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Valve Alien Swarm - Video Review By: Brandon

Today we are going to be taking a closer look at newest release by Valve, Alien Swarm. Alien Swarm is a third person coop shooter that takes on Aliens head on. With great graphics and fun game play this release should be acquired by everyone. The major positive factor in this release is that it is absolutely free as long as you have Steam. So lets take a look at Alien Swarm and see what Valve has been working on in the spare time from Portal 2.

Tuniq TX-4 - Review By: Alex

When building a new computer, you have to keep in mind numerous things like ram speed, bus speed, video card speed and so on. Keeping these components cool is very crucial and so planning ahead for the cooling is always a plus. Cooling starts by using a simple fans and proper heat sinks in the places of need. What everyone seems to forget is the thermal compounds that provide a better heat transfer between components and the cooling equipment. Where it is a cpu or gpu or a chipset chips they all can benefit from using a thermal compound. Choosing the right compound is tough as there are many out there even though hey all perform the same function of providing a heat transfer.

XO Skins Droid X - Review By: Alex

Ever bought a new phone and immediately scratched it or dropped it? We all know that scenario could happen to everyone. I really hate having a new gadget that is all scratches and looks like its been used for a very long time. The phone market is so expensive that I cant see myself buying one every time something new comes out. With a hefty price tags anywhere between 400 and 800$ the phone makers really know what they doing so keeping the phone in a mint condition is my number one priority. Ok so now I got a shiny new phone now to pick the right body skin. There is a good amount of companies that claim that their skins are better than the others by protecting your electronics better. The only way to find out is the company is credible is by reading a review. Today we are going to be taking a look at XO Skins Droid X skin.

Rosewill RK-800G - Review By: Alex

Looking for a replacement keyboard or just need a keyboard to get the job done? Look no further. Today we are going to be taking a look at a simple but yet useful product by Rosewill, RK-800G. RK-800G is a standard 104 keys keyboard which would be a great replacement for an every day keyboard. There are many different kinds of keyboards out there. Some are oriented towards gaming users and some are for the developers. RK-800G is designed for a general purpose. Lets take a closer look at RK-800G and see what else it has to offer.

Seagate Momentus XT - Review By: Alex

We all trying to acheive faster speeds with pretty much everything we do. Just last week I have timed myself depositing some cash in to my bank account from ATM. The whole process took nearly 3 minutes and even that puzzled me as what can be done to speed up the process. The same applies to the hard drive speeds. We are at the point where the bottle neck in the average PC is the hard drive and its speed but everything comes with a price. Buying a SSD could be an expensive task. Depending on the capacity you easily can throw down 300$ for 128 Gig SSD hard drive. Sure the performance is unmatched to the mechanical hard drives but the capacity sure doesn't sound so appealing. Thankfully our friends at Seagate have came up with a hybrid solution, Momentus XT.

Sony Wins Injunction Against PS3 Jailbreak USBs
August 30, 2010, 1:02 pm Posted by: alex

Sony has won an injunction to prevent the sale of USB cracking sticks that allow users to play pirated games on their PS3s.


It was starting to look like the PS3 might never be cracked. Though its rivals from Nintendo and Microsoft were cracked a long time ago, there had been little success when it came to hacking the PS3. However, last week, Australia retailer Oz ModChips reported that they had gotten in a shipment of USB sticks from China dubbed PS Jailbreak USBs. The maker said these USB sticks contained software that could crack the console and Oz ModChips posted a video of the process on YouTube to prove that the sticks actually did what the manufacturer claimed.


Fast forward a week and Sony had yet to make a statement about the availability of PS Jailbreak. Sure, there was talk that the company could ban users logging on with jailbroken consoles, but the company never confirmed that it would be doing so. However, though Sony was quiet about the whole affair for several days, it seems the company has been busy behind the scenes, filing injunctions against the retailers selling the USB sticks.


PS3 Hax reports that Oz ModChips and Quantronics have both been ordered not to sell or distribute PS Jailbreak USB sticks as part of an injunction awarded to Sony by the Federal Court of Australia. This only affects retailers in Australia and is just a temporary injunction effective until August 31 – Sony has until this date to make its case for a permanent ban on PS Jailbreak USBs.


Read more on this right here.


Sources: TomsHardware


Xbox Live Subscription Fees to increase November 1
August 30, 2010, 12:57 pm Posted by: brandon

Today Major Nelson broke the news that Xbox Live subscriptions would increase in price starting on November 1, 2010 citing the increase in content since 2002 as the reasoning behind it. Note that this doesn't take place until November, so you have until then to purchase and add time to your xbox live account until then.


Increases are as follows (in the US, for other reasons see the link at the bottom):


1 Month: $7.99 to $9.99


3 Month: $19.99 to $24.99


1 year: $49.99 to $59.99


 


Source: majornelson.com


G.Skill Announces New SandForce-powered SSDs
August 24, 2010, 4:46 pm Posted by: alex

Looking for a SandForce-powered SSD? Another one is about to hit the market.


G.Skill has revealed three new capacities to its Phoenix Pro series SSD in 40GB, 80GB and 160GB models.


The key magic behind these drives is the SandForce SF-1200 SSD controller that's been tuned for a 4k random write speed up to 50,000 IOPS.


"After impressing the G.Skill engineering team, the extremely high performance of the Phoenix Pro 40GB drives in RAID 0 offers the ultimate price : performance package, along with the additional benefits of SSDs." said Benson Chun, Senior Product Manager at G.Skill.


Curious to know how two Phoenix Pro 40GB drives perform in RAID 0? Check it:



Sadly, no pricing or availability yet, but hopefully that increasing competition between SandForce drives will help out the consumer.


Sources: TomsHardware


Watch a game get made in Time Lapse
August 24, 2010, 4:23 pm Posted by: brandon

In the following game programmer Nizzotch shows us the process of coding his game Metagun from start to finish.


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Halo-inspired Xbox 360? Check. Xbox 360 laptop? Seen it. Xbox 360 fused with a PS3? Yep. A Tony Stark-approved Xbox 360? Thanks to one Zachariah Perry Cruse, we can now add this beaut to the list. This here design student managed to use his summer vacation for a little more than weekend jaunts to Gary, putting an awful lot of blood, sweat and fear into his very own Iron Man Xbox 360. Naturally, it's the older, less slimmer 360 console, complete with a 120GB hard drive and an HDMI socket. There's a video of the LEDs doing their thing after the break, and that eBay link will get you where you need to be if you're a prospective buyer. And let's be honest here -- you are a prospective buyer.


Sources:Engadget


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