The Game Developer's Conference is more conference than tradeshow and the exhibit hall of the event isn't quite another CES or CeBit. But the showfloor revealed a few goodies and provided us with a glimpse of current and future technologies. Here is our summary with some of the more notable exhibits. Read more
We look at DisplayLink, a USB-based multi-monitor solution. Read more
T-Mobile yesterday announced that the company was rolling out its new webConnect USB Laptop Stick. Read more
What other purposes do PCs serve other than play demanding games? They have many uses apparently, however, there's nothing better than a beefy notebook to play those taxing, beefy titles, and MSI has just the beefcake for the job. Read more
The latest 2 TB hard drives are still expensive, but 1.5 TB disks provide low power consumption at a better cost-to-capacity ratio. We look at offerings from Samsung and Western Digital to determine the value of taking a step down from the flagships. Read more
When a new paradigm like cloud computing or a new platform like Microsoft’s Business Productivity Online Suite (BPOS) comes along, it’s smart to ask tough questions. Read more
With 36 lanes of PCIe 2.0, 3-way SLI could be the X58 chipset’s biggest challenge. If that turns out to be true, is Nvidia’s nForce 200 controller hub, which multiplexes the platform's connectivity, a solution? We compare three configurations to find out. Read more
Once we make the jump to Gigabit Ethernet, the expected tenfold increase in network speed doesn't seem to materialize. We'll look at the basics of gigabit networks, what limits their performance, and how we can get the best possible speed out of them. Read more