I'm not sure how exactly comScore calculates the sales totals, but according to their numbers, online shoppers spent $534 million on Black Friday this year, compared to $531 million last year. But the ...

Note that BFG has a 'step-up' program of their own called Trade-Up, which is valid for 100 calendar from the original purchase date (slighly longer than EVGA's 90 days). ...

The 700W is the only one with a single +12V rail, which is actually more desirable than splitting the available amps over multiple rails.  You mostly find single +12V rail PSUs in the higher end, PC ...

Not necessarily. In this case:First = 1Gb GDDR5Fastest = GDDR5Higher capacity doesn't always coincide with performance. ...

I was hoping for sooner - I might not be around by then. :P ...

So how much longer until Scotty can beam me up? ;) ...

Mushkin puts out some good kits, but companies like Corsair, OCZ, and Kingston tend to lead the way in brand-recognition. If you recall back in the DDR days, Mushkin came out with a Redline kit, an ex ...

Have your brother file a claim with the Better Business Bureau. By doing so, I had a company finally make good on a $75 MIR (also for a motherboard) nearly three years after the fact. ...

Nvidia's Quadro series isn't intended for gamers, they're workstation cards.  It's actually a great time to be a PC gamer, as you can get a lot of gaming bang for your buck when shopping for videocar ...

SATA ports are almost like USB ports, in that you can never had too many.  Hard drives, RAID configs, optical drives, and eSATA adapters all can make use of SATA ports.  Sure it would take an over-t ...

Not a bad savings when talking about a $180 phone.  Saving $31 equates to a little over 17%. ...

The decision of whether or not to go with 64-bit Vista is dubious, or of questionable value, and not the OS itself. I've been running Vista Ultimate 64-bit on my main system (and secondary systems) fo ...

Intel also leads the charge in the desktop sector as well.  Apparently, there are a lot of builders/buyers content with "crappy Intel integrated graphics" over budget add-in cards. ...

Taken from AMD's statement:"If the GPU-Z utility reports fewer than 640 shaders, please visit the HIS website for information on how to update the card BIOS via a downloadable install utility.&qu ...

There was an erroneous space in the hyperlink, which has now been fixed.  Thanks for the catch! ...

...what you're saying is 'yes,' you did subscribe to Playboy for the articles? ;) ...

The writer (me) despises Tampa Bay, not the Red Sox. But you did find a typo, so have a cookie on me. ...

And boy am I glad they are. That P-7811 FX notebook I picked up kicks ass. ...

Yeah, that was a pretty bad goof up.  Chalk it up to subsconcious - the vast majority of my comic collection is of the Marvel variety, save for a few odds and ends and a brief stint with Superman fro ...

Craftsman was represented with its Auto Loading Multi Bit unit. It was the very first screwdriver in the roundup. ...

To be fair, previous releases of Opera have been pretty snappy to begin with. ...

If for nothing else, the competition benefits enthusiasts who right now can pick up a high performing board from either camp (Nvidia or Intel) for under $200. Nvidia chipsets were also key in helping ...

I wouldn't be so quick to dismiss Kindle as a failure. On the contrary, reports last summer had the eBook reader accounting for 12 percent of sales of the 130,000 titles Amazon carries in both physica ...

lol - that's a good point. The one nearest to me closed up as well, and while I made myself drive to the one across town, it still sucked to have to do so. ...

My beef with Blockbuster is that they've repeatedly raised prices while cutting back on features.  I started off paying $17.99/month for 3 rentals at a time plus unlimited in-store exchanges, then af ...