Month: June 2009
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Gelid Solutions GC-Extreme Thermal Compound Video Review
Lately we’ve been looking at a few different thermal compounds and this time up we’re looking at one aimed at the high end user and overclocker so we should be expecting better results than the premium thermal compounds that most consumers buy. We compare this extreme thermal paste with offerings…
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AMD Phenom II X4 965 Black Edition coming soon!
AMD have plans to release processors with the Deneb core all the way up to 4GHz stock by 2010. We already have the ability to purchase the newest AMD Phenom II X4 955 3.2GHz Black Edition chips, so next in line would be the logical 3.4GHz chip. This is being…
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Pirate Bay retrial rejected
The four men behind the popular torrent website The Pirate Bay asked recently for a retrial. Today it was heard that a Swedish court has thrown out that request. In April 2009, the four men were found guilty of promoting copyright infringement and will face jail sentences and hefty claims…
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Intel Core 2 price drops
For once in their existence, Intel are seeing sense with pricing and having a long think over how to stay competitive with rival’s AMD as they focus on their newest AM3 platform. AMD have always had the edge over Intel with regards to staying competitive, sometimes offering processors equivalent to…
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Single PCB GTX 295s Still Very Rare!
Nvidia still has yet to ship any meaningful quantities of the new single PCB GTX 295 card to their partners, so these new cards have become rather rare. While the normal dual-PCB 295 cards are readily available the newer revision appears to be harder to track down with only a…
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Michael Jackson dies, aged 50
Not hardware news, but very important none the less, especially in my life, if not many other millions of peoples lives. It was announced yesterday that legendary entertainer Michael Jackson died at the young age of 50 after suffering a cardiac arrest at his home in Beverly Hills. The…
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Microsoft defend Windows 7 pricing structure
Early today we published an article featuring Microsoft’s new Windows 7 pricing structure, as well as some pictures of the box art. A lot of concerned potential customers sparked outrage at the pricing, saying it was too expensive. US Pricing is the only indication at the moment, but expect prices…
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Windows 7 boxed and ready
The past few weeks has led to many internet discussions over the pricing structure of the eagerly anticipated operating system from software leader, Microsoft. Windows 7′s official pricing structure and box art work has now been revealed for the general public. The official release date for Windows 7 is October…
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Iron Maiden DLC for Rock Band
What an excellent coincidence that i decide to inform you about this new available DLC for Rock Band when it is actually 2 minutes to midnight. Released on Monday 8th June, owners of an Xbox LIVE Gold subscription can now get their grubby, sore, knuckle aching mits on 12 Iron…
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iPhone 3GS Exploit Discovered
A recent blog post by George Hoetz (GeoHotz) has put up an image of what can only be described as a new exploit. This exploit is for the iPhone 3GS. We can clearly see in the picture, that it is a modified version of iBoot. This means that he has…
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iPhone software jailbroken and unlocked
The guys from the iPhone dev team have released the eagerly anticipated ultrasn0w software which gives the ability for users of the new iPhone 3.0 software to unlock their devices for use with other networks. I can confirm that the iPhone 3.0 software can be jailbroken using redsn0w as I’ve…
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FUEL
Developed by Asobo Studios, and published by Codemasters (Coling McRae DiRT, Race Drive: GRID), FUEL is set to be the next best thing for competetive adrenaline junkies around the world. FUEL lets the player race through an almost limitless environment of over 14,000 square kilometers consisting of rough and wild…
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Battlefield 2: The Complete Collection
For almost 2 and a half years now I have been a dedicated player/fan of Battlefield 2142, racking up almost 1000 hours of playtime. I personally like to think I excel with all kits and all combinations and for the majority of the time be it working with a squad…
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Aliens vs Predator
Want some Candy? Personally i don’t usually eat candy, but when offered by the Predator i wouldn’t like to say no just encase he rips my spine out. The Alien however would probably snap a bit of candy up in a flash with its you know what. In a more…
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Acer launches three more notebooks
Acer’s US division has announced three new notebooks to join in their product portfolio. These will be based on their sapphire design, also known as the Gemstone Blue. All 3 of the notebooks (Aspire AS5536, AS5739G, and AS7735Z) all feature Dolby surround sound audio, multi-gesture touchpad’s and Acer’s very own…
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