Faster Wi-Fi in the sky For the most part, Wi-Fi speeds on airplanes are nothing to brag about. That’s because there’s limited bandwidth to share among dozens of travelers with an assortment of connected devices. Well, good news — Gogo is launching a new Wi-Fi technology that should put an end to slow connections. The…
Top Deal: In case you haven’t heard, AMD has some big things planned in graphics. It’s getting ready to kick the Catalyst Control Center to the curb and introduce a new “Radeon Software Crimson” interface that will bring with it several improvements, including more frequent driver updates. Exciting stuff, and if you’re looking to jump…
Pushing the pedal to the metal The nice thing about factory overclocked graphics cards is that the manufacturer assumes all the risk, at least until the warranty period is over. That doesn’t seem to be a deterrent for Gigabyte, which just added five new overclocked cards to its Xtreme Gaming series. In addition to the…
Setting the record straight Analysts are prone to sound the alarm on the PC industry by noting drops in shipments while ignoring the fact that hundreds of millions of new systems find their way into homes each and every year. Apple CEO Tim Cook took things a step further this past week by ignoring numbers…
Ever dreamed of conquering the world as a kid? Well, neither did I, but life works in mysterious ways sometimes. Our first console release, Eiyuu Senki — The World Conquest, invades PS3 on November 24th. As long-time SRPG fans, this is a dream come true for our team. During the nearly two years we have…
After spending almost eight hours with the final game, it’s clear that Star Wars Battlefront is reaping the benefits of developer DICE, veteran multiplayer designers and creators of the Battlefield series. Star Wars Battlefront sits in a unique niche in the current FPS landscape. The controls are simple and streamlined, making the game accessible to…
QNAP launched on Thursday two new network attached storage (NAS) units, the TAS-168 with one drive bay and the TAS-268 with two drive bays. Both come packed with two operating systems crammed into a visually-pleasing chassis that will look good both in the home and the office. What’s unusual about these two NAS units is…
Asus chairman Jonney Shih hinted last month that the company may make its own augmented reality (AR) glasses. Now CEO Jerry Shen has confirmed those plans, reporting that the product will be released next year. Shen made the revelation on Wednesday during an earnings webcast, saying that the company believes AR will be important for…
A NAS for the power hungry There are NASes, and then there are uber-NASes. The QNAP TVS-EC1080+ is one such uber-NAS. Pitched as an enterprise-level unit, the TVS-EC1080+ packs in killer hardware features, as well as a host of applications that users should find useful. At times, we find that some of QNAP’s NAS units…
Microsoft’s Terry Myerson confirmed on today that the Windows 10 “Threshold 2” update is now rolling out to the masses. He boasts that with the update installed, Windows 10 performs nearly 30% faster than Windows 7 running on the same device. That’s quite a gain, a detail many Windows 7 customers may need to factor…