PC Gaming
Google Glass project has a new chief There are a couple of big changes to the Google Glass project that are taking place, the first of which is that it’s now being overseen Tony Fadell, a former Apple executive and founder of Nest, which Google purchased for $3.2 billion a year ago. Ivy Ross will…
Maxwell unchained What better way to end the work week than by spying a glimpse of the real-deal Maxwell part we’ve all been waiting for? Winning the lottery? Okay, you got us on that one, but this is a cool (not close) second. Assuming the pictures making the rounds in cyberspace are real, you can…
Gaining ground in every sector except mobile Intel can pop open the bubbly and celebrate another exceptional year in the chip business, and that might even be understating things a bit. It was just exceptional, it was record breaking — Intel this week reported full-year revenue of $55.9 billion, operating income of $15.3 billion, and…
Google and Microsoft have different opinions on public disclosure policies For the third time in a month, Google has gone ahead and disclosed all the gory details of a zero day vulnerability affecting Windows before Microsoft could get around to releasing a patch. It affects both Windows 7 and Windows 8.1 and has to do…
Great sound is a gaming necessity—we put six hotshot headsets to the test For a gamer, top-notch sound is just as important as great graphics. Fancy, polygon-pushing GPUs may get all the attention in gaming, but if you pair them with a crappy pair of speakers or a low-rent headset, you’re ruining the immersion and…
Top Deal: Bringing a knife to a gun fight is the wrong weapon of choice, just as wielding integrated graphics at high end games will put you at a disadvantage. That doesn’t mean we’re telling you to go stockpile a bunch of guns (or knives), but you would be wise to check out today’s top…
A series of ‘misstpes’ Any nerd over the age of twenty can probably remember a time he or she would frequent the local RadioShack. It was the go-to shop for electronics and geek fare, though we’re talking a lifetime ago in tech years. Fast forward to today and there are reports that RadioShack is headed…
The Marriott hotel chain issued a statement saying it has decided not to block guests from using their personal Wi-Fi hotspots at any of its locations. It’s a decision that comes three months after the chain was fined $600,000 by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) for jamming personal Wi-Fi networks at the Gaylord Opryland Resort…
This is one plank you mind walking When it comes to keyboards, there are two types: mechanical planks and everything else. I can say that with complete confidence after having gone through and used or otherwise tested a number of keyboards over the years — for the most part, squishy membrane keyboards just don’t compete…
Denser memory solution could lead to larger frame buffers Samsung today announced that its has started mass producing what it claims is the industry’s first 8 gigabit (Gb) GDDR5 DRAM, which is being built on the company’s 20nm manufacturing process. This is the same type of memory that’s found on scores of graphics cards for…