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If we were litigators arguing the case of PC gaming vs. console gaming in front of the Supreme Court of Gamers, we wouldn’t have to make much of an argument. Better graphics. More advanced physics. Higher resolutions. Superior controllers. Superior gameplay. We rest our case. Yet none of those arguments were worth a damn just [...]
Some liquid helium and liquid nitrogen keep an AMD FX CPU cool enough to set a new world record at 8.429GHz. Sweet! Join the forum discussion on this post
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We have added a new beast to our line up of affordable, powerful home desk top computer systems. Say hello to the Intel Advanced System! The Advanced System is built for performance making it an ideal computer for either your home or office. Whether you are surfing the web, editing your photos, playing games at [...]
I’ve been online since the Internet first connected to New Zealand and there’s no way I can sit back and watch everyone else fight for the Internet’s freedom! So, today TechZone got the blackout treatment and we poked a big banner up on ModPC too. Please lend your support to keep the Internet free! A [...]
Many IT departments are struggling with Apple’s ‘take it or leave it’ attitude, based on discussions last week at MacIT, which is Macworld|iWorld’s companion conference for IT professionals. Much of the questioning following technical presentations wasn’t about Apple technology or products. It was about the complexities and confusions of trying to sort out for the enterprise [...]
Legacy VGA and DVI display ports are likely to be phased out in PCs over the next five years, according to a study by NPD In-Stat. Intel and Advanced Micro Devices are ending chipset support for VGA by 2015. The VGA interfacewas originally introduced in 1986 and DVI was introduced in 1999. Discuss this at SlashDot. Join the forum [...]
Intel today unveiled a pilot program that provides warranty protection to overclockers in the event they get a little bit overzealous with pushing the pedal to the metal. For a fee, [1]Intel will provide a one-time replacement of certain processors that are damaged by overclocking and/or over-volting. It’s completely optional and in addition to the original three-year standard warranty that [...]
We have just added a bunch of these AWESOME Rampage socket 2011 boards into our inventory for the hottest price in New Zealand at $677.35 including GST and shipping. Check ‘em out in the store here. Here’s a list of reviews on the beast from around the net. hwt.dk - 90 out of 100 “With all the [...]
See below for links to reviews of this PSU. 1200W “Antec” TPQ-1200 TruePower Quattro OC version, 80 PLUS Silver Certified, 80mm cooling fan, Advanced Cable Management Pros Exemplary performance Exceeds specifications Quality made components and design Sporty painted chassis True 80Plus Silver Certified NVidia GTX480 ready! Cons It’s a huge beast Heavy weight PSU Not [...]
UnknowingFool writes “When the [0]Courier project was leaked out, it was a bold look at how MS would design new tablets. Microsoft was currently selling tablets but they didn’t make a dent in the market. [1]The problem was it was too bold. According to the story Ballmer had two competing executive visions for tablets: J. Allard and Steven Sinofsky. [...]
In a perhaps not wholly unexpected move, Symantec has advised the customers of its pcAnywhere remote control application to stop using it until patches for a slew of vulnerabilities are issued. If the attackers place a network sniffer on a customer’s internal network and have access to the encryption details, the pcAnywhere traffic — including exchanged [...]
Because of the dangers associated with living in a world in which we rely on our computers, the internet and our phones for pretty much everything we do, the importance of keeping our information private and secure comes as a no brainer.
SharkLaser writes “Fake antivirus scams have plagued Windows and Mac OSX during the last couple of years. Now it seems like such scams [0]have spread to Android. Fake antivirus scams on Android work the same as they do on PC’s — a user with an Android phone downloads an application or visits a website that says that the user’s [...]
Video telephony — or video calls — has been around since the 1960s, but it was too cumbersome and expensive for the general public to use until very recently. Improvements in video technology, as well as the wide availability of high-speed internet, have made video chat and video calls accessible and affordable for just about [...]
If you’re a FireFox fan it’s time to upgrade again. Firefox 10 is out and here’s a list of bugs fixed in the new version. Join the forum discussion on this post
[0]jrepin writes “The [1]KDE community has released version 4.8 of their Free and open source software bundle. The new version provides many new features, improved stability, and increased performance. Highlights for [2]Plasma Workspaces include window manager optimizations, the redesign of power management, and integration with [3]Activities. The first [4]Qt Quick-based Plasma widgets have entered the default installation of Plasma Desktop, with [...]
If we were litigators arguing the case of PC gaming vs. console gaming in front of the Supreme Court of Gamers, we wouldn’t have to make much of an argument. Better graphics. More advanced physics. Higher resolutions. Superior controllers. Superior gameplay. We rest our case. Yet none of those arguments were worth a damn just [...]
BioWare has released a trailer showing some of the new game content and game systems that will be released in the coming months. Join the forum discussion on this post
The X51 is not available here in New Zealand yet but we’ll let you know as soon as it is! Alienware, Dell’s high-performance, PC gaming brand, invites customers to join in the ultimate gaming experience with the Alienware X51, its smallest gaming desktop ever with outsized performance capabilities. The latest in Dell’sPC gaming portfolio, the X51 [...]
It appears that we kiwis are getting a bit more keen when it comes to upgrading our own computers. Lately I have noticed a rise in tech support enquiries through ModPC Computers online store related to installing extra hard drives into desk top computers to add more storage space. We are selling a lot of external computer [...]
The UK and 21 other European Union member states have signed the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement, better known as ACTA. The countries signed the treaty, which aims to harmonise copyright enforcement across much of the world, in Tokyo on Thursday. However, the signatures of the EU member states and the EU itself will count for nothing [...]
Over the weekend, Blake Ross, Facebook’s product director and co-founder of Firefox, worked with Facebook engineers Tom Occhino and Marshall Roch to demonstrate how evil they think Google’s newly launched [0]Search plus Your World (SPYW) feature really is, and [1]created a ‘proof of concept’ showing how it should really work. His team got some help from Twitter engineers and Myspace engineers, [...]
Reposted from RaspberryPi.org. Pass it on! Eben was working on the Broadcom stand at CES as part of his day job last week, when Slashdot came over and grabbed a few minutes with him to talk about Raspberry Pi. Broadcom had asked him to wear a tie while he was on the stand; as you [...]
There’s a ton of Skyrim reviews online which is not surprising as Skyrims a damn fine game and the cause of many marital problems and sick leave days taken:) Here’s a round-up of Skyrim reviews from the big game sites. GRYOnline.pl Perfect games do not exist and Skyrim is no exception. Bethesda’s new game is [...]
BioWare also Unveils Mass Effect 3 N7 Collector’s Edition and Announces New Voice Recognition Technology in Mass Effect 3 through Kinect Exclusively on Xbox 360 Not everyone will survive. Leading video game developer BioWare, a division of Electronic Arts Inc. (NASDAQ: ERTS), announced today that the epic action RPG, Mass EffectTM 3, will arrive at retailers worldwide [...]
Microsoft New Zealand has signalled an increased focus on accessibility solutions by making a significant donation to the Royal New Zealand Foundation of the Blind (RNZFB) and announcing the availability of Microsoft Office add-ons for people with a hearing or vision impairment. The donation of more than $1 million worth of software was made by [...]
Gigabyte GA-H67MA-USB3-B3 Intel H67 Socket 1155 mATX – 149.00 Gigabyte GA-H61M-USB3-B3 Intel H61 Socket 1155 mATX – 116.00 Gigabyte GA-H61M-S2P-B3 Intel H61 Socket 1155 mATX – 95.00 Gigabyte GA-H61M-D2-B3 Intel H61 Socket 1155 mATX – 101.00 Gigabyte GA-H67N-USB3-B3 Intel H67 Socket 1155 Mini ITX – 180.00 Cooler Master Storm Scout Gaming Case – No PSU [...]
New Zealanders could soon have a new way to proclaim their Kiwiness online, regardless of where they are, as DOT KIWI LIMITED enters into the application process for the .kiwi domain. The application is under ICANN’s (the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers) new generic Top Level Domain (gTLD) programme, which ushers in an [...]
msmoriarty writes “We knew Windows Server 8 was going to be a [0]departure for Microsoft, including an ‘optional’ GUI, but in a blog post made earlier this week, the Windows Server team said that [1]working without the GUI will be the ‘recommended’ method, and is telling developers not to assume a GUI will be present. According to Windows consultant and [...]
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