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Must..Stop..Watching…Auto-Tune the News

Make it stop! I cannot stop watching this and laughing Mister Gingrich, what do you think about Obama wanting to cut down on nuclear weapons? In the key of C….. This is beyond brilliant, and I cannot stop watching. The part where she sings about the Michigan State Spartans “playin’ some football…” and “.. goin’ […] Add comment

Recover from a reformat in a snap with SIP

No, not the VoIP protocol, but Smart Installer Pack! This interactive front-end hooks directly to download servers to grab and install over twenty different popular applications at the user’s discretion. Winamp? Firefox? Flash? Java? Avira? WinRAR? Codecs? Yeah, SIP can do that. Stop the vast majority of your post-format downloading in its tracks! You pick […] Add comment

Microsoft Surface setup

Usability that never gets past the *ahem* Surface. Worst hardware setup I think I’ve ever read about. [via] Add comment

A salute to the Windows XP shell

Microsoft put on a fresh face to the world when it released Windows XP in 2001, but the candy-coated Luna UI certainly isn’t for everyone. While Microsoft never made it terribly obvious, the introduction of Luna also allowed the UI to be reskinned. Soon enough, fresh interpretations of the Windows XP UI were popping up […] Add comment

Windows 7 build 7100 leaks

Details of this leak are still rolling in, so we apologize for sparse details. The only thing we currently know for sure is that both the x86 and x64 versions of Windows 7 build 7100 have hit the internet. Some people are claiming this is the release candidate, while others are understandably suspicious of the […] Add comment

Yahoo closing GeoCities

Yahoo closing GeoCitites, which  it bought for $4 billion  in 1999. Woops.  Add comment

A salute to the Windows Vista shell

Since the advent of Windows XP, it has been possible to customize the appearance of the Windows UI. Microsoft has never made this stunningly obvious, but users who happen to stumble upon the vast array of available shell styles often find one that’s more to their liking than the default UI. If you think Windows […] Add comment

ASUS M3A78-T motherboard

Some Icrontic members have had issues with the ASUS M3A78-T AM2+ motherboard, but Futurelooks says the value is hard to beat. Add comment

GeForce 182 vs 185 drivers

TechConnect tests GeForce drivers to find which ones give the best performance. Add comment

ASUS M4A78T-E motherboard

Hardware Canucks tests the Socket AM3 ASUS M4A78T-E motherboard. Probably needs a BIOS revision. 😉 Add comment

ASUS Axe Square heatsink

The ASUS Axe Square heatsink is very expensive and comes in a sweet package, but doesn’t have it where it counts. Add comment

ECS GeForce GTS 250

ECS hits a home run with the GeForce GTS 250. Add comment

Thermaltake ISGC-300 quiet heatsink

Half the price of a Noctua,the Thermaltake ISGC-300 heatsink is a good choice for silent systems. Add comment

Tweak Town’s silent system

Tweak Town aims to build a PC with no moving parts for silent computing. The DVD drive sort of ruins the idea. Add comment

Gigabyte’s passive HD 4850

Gigabyte’s passively cooled HD 4850 sounds like a sweet deal for silent systems. Add comment

ASUS HD 4850 Matrix

The ASUS HD 4850 Matrix should give you TOP-esque performance at a lower price. Add comment

Xigmatek Cuirassier heat spreaders

Xigmatek’s Cuirassier memory heat spreaders look nice, but their value is questionable. Add comment

Apple approves Pogoplug iPhone client

Apple gave the free Pogoplug NAS iPhone client its seal of approval. We can’t wait to test it. Add comment

GeForce GTX 275 shootout

Guru3D rounds up GTX 275s from BFG, Inno3D, Palit, and Sparkle and compares them all. Add comment

Galaxy GeForce GTX 285 2GB

Galaxy adds the tri-fan Arctic Xtreme cooler to its GeForce GTX 285, along with 2GB of GDDR3. Add comment

Opteron roadmaps updated

AMD says Istanbul six-cores come in June, followed by 12 and 32nm 16 core chips in 2010 and 2011. Add comment