It can get annoying when your computer slows down, especially if you’re in the middle of something important. No matter how old it is, following these tips will help speed up your computer. More »

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Slip your original iPhone into the “Game Pad” by CP Design, and your device becomes a portable gaming machine. Running emulators and SNES ROM games has never been as doable on the iPhone. We have seen something similar for the Motorola Droid. More »

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Fermi is NVIDIA’s answer to ATI’s top dogs, but what about gamers on a tight budget? Should we be cast aside like yesterday’s trash? NVIDIA’s crippled Fermi GeForce GTX 465 was a waste of $300. The GTX 460 is priced accordingly and unlike the 465 (which is a stripped down GF100), it is based off a brand new core, the efficient and muscular GF104. More »

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ThinkGeek’s iCade April Fool’s joke has given rise to the FreeKade and various DIY projects. “Linkreincarnate” has put together an elaborate iPad arcade set-up that is running Playstation emulator PSX4all. More »

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In an interview with the Studio Ghibli owned magazine, Neppuu, renowned animator Hayao Miyazaki discussed his distaste towards, well, just about everything tech related. His newest device to hate on is the iPad, or as he call it, the “game machine-like thing.” More »

I must preface the following article by noting that the prices are in Canadian funds, that a few of the key components purchased are pre-owned, and that an operating system is not included. The used gear that I obtained are fairly common deals that can be sourced locally through Craigslist or even eBay. I think that almost anyone in North America can build something similar for roughly $600. More »

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Okoro offers two models of its OMS Ultimate Series, which are the fastest (and probably the priciest) Home Theater Personal Computers in the world. Each comes with an Apple iPad for multi-zone music control. The GX100 starts at $4995. More »

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Technology sure moves along at breakneck pace. I remember when I was just a wee lad and could barely achieve playable frame rates with Quake 2 on Windows ‘98. In 2010, advanced smartphones like the Android 2.1 HTC Desire and Samsung Galaxy S allow a 13-year-old landmark shooter to be played in the palm of one’s hand. More »

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A category of computers popularized by Apple’s Mac Mini, small desktop PCs are starting to gain mainstream acceptance thanks to low voltage processors that make them possible. eMachine’s Mini-e departs from the mold and uses an AMD Neo (1.7GHz) CPU instead of conventional Intel Atom processors found in the same class of computers. More »

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ThinkGeek was the originator of the iPad arcade cabinet idea, but others are using a similar concept for real. Arcade cabinet maker Freekade (UK) is apparently planning to release a model for the iPad. More »

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The Rat, possibly the most ridiculous pointing device to ever grace your USB port. More »

On April Fool’s Day, ThinkGeek owned us when it teased everyone with the fake iCade, which is an arcade cabinet into which an iPad slides. A Japanese gamers has constructed a rough prototype - from cardboard! - of the same concept. While the contraption looks unseemly, it demonstrates that ThinkGeek was onto something with the iCade. More »

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Alienware’s M11x is the most powerful ultra-portable gaming laptop there is. It is almost shocking what Alienware has packed into the 11-inch screen notebook: an Intel Core i7-640UM processor and a 1Gb GeForce GT 335M with NVIDIA Optimus technology. Add on some optional upgrades, and the $949 starting price balloons to $2,572.99. More »

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Borderlands is a game that demands a pretty powerful PC and the abilities of the Xbox 360 and Sony PS3 to run properly. However, OnLive shows what its cloud gaming service is capable of when it demoed the game running on Apple’s modestly spec’d iPad. More »

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The mid-range Fermi graphics card GTX 465 that was benchmarked a few weeks ago is official. At $279 for the GTX 465 ($70 less than the GTX 470), NVIDIA puts Fermi into the hands of more PC gamers. More »

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