EA Kills Its Controversial Online Pass Program
Hey, I have an idea! You know that crappy online pass program that everyone hated and no one used? Let's pretend we are killing it off because we are listening to our customers!
"Initially launched as an effort to package a full menu of online content and services, many players didn't respond to the format," Reseburg said. "We've listened to the feedback and decided to do away with it moving forward."
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EVERCOOL Venti CPU Cooler
The crew at Overclockers Club didn't seem too thrilled with the EVERCOOL Venti CPU cooler they just reviewed. In fact, they actually recommend giving this cooler a pass. Here's a quote:
Don't take it the wrong way, there's nothing really wrong with the Venti; it just doesn't seem to have a place on the market. If money is an issue, there are better and quieter coolers for around a similar price, and there are smaller coolers that better fit into tiny builds that perform better as well. This one gets a pretty resounding pass in my book; look elsewhere unless you really can't spare a couple dollars for a vastly superior cooler."
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MSI Radeon HD 7790 OC Edition
The gang over at HotHardware has just published a review of the MSI Radeon HD 7790 OC Edition video card today. If you are in the market for a mid-range graphics card, you might want to check out this review.
Today, we're looking at the MSI Radeon HD 7790 OC Edition (R7790-1GD5/OC), which has a slightly lower base clock speed of 1,050MHz than its Asus and Sapphire counterparts. The frame buffer is also clocked a touch slower, but keep in mind that the MSI 7790 is set to street at around $135, while the Asus and Sapphire cards are priced at $154.99 and $159.99, respectively.
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[H]ardware Round-Up II
Cooling: Phanteks PH-TC12DX Cooler @ techPowerUP!
ETC.: ASUS PCE-AC66 PCIe Wireless Card @ Legit Reviews
Budget Hackintosh PC Build @ Benchmark Reviews
Steelseries Siberia V2 - Frost Blue Edition @ FunkyKit
Video: Metro Last Light VGA Benchmarks @ Guru3D
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Google Demands Shut Down of Microsoft's YouTube App
How did Microsoft think this was a good idea? I mean, I like what Microsoft's app does, but they had to know Google would blow a blood vessel over it.
Google is seeking to block Microsoft's new YouTube app for Windows Phone 8 because it blocks ads and allows downloading of videos from YouTube's site, in violation of its terms of service.
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Federal Judge: Only Powered-Off Cell Phones Deserve Privacy Protections
Don't want the government tracking you? Turn your phone off. Wait. What?
A federal magistrate judge in New York recently ruled that cell phone location data deserves no protection under the Fourth Amendment and that accordingly, the government can engage in real-time location surveillance without a search warrant. In an opinion straight from the Twilight Zone, magistrate judge Gary Brown ruled two weeks ago that "cell phone users who fail to turn off their cell phones do not exhibit an expectation of privacy."
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More Top Hedge Funds Dropping Apple Shares
Hmmm, what do these guys know that everyone else doesn't? Probably nothing, but it looks like a trend lately.
Griffin's Blue Ridge Capital exited a position of 530,000 shares in the first quarter, according to a filing the firm made with the Securities and Exchange Commission on Wednesday. Coleman's Tiger Global Management sold 790,000 Apple shares in the quarter, leaving it with 260,000. Also, David Tepper's Appaloosa Management trimmed its Apple stake to 540,000 shares from almost 913,000 shares at the end of the fourth quarter. And Cliff Asness's AQR Capital Management shaved its Apple stake by 29 percent to about 366,000 shares.
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NZXT Phantom 630 Case
Grab your favorite translator and head on over to TweakPC to read their review of the NZXT Phantom 630 case. You can see our evaluation here for comparison purposes.
The Phantom 620 from NZXT is a midi tower, but in terms of size quite close to a big tower. As a typical NZXT Phantom case it features a nice futuristic design with high quality, enough room for nearly everything and incredible cooling options.
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Valve Announces Steam Trading Cards Beta
Valve, creators of best-selling game franchises (such as Counter-Strike, Half-Life, Left 4 Dead, Portal, and Team Fortress) and leading technologies (such as Steam and Source), today announced Steam Trading Cards, a new service that rewards gamers for gaming on Steam.
Released in beta today, Steam Trading Cards allows customers to earn Steam rewards for playing the games they love. Those who participate will receive game-specific trading cards that can be collected to earn rewards such as game badges, profile backgrounds, emoticons, coupons, and more. The group of titles participating in the Steam Trading Cards beta includes Don't Starve, Dota 2, Counter-Strike: Global Offensive, Team Fortress 2, Portal 2 and Half-Life 2. The service will expand over the coming months to include many more titles on Steam.
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LulzSec Hackers In Court Today
It looks like these four bozos are going to need new nicknames....for prison.
The four men being sentenced were Ryan Cleary, 21; Ryan Ackroyd, 26; Mustafa Al-Bassam, 18, and Jake Davis, 20. In their hacker days, they hid their identities behind the online monikers ViraL, Kayla, tFlow and Topiary, respectively. "The real-life identities of the hackers were aggressively concealed. Similar protection did not extend to their victims," Patel said.
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Impressive Markerless Facial Motion Capture
I don't know much about these guys but their real-time markerless facial motion capture system is impressive.
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Gaming [H]eadlines
Among the Sleep Has A Playable Alpha @ Kotaku
Google Play Launches Game Services @ Joystiq
Gran Turismo 6 Coming To PS3 @ Shacknews
Star Wars Focused DICE Studio Coming @ Blue's News
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ASUS Radeon HD 7870 DirectCU II V2 Review
Make sure you guys take a moment today to read our evaluation of the ASUS Radeon HD 7870 DirectCU II V2 graphics card. How does this new revision stack up? Hit the link for the answer to that question and more.
ASUS has refreshed its AMD Radeon HD 7870 DirectCU II video card with DirectCU and DIGI+ VRM with Super Alloy Power, poised to give you a robust video card with an improved overclocking experience. We will see whether this new revision brings new value to the Radeon HD 7870 GPU and we will compare it to the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 Ti.
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Google I/O 2013 Liveblog
The crew at Engadget are liveblogging the Google I/O 2013 event. Hit the link to follow along.
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AMD Announces "Level Up with Never Settle Reloaded" Promotion
AMD announced today that it is adding bonus games to the Never Settle Reloaded program as a limited-time offer called "LEVEL UP with NEVER SETTLE RELOADED." The promotion adds Tomb Raider to the AMD Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition, HD 7970, HD 7950 and HD 7790 graphics cards and Crysis 3 to the AMD Radeon HD 7870.
Starting today, this limited-time promotion will run, while supplies last, at participating retailers. AMD expects those retailers to come online next week as they update their checkout systems to support the new promotion. The list of participating retailers and the details of the bundle can be found here.
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Prolimatech Geneis and Fenrir Titan CPU Cooler Review
We are looking at two different CPU coolers today that stray a bit off the beaten path. Both the Genesis and the Fenrir are tower air coolers in a sense but both add a horizontal plane of cooling fins both utilizing heatpipes that have the ability to flow cooling air to other parts of the motherboard's power elements.
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Seagate 600 and 600 Pro SSD Review
Seagate refreshes its line of consumer and enterprise SSDs with a new family of third-generation SSD products. We take a look at the consumer mainstream Seagate 600 and the enthusiast model, the Seagate 600 Pro. Will its LAMD Amber LM87800 controller, custom firmware, and Toshiba Type C 19nm MLC NAND make it a standout?
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Radeon HD 7990 versus GeForce GTX TITAN Review
We follow-up with a look at how the $999 GeForce GTX TITAN compares to the new $999 AMD Radeon HD 7990 video card. What makes this is unique is that the GeForce GTX TITAN is a single-GPU running three displays in NV Surround compared to the same priced dual-GPU CrossFire on a card Radeon HD 7990 in Eyefinity.
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Corsair Neutron Series 256GB SSD Refresh Review
Corsair keeps pace with continuing innovation in the NAND market by switching from 25nm IMFT NAND to the rarely seen 22nm SK Hynix NAND. This NAND provides a lower price point and extra capacity. Today we take a look to see if the Neutron Series performance remains and how this new SSD build stacks up to the competition.
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ADATA XPG SX900 128GB SSD Review Redux
Our original review of the ADATA XPG SX900 ended on a sour note. Unreleased critical firmware revisions and unexpected power consumption figures led us to question ADATA's customer support. Today we take another look with a fresh sample and a new firmware revision that ADATA has made available to its customers.
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NVIDIA GeForce GTX TITAN Overclocking Review
We follow-up with a full evaluation of overclocking the NVIDIA GeForce GTX TITAN. We will find out how fan speed and temperature affect the clock speed, then we will take it to the extreme with voltage tweaking to see how fast we can get our TITAN and the performance increase as a result.
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AMD Radeon HD 7990 Video Card Review
Today marks the launch of AMD's Radeon HD 7990. The Radeon HD 7990 is a dual-GPU video card that has its two GPUs down on a single PCB that uses CrossFire to operate the two Radeon HD 7970 GPUs. We will test this video card in the latest games, comparing it to GeForce GTX 680 SLI and Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition CrossFire.
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Enermax Triathlor 650W Power Supply Review
Today we bring you an "athletic" power supply from Enermax that weighs in at 650 watts. The new Triathlor series sports plenty of features that enthusiasts will like including Silent Cooling, Flexible Cable Management, is marketed as being Rock Stable at All Loads. Enermax ads that, "The Triathlor FC is not a blinky poser."
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NVIDIA GeForce GTX TITAN 3-Way SLI Review
We follow-up with a full evaluation of GeForce GTX TITAN 3-way SLI in today's latest games. We will compare GTX TITAN 3-way SLI to GTX 680 3-way SLI and Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition 3-way CrossFire in a triple-display setup at 5760x1200. Find out what it takes to run Crysis 3 maxed out across three displays.
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BioShock Infinite Video Card Performance and IQ Review
BioShock Infinite is here, delivering a colorful and dynamic world with the help of a customized Unreal Engine 3. BioShock Infinite has an improved PC gaming experience, we will test this game's performance among 8 video card configurations, and look at image quality of this immersive and colorful new game.
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Corsair Obsidian Series 900D Super Tower Case Review
Corsair is finally pulling back the review embargo sheets on its new "Super Tower" 900D PC case. Details and pictures have been leaking out for months, but now we finally get to see if all the hype is justified. If you are wondering what a "super tower" is, well let's just say there will be a lot of desks that the 900D will not fit under.
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ASUS Radeon HD 7850 DirectCU II Video Card Review
ASUS has refreshed its AMD Radeon HD 7850 DirectCU II video card with DirectCU and DIGI+ VRM with Super Alloy Power, poised to give you a robust video card with an improved overclocking experience. We will see whether this new revision brings new value to the Radeon HD 7850 GPU and we will compare it to the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660.
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