to high-end motherboards have been limited to eight lanes at Gen2 speeds, though it appears that’s going to change once Skylake arrives….
Is it a bird? Is it a plane? No, it’s King Oddball! The quirky physics puzzler that has charmed gamers on PS4 and Vita is making its way to PS3 today. It comes with a free trial, so you should really check it out! As the title suggests, King Oddball is a bit weird. It’s…
Hi everyone! Vincent and Laurens here again. We almost can’t believe we’re actually writing this, but Kick & Fennick is out today on PlayStation Store. It’s been a crazy adventure, and our greatest challenge yet. But, we’re finally here, and we made a new trailer, so check it out! As you can see in the…