Humble Weekly: bitComposer
Another week, another sale, this time from a name that some might not immediately recognize: bitComposer. Which isn’t to say that I don’t recognize quite a few of their...
2 by on 11/15/2013AMD 2014 Mobile APU Update: Beema and Mullins
Today AMD is taking the wraps off their upcoming mobile APUs, joining the already discussed desktop Kaveri. While Kaveri will also be coming to laptops at some point in...
47 by on 11/13/2013Humble Bundle Launches the Humble Store
I’ve been a big fan of the Humble Bundle since it first showed up several years ago. I haven’t purchased every single bundle (often simply because I missed hearing...
9 by on 11/11/2013Ode to Wasteland
I’ve been covering some gaming stuff more of late, branching out from my laptop reviews to look at the various Humble Bundle offerings and a few other titles. I’ve...
21 by on 11/8/2013Humble Weekly: Pointing and Clicking with Daedalic Entertainment
Let me start with a couple disclaimers before I get into the meat of this week’s Humble Weekly Sale. First, I grew up back in the time when we...
10 by on 11/7/2013Windows 8.1 Battery Life Investigation: 1080p Video Playback
A couple weeks back, I posted a short article on battery life with Windows 8.1 looking at whether or not it had changed compared to Windows 8. The short...
67 by on 11/6/2013TeamViewer Releases Version 9 Public Beta
About a year ago, I stumbled across TeamViewer, a remote control/remote access utility. The details of the experience are still vividly clear: I had spent the better part of...
27 by on 11/5/2013Humble Bundle: Batman Edition
I’ll be honest with you: there are a lot of games we’ve used as benchmarks that I haven’t quite finished, and some that I hardly even play. So when...
13 by on 11/5/2013Humble Weekly: Team17 Worms, Frogs, and Aliens (Oh My!)
The Humble Android 7 sale has come to a close, with over 200,000 people joining up to the tune of more than $1.2 million. I missed the last couple...
9 by on 10/31/2013Analyzing Power Use: 80 Plus Bronze vs. Platinum
I’ve been toying around with updating my computer lately, and one of the topics I wanted to look at was the choice of power supply. For the most part...
79 by on 10/30/2013Intel to Fab Altera FPGAs with ARM IP
In a story posted today on EETimes, Altera announced at the ARM Developers Conference that they have entered into a partnership with Intel to have their next generation 64-bit...
44 by on 10/30/2013NVIDIA 331.65 Game Ready WHQL Driver
Brian posted earlier today about the latest NVIDIA SHIELD update, and buried within that post is information that NVIDIA has released their latest 331.65 WHQL drivers along with GeForce...
7 by on 10/28/2013AMD News: A10-6790K, 13.11 Beta6 Drivers, FM2+ Motherboards, Kaveri
AMD held a brief press conference this morning to disclose a new part that should be for sale shortly, the A10-6790K. The performance of the 6790K should be very...
26 by on 10/28/2013iBUYPOWER Releases M8 Mini-ITX Gaming System
iBUYPOWER is no stranger to these parts; we reviewed a few of their desktop and laptop systems over the years. They're now one of the larger boutique PC vendors...
36 by on 10/25/2013Promise Technology Announces Pegasus2 and SANLink2 Thunderbolt 2 Products
We’ve seen Thunderbolt products from Promise before, and we’ve even heard about some of their upcoming Thuderbolt 2 offerings. Today, Promise is formally announcing four upcoming Thunderbolt 2 products...
40 by on 10/25/2013PCMark 8 Basic and Advanced Editions Available
We’ve had a “preview” release of PCMark 8 for a few months now, but Futuremark was still working on a few minor issues it seems – plus the pending...
3 by on 10/21/2013Sony VAIO Pro 13 Battery Life with Windows 8.1: Largely Unchanged
Last week I finished up the review of the Sony VAIO Pro 13, which delivers excellent battery life compared to most other laptops that we’ve tested – granted, it’s...
34 by on 10/21/2013Acer Launches Iconia W4 Tablet with Windows 8.1
With Windows 8.1 now officially available to the public, we’re going to see a new onslaught of devices for the OS. Acer’s Iconia W4 is one of the first...
20 by on 10/17/2013Sony VAIO Pro 13: Exceptionally Portable
As our first non-Apple Haswell Ultrabook, the Sony VAIO Pro 13 has a high bar to clear. We’ve seen a few Haswell systems that have delivered on the promise...
106 by on 10/16/2013Humble Bundle with Android #7 (Updated)
In the latest edition of the Humble Bundle, there’s another collection of fairly popular games available. As usual, you unlock the core set of games with any donation of...
13 by on 10/15/2013