Let the liquid cooling begin Asus ROG just added another high end motherboard for Skylake builds to its lineup, the Maximus VIII Formula. Based on Intel’z Z170 Express chipset, this ATX motherboard sports an LGA 1151 socket, four DIMM slots supporting up to 64GB of DDR4-3733 (OC) RAM, and exclusive CrossChill EK cooling. The folks…
Let the liquid cooling begin Asus ROG just added another high end motherboard for Skylake builds to its lineup, the Maximus VIII Formula. Based on Intel’z Z170 Express chipset, this ATX motherboard sports an LGA 1151 socket, four DIMM slots supporting up to 64GB of DDR4-3733 (OC) RAM, and exclusive CrossChill EK cooling. The folks…
First look at Google Glass 2.0 Google’s head mounted display appropriately called Google Glass never did quite make it to store shelves as originally planned. Instead, Google shut down its Glass Explorer program in favor of taking the technology in a new direction, and we now have our first glimpse of what’s in store for…
Attention all Guardians of PlayStation. DeeJ from Bungie here, with some important news for all Crucible warriors. Iron Banner returns today. When Lord Saladin appears in the Tower, he’ll have something extra to entice you to join the battle. On PlayStation, champions of the competitive event will have a chance to earn an exclusive gear…
Rethinking password security A new study by Plymouth University suggests that using a combination of pictures and one-time numerical codes could be more secure and easier to use than today’s commonly used multi-factor methods that rely on passwords. The new multi-level authentication system is called GOTPass. One of the advantages is that it doesn’t require…
As you’ll likely be aware, we’re in the process of finding out which games you all enjoyed most in 2015, via our annual Game of the Year polls – a process which should provide a pretty accurate snapshot at where the PlayStation community’s head is at after a busy year of gaming. However, what about…
One router to rule them all? Google’s OnHub wireless router went on sale a few short months ago with a lot of hype. Google positioned the OnHub as the one router that would replace all routers, solve all your Wi-Fi woes, and never go down or skip a beat. Best of all, Google promised the…
All is well again Steam gave its users an unexpected and unwanted surprise over the holiday. It came in the form of a glitch that resulted in users seeing private account information belong to other users when logging in. There were multiple reports of Steam users seeing other people’s partial credit card information, email addresses,…
Skylake sans graphics Maybe someday Intel and AMD will build integrated graphics into their processors that will rival discrete solutions in terms of performance. Until then, integrated graphics will continue to go largely unused by power users, assuming they’re even present. While most of today’s chips do sport integrated graphics, there are two new desktop…
Because $548 million wasn’t enough After much legal kicking and screaming, Apple scored a $548 million payday from Samsung as part of a partial judgement that was decided by an appeals court earlier this year. Though not an insignificant sum, Apple wants more — $180 million more. According to Reuters, Apple filed papers with a…