January 2016

We go hands on with the second generation Vive development kit We just got to go hands-on with HTC’s newly updated Vive development kit at CES 2016. HTC is calling this iteration the “Vive Pre” and the company has made several improvements to the whole Vive ecosystem. The headset is a little bit lighter and…

Blending real and virtual worlds Had things gone exactly as planned over at HTC, the handset-maker-turned-VR-player would have released a retail version of its Vive virtual reality headset before 2016 rolled around. That didn’t happen, as HTC decided to delay the launch to better implement a “very, very big technological breakthrough.” We now know what…

The North Star In the final portion of our RTG Summit coverage, AMD has saved the best for last. Part one of the summit covered displays and visual technologies, part two was about software and AMD’s push to become more open (as in open source), and now it’s time to look to the North Star…

Logitech announced its an update to its popular G502 gaming mouse Tuesday, just a day before the Consumer Electronics Show opened up its doors. The newer G502, dubbed the Proteus Spectrum, is an update to the old Proteus Core gaming mouse. The mouse carries over most of the core features of the G502, but introduces…

Top Deal: It used to be that you could reasonably judge how powerful a PC was based on its physical footprint. Not anymore. Today it’s possible to build a high end system using teeny, tiny parts, and if that’s what you want to do, one place to start is today’s top deal — it’s for…

Patriot’s first PCIe-based SSDs Now that storage players have squeezed about as much performance as possible out of SATA 6Gbps-based solid state drive solutions, the attention is turning to PCI-Express. Some are already there, and others, like Patriot, are getting ready to release their first PCIe-based SSDs. Patriot is kicking off the PCIe party with…

Dual function desktop CyberPowerPC has a handful of new products it’s showcasing at CES, one of which is the Pro Streaming, an intriguing desktop that it’s billing as the world’s first 2-in-1 gaming and streaming system. The 2-in-1 form factor is typically associated with tablets that pull double duty as laptops, like Microsoft’s Surface Pro…

A better Wi-Fi experience Linksys knows a thing or two about high end routers — it’s WRT1900AC is still one of the best models on the market — so we’re not surprised that it’s rolling out a couple of new models under its new Max-Stream lineup of MU-MIMO Wi-Fi products. Before we get to the…