Portal 2 TV spot hits YouTube
Valve is pulling out the big portal guns to tease the sequel to its infectiously fun puzzle-action game. An "upcoming TV spot trailer" for Portal 2 has made its way onto YouTube, giving viewers a glimpse of the gameplay and the two characters that will be featured in the...
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Volition brings PC development in-house
While some developers farm out work on the PC versions of games they're building primarily for consoles, Volition is bringing its PC efforts in-house. According to Eurogamer, the studio wasn't impressed with PC variants of Saints Row 2 and Red Faction: Guerrilla, which were handled by external teams....
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Rediscovering reading with the Kindle
Today, I finished my first book in a long, long time... probably years: On Writing by Stephen King. While King was one of my favorite writers when I was a teenagerأ¢آ€آ”I remember finishing The Stand under the glow of my nightstand lamp, perspiration making the bedsheets cling to my legsأ¢آ€آ”it...
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Deal of the week: Power, cooling, and a cheap 3TB hard drive
Looking for a sweet deal on a high-wattage PSU? Newegg has PC Power & Cooling's 910W power supply on sale for $150. That's a $50 discount from the usual asking price, and you can knock it down even more. Promo code OCZPSUMarch is good for an...
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AMD's first Bulldozer CPUs may debut June 11
We'd already heard whispers about AMD's Bulldozer-based Zambezi processors starting to ship in the third week of June. Now, both Expreview and DonanimHaber have revealed a launch date: June 11. Expreview vaguely mentions confirmation, while DonanimHaber cites motherboard maker roadmaps as its source for the news. DonanimHaber adds...
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Intel outlines plans for micro servers
There's been a rash of news in the past few months about ARM-based processors aimed either partly or directly at servers. Just this past January, Nvidia unveiled Project Denver. A few days ago, Calxeda detailed its first design. One key target of ARM-based processors seems to be an...
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Awkward Moments Day Shortbread
The Pick 6 Ars Technica on the politics of metered billing in Canada Bloomberg: Intel, Qualcomm say earthquake in Japan won't slow chip output BGR reports Apple's Steve Jobs emails team about Japan, offers support WD introduces 6TB external hard drive to support increased HD content creation by...
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Release roundup: Graphics, cases, and heavy-duty docking stations
Our inbox didn't collect too many exciting announcements this week, but we've got a few notable releases from Asus, Enermax, and StarTech. Asus debuts GTX550 Ti DirectCU Ultimate and TOP Edition graphics cards. We got a chance to review GeForce GTX 550 Ti graphics cards...
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Winner drawn in XFX Radeon HD 6870 Black Edition giveaway
We've given away a heck of a lot of hardware in the last little while. Today, I have the pleasure of announcing the winner of our XFX Radeon HD 6870 Black Edition giveaway. As one might expect, the prize is a hot-clocked XFX Radeon HD 6870أ¢آ€آ”specifically, the...
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Intel's 510 Series solid-state drive
Intel's latest 510 Series SSD combines custom firmware with a 6Gbps Marvell controller. We take a closer look at the drive's performance to see how it stacks up.
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