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Welcome to the year’s first SSD recommendations. We updated our list to reflect recent price drops on second-gen SandForce-based hardware. There are several good deals in the $150-200 range. Prices are falling, so we’re letting you know!. Read the rest...

We’ve been more than outspoken about the naming AMD and Nvidia use for their mobile GPUs. Are they really trying to mislead buyers, though? We briefly examine their methodology and frame that against the limitations of high-end mobile computing.. Read...

CES 2012 was filled to the brim with new tablets and 3D display technology, but somehow exhibitors found a way to include booth models as part of their showcase. Take a peek through our picture story to see some of...

We were foiled in our quest to find the best vendor-provided GPU cooler for Nvidia’s GeForce GTX 560. But out of the ashes sprung a round-up of cards armed with those very same solutions. Which of these five GF114-based boards...

We know Intel hasn’t shipped any phones, while Qualcomm had over $4 billion in revenue last quarter. But when you’re done reading, you’ll agree with us. To do this, we’ll perform a magic trick with all three acts, The Pledge,...

Most of the time good games get sequels. However, there’s always a select few that seem to fall through the cracks. Developers close shop or trademarks get held in limbo. Here are fifteen games that we feel deserve sequels.. Read...

I just got back from CES 2012. And although I’ve attended a great many Consumer Electronics Shows, Computexes, and Comdexes (never a CeBIT), this year’s show was by far the most intense. It wasn’t that there were tons of really...

This month, we talk about new Llano-based APUs with unlocked core and graphics clock multipliers, Intel’s upcoming Atom CPU refresh, and a few notable price adjustments. Then, we bid farewell to a few favorite processors that are quickly disappearing.. Read...

A number of metrics are used to quantify storage performance. If you’re a content creator, you have to be wondering how such dry terminology can apply to your video projects. Rather than telling you, we’re going to dissect several media-oriented...

With 40 lanes of PCIe 3.0 connectivity to host all of our high-bandwidth devices, LGA 2011 certainly qualifies as a premium processor interface. Today we examine seven X79-based motherboards that offer high-end features at a more palatable price.. Read the...