Articles By: Alan McCloskey

Almost The End Tech News December 20, 2012

Almost The End Tech News December 20, 2012

What really IS cool is that tomorrow our Sun will align itself between the Earth and the center of the Milky Way galaxy, which has a Supermassive Black Hole (do I hear Muse in the background?).

Here’s the tech news. I’m sure we’ll be able to post some more tomorrow, too.

Why Far Cry 3 Is Not Game of the Year

Why Far Cry 3 Is Not Game of the Year

Far Cry 3 is pretty much sweeping everyone’s “Game of the Year” awards. While the game is really solid in many areas, there are some glaring issues that reviewers should consider before handing out their coveted award badges.

Tech News December 19, 2012

Tech News December 19, 2012

Sometimes people care about the tech news, and sometimes they don’t. Let’s see if I can get people to care by jamming as many key words as possible to see if people actually read this.

The 3d printing machine has the 50 best apps that produced a Blizzard at the Gaming Awards for Blu-Ray veterans of Call of Duty. The Firefox danced with Bill Gates’ GPS, which was disguised as Master Chief from Halo, but had an HTML5 bug, which caused the IBM console running Windows 8 to Skype over to Paypal.

Lian Li’s CES 2012 Product Lineup

Lian Li’s CES 2012 Product Lineup

Lian-Li Industrial Co. Ltd, will be at the world’s largest consumer technology trade show – CES 2013 in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA from January 8 to January 11, 2013. Lian Li invites all interested parties to visit the their booth in the Las Vegas Convention Center (LVCC), South Hall 2 #25405and get a first glimpse of the [...]

Evercool Venti 4-Heatpipe CPU Cooler Revealed

Evercool Venti 4-Heatpipe CPU Cooler Revealed

The Venti (HPQ 12025) managed to design a great cooling solution: efficient and quiet, and efficient when necessary. The Venti (HPQ 12025) will be a good choice for quiet system lovers as well as for benchers with limited budget.

New Adata Products Revealed at CES 2013

New Adata Products Revealed at CES 2013

Visitors will be able to see the XPG SX300 384GB mSATA solid state drive, the enterprise grade SX1000, and the latest embodiment of the new, tiny NGFF SSD specification.

New Corsair CX Power Supplies

New Corsair CX Power Supplies

Unlike budget PSUs, the CX Series Modular PSUs feature a hybrid modular cable system that allows PC builders to install just the cables (PCI-E, SATA, and 4-pin) required for their computer’s configuration, for a cleaner look and improved airflow and cooling.

New Enhancements for Asustor

New Enhancements for Asustor

ASUSTOR Inc., a leading innovator and provider of network storage solutions, today announced the release of three new NAS Apps for its well-received AS 6 Series NAS devices. These new Apps consist of Symantec Backup Exec’s RALUS, an acclaimed backup solution, Dropbox, a popular cloud storage and sync service and DVBLink TV Server, a digital [...]

Tech News December 17, 2012

Tech News December 17, 2012

Do you not know how to build a PC? Well there’s an article right here on how to do it. We also have reviews on a Google Nexus 7 tablet, and some new GeForce GTX 650 video cards, and a few new Cooler Master HAF XB Mid Tower cases (we should be publishing ours very soon, too). I’m also glad to see that Hauppauge has a new HD PVR 2 video capture thingy, and there’s a review here on that as well.

Tech News December 16, 2012

Gelid Solutions Wing 14 UV Blue 140mm Fan Review Resident Evil 6 Review (PS3) NZXT Cryo E40 Logitech G110 Gaming Keyboard Review Seasonic X-Series 850W KM3 Power Supply Review Interview with ASRock COO Mr. LL Shiu Google vs Microsoft – fight! Tbreak’s 2012 Holiday Gift Guide Dishonored Review (PS3) Kicker Cush Headphone Review BIOS Option [...]

Tech News December 14, 2012

Tech News December 14, 2012

Today we have a Cooler Master Storm Quickfire TK mechanical gaming keyboard (and a bunch of other Cooler Master stuff), a whole freakin’ Infiniti G37 car, some new CPU cooler reviews, and a few Networked Attached Storage devices.

Rosewill Wall Plug Network Adapters

Rosewill Wall Plug Network Adapters

The RPLC-200KIT, a 200Mbps Powerline AV+ mini Wall-Plug Adapter which utilizes HomePlug AV technology and RPLC-500KIT, a 500Mbps Powerline AV Wall-Plug Gigabit Adapter, allows the expanding of high speed networks to multiple rooms through any home wall power outlet.

Nuketown Zombies Trailer – Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 Video

Nuketown Zombies Trailer – Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 Video

The Nuketown Zombies Bonus Map is Now Available on the Xbox 360 Video Game and Entertainment System for Call of Duty: Black Ops IIDLC Season Pass Holders

Hitman: HD Trilogy Available Feb 2013

Hitman: HD Trilogy Available Feb 2013

IO Interactive A/S, a Square Enix studio today announced HITMAN: HD TRILOGY. Experience for the first time ever the classic and critically acclaimed games: HITMAN 2: SILENT ASSASSIN, HITMAN: CONTRACTS and HITMAN: BLOOD MONEY, unified in one deadly HD-Collection for PlayStation®3 and Xbox 360® video game and entertainment system from Microsoft. For the very first [...]

Arma 3 Postponed Until 2013

Arma 3 Postponed Until 2013

In what might be described as an eventful year, Bohemia Interactive has decided to postpone the release of Arma 3. The additional development time enables the project to reach its full potential, with the studio expecting to finalize their release plans in the new year.

Ketchup Tech News December 13, 2012

Ketchup Tech News December 13, 2012

We’re playing catch-up with the news today, and there certainly was a lot on the 13th. I really hate the imagery of ketchup (the sauce), as the only thing it makes taste better are fries. I cringe whenever I see a kid put some on a hot-dog, and mysteriously I never see adults do this – I guess people’s tastes change to things that are delicious instead of things that are disgusting.

What does this have to do with today’s Tech News? Well I’ll tell you…

Tech News December 13, 2012

Tech News December 13, 2012

. Forget the whole thing that the calendar we use today is actually off in absolute terms by about 5 years (thanks, Christianity!), so the end of the world actually happened a few years ago.

Anyway, here’s some tech news!

Touch Gesture Mouse for Windows 8 at CES

Touch Gesture Mouse for Windows 8 at CES

Beside the Touch Mouse 6000, the other major new products that will be shown are the Innovations 2013 honoree GX Gila Gaming Mouse along with the Ring Mouse 2.

Nintendo MBA: Gaming Success

Nintendo MBA: Gaming Success

Nintendo rescued the video game industry. In the 1980s there was the North American video game crash. Video game industry revenues plummeted 97%, from 3.2 billion in 1983 to only 100 million in 1985. That’s when Nintendo released the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES), and video games became cool again.

Street Fighter Meets Hello Kitty

Street Fighter Meets Hello Kitty

Available in limited quantities throughout North America, the new range is expected to be available this month, timed to coincide with the 25th anniversary celebration of the legendary Street Fighter video game franchise from Capcom.