The roundup is back now that we've scored a bucket of fish for our news seal, and now he's burping up PC gaming goodness like there's no tomorrow. Today's regurgitation includes Bad Company 2 heading to the PC, and mention of new Left 4 Dead content. Read more
Mars is now facing a 1 in 28 chance of being pummeled by a 160 foot diameter asteroid which will have its closest encounter with Mars on or about January 30, 2008. If it ends up being an impact, an orbiting satellite may be in prime position to take close up images of the impact. Read more
An infrared space telescope that will make a three-dimensional map of the Universe has just launched. Astronomers plan to study everything from asteroids to galaxies with the telescope. Read more
Some of us with graying hair may remember Atari's 2600 console, probably the first major game console of our time. The wood paneling was fashionable for the times and the uniquely designed joysticks were murder on the hands. You can now relive those days because Atari is brining it back the 2600 with their Flashback 2 console. Read more
Hard drive capacities have increased in large increments over the last few years, while trends indicate reduced spindle speeds of 5,400 RPM instead of 7,200. We looked at three generations of Samsung hard drives to analyze the performance ramifications. Read more
This month, ATI's new Radeon HD 4770 is missing in action, since online stores are not only unable to keep it in stock, but also de-listing it completely. With violent movements in pricing, though, it'd have been taken off the recommended list anyway. Read more
Nvidia's Ion for the do-it-yourselfer launched last month in the form of Zotac's mini-ITX motherboard. Though sexy in principle, the platform had some teething pains right out of the gate. Chris Angelini revisits those issues and uses Ion as a real HTPC. Read more
Do you want a quick Core i7 system, but don’t feel confident sticking to Intel's spec and using the DDR3-1066 memory supported by the processor? We benchmark the most relevant memory speed and timing combinations to check the benefit of going faster. Read more