We have a winner in our second XFX PSU giveaway
One lucky TR reader has won an XFX Pro Series 750W power supply, which we're giving out as part of a three-week, one-contest-a-week PSU giveaway in partnership with XFX. The winner this week is Jay Thacker, who was randomly drawn out of 436 entries and correctly answered our two...
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MLB Opening Day Shortbread
Eight is Enough Ars Technica: Leaked Bulldozer benchmarks may give glimpse of AMD's future DailyTech reports Russian site gets ahold of what's believed to be early Windows 8 build Bloomberg: Microsoft files complaint over Google dominance of search market in Europe Dell's Andy Lark: Apple iPad a...
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Report: SLI support coming to AMD's 990-series chipsets
Remember when running a couple of GeForces in SLI mode required the use of an Nvidia nForce chipset? Things may have changed in the Intel camp, but AMD users are still faced with that old conundrumأ¢آ€آ”and today, SLI-capable nForce 980a motherboards have all but disappeared from online listings. A solution...
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Samsung to begin mass production of transparent LCDs
Although several firms are experimenting with transparent LCDs, it looks like Samsung is the first to put the technology into mass production. TechEye is reporting that Samsung's transparent 22" panels will roll off the production line in color and black-and-white flavors. Few details are available on the...
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Best Buy puts up listing for Asus' Eee Pad Transformer
That didn't take too long. Less than a week after Asus kicked off shipments of its Tegra 2-powered Android 3.0 slate, the device has appeared on Best Buy's website. The Eee Pad Transformer is listed as "coming soon," but the very presence of a listing suggests its North...
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Hawken gameplay footage is mechtastic
When I hear that a game is being created by a small independent developer, I tend to picture the sort of arcade-style title one might find selling for $10 on Steam. However, Hawken is not your average indie title. Despite being worked on by a "small indie team"...
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Leaked slides detail X79 Express chipset
Chinese website it.com.cn has posted a couple of official-looking Intel slides detailing an upcoming replacement for the X58 Express chipset. Due in the fourth quarter of this year, the X79 Express will reportedly interface with "Sandy Bridge - E" processors built for a 2011-pin LGA socket. Before you start...
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Asus' K53E dual-core Sandy Bridge notebook
We've already put a quad-core Sandy Bridge notebook through the paces, but how does a system with a dual-core CPU based on the same architecture perform? Does it give previous-gen Core 2010 chips a run for their money, and perhaps more importantly, does it offer better battery life?
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Poll: What's the world's fastest graphics card?
As you may have heard, there's somewhat of a controversy brewing over whether AMD or Nvidia has a legitimate claim to offering the "world's fastest graphics card." Both companies are fresh from launching new dual-GPU flagships in the Radeon HD 6990 and GeForce GTX 590. The...
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GeForce Release 270 driver digs deep for more FPS
Behind the scenes here, we've been hearing whispers about a major driver update from Nvidia for quite some time now. These milestone updates come along every so often from each of the major GPU makers, bringing with them some notable performance increases and interface tweaks. AMD saw some...
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National Doctor's Day Shortbread
Eight is Enough WSJ reports Microsoft co-founder hits out at Bill Gates VR-Zone reports Intel X79 roadmap leaked NordicHardware reports Radeon HD 6790 postponed to April 5th, with lower TDP Fudzilla reports Nvidia fixes case of exploding GTX 590 card and GeForce GTX 590 launches with few...
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Microsoft compares browser power consumption
When comparing web browsers, most folks tend to focus on features, user interfaces, standards compliance, and how quickly pages are rendered. What about power consumption, though? Microsoft's IEBlog explores that question in surprising detail—and with fancy graphs. Oh my. Since the testing was conducted by Microsoft, the...
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Latest Battlefield 3 trailer has fist fighting, machine guns
I can't help watching those Battlefield 3 gameplay trailers with awe. First-person shooters set in present-day conflicts are hardly a new concept, but the more trailers come out, the more DICE's upcoming game looks like it will pull off a unique blend of atmosphere, visual fidelity, and realism. (It doesn't...
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