PC Gaming
At long last, a release date! It’s been over two years since Oculus Rift captured the hearts and imagination (and over $2.4 million) of backers willing to pledge support for something billed as the “the first truly immersive virtual reality headset for video games.” There’s been a lot of movement in the VR space since…
Follow these steps to avoid having licensed music removed from your YouTube videos If you’ve ever tried to legally inject a copyrighted song into your YouTube video (meaning you licensed it or otherwise own the song in question), you know it can be an exercise in frustration. It’s not that using music is difficult—the problem…
Top Deal: If you routinely have to call the fire department to come and cool down your rig, it’s time to reevaluate things. The good news is, you don’t need to spend a fortune getting adequate cooling, nor do you have to dabble in liquid if you don’t want to. Just check out today’s top…
Free games, anyone? We have to hand it to graphics cards players — they’ve been pretty good about bundling high-end titles with their cards over the last couple of years. That doesn’t just apply to Nvidia and AMD, but their hardware partners as well. Case in point, EVGA today announced that for a limited time,…
A shiney new Surface Surface 3 (non-Pro) is Microsoft’s thinnest and lightest Surface tablet ever, and it’s now available to purchase in the U.S. and several other territories, including Australia, Canada, Hong Kong, Korea, Malaysia, New Zealand, Singapore, Taiwan, and Thailand. Pricing starts at $499, though you can knock up to $150 off the cost…
New capacities and a new contest Mushkin seems awfully excited about the expansion of its Reactor Series solid state drive line, which in addition to its existing 1TB capacity option, will soon be made available in 256GB and 512GB capacities. To celebrate the new SKUs and perhaps earn some street cred in the crowded SSD…
We take a look back at the storied legacy of PC graphics Don’t believe anyone who tells you that the PC isn’t the king of video game graphics. Ever since the very first 3D graphics accelerators hit the consumer market, the video game industry has catered to the supreme power of the PC as the…
Top Deal: Everything is cloud this and cloud that. Remember when we used to burn these things called CDs? Ah, the era of optical media. It was a fine time, and if you ended up with a bad burn, well, you had high-tech coaster for your coffee mug (or 1980s style earring). If you still…
Getting situated in a new Office Make no mistake, Microsoft’s head (and heart) is in the cloud, hence the growing number of subscription-based services. But if you’re more grounded to the desktop, fear not, the Redmond giant hasn’t forgotten about you. In fact, Microsoft today expanded the availability of its Office 2016 Preview suite as…
Reacting to declining Windows sales Microsoft surprised a lot of folks when it announced that Windows 10 would be a free upgrade for Windows 7 and Windows 8.1 users, especially after explaining that the new operating system was such a departure over previous versions that it warranted skipping a version number. As many speculated, the…