It’s the first day of October and fall is starting to show it’s true colors here in Ontario.  Beautiful reds, yellows, oranges and browns can be seen everywhere.  Thanksgiving celebrations will be held this coming weekend bringing family and friends together and then it is time to ready the house for Halloween. HIGHLIGHT REVIEW By Kitguru  If you are in …

Don’t you just love surprises! I know I certainly do, only the good ones of course,  this week has been full of them. If you haven’t been following our forums, make sure to check them out again on Sunday, when we begin our next give away. You too may be surprised. HIGHLIGHT REVIEW In mid-2011, AMD released their first generation …

With the popularity of mSATA SSDs being all the rage as of late, it was only a matter of time before a new PCIe adapter was introduced that might allow users to take advantage of that extra storage should they find an mSATA SSD at a great price. Our review today will look at the new OWC Mercury AccelsiorM mSATA …

If you haven’t yet checked out the Forums make sure you take a moment to see what this weeks contest is about.  You never know when it’s your turn to win, but you can’t win if you don’t enter. HIGHLIGHT REVIEW Today we are going to look at Asus latest gaming headset in the Republic of Gamers line, the Vulcan …

First day back to school for our students here in Ontario.  It’s a day of change for most of us even if we do not have kids going to school.  If you take public transit you have to remember that the bus will be a little fuller today and even a little behind time. If you drive, today’s priority is watching …

September my favorite month!   Now that I no longer go to school that is. The weather is usually perfect. The days hot enough to swim, run, whaterver your favorite outdoor event maybe and the evenings you can sleep with the windows open. If you do have to start back to school hopefully you have been able to acquire the best electronics …

Kingston Technology, a major player in the consumer SSD segment, has recently released a new version of LSI/SandForce’s Series 5 firmware for their Hyper x/Hyper X 3K drives. The new 5.0.3 firmware apparently fixes the TRIM functionality, which was not working,in its entirety, in previous versions. Hopefully, Kingston will be only the first of many to adopt this crucial fix …

Our Mushkin Atlas mSATA SSD report of last week showed the Atlas as being one of the best SSDs on the market, however, it did have an Achilles Heel with respect to pricing. We even went so far as to deny the Atlas the much deserved Editor’s Choice recognition as we believed  a difference of $100 between the Atlas and …

OCZ Technology, a company at the forefront of the industry when it comes to SSDs and their supporting controllers, has announced the imminent release of their Barefoot 3 SSD controller. Details concerning the controller weren’t exactly forthcoming, but it does appear to be a completely in house design, rather than a re-purposed third party product (good as it may be). …

Aside from modern FPS’s, two of the most oversaturated genres in gaming are zombie shooters, and WWII shooters. After you sift through all the trash, there are maybe two or three titles from each where you can say damn this game is great. Two of the most respected video game developers (a dying breed these days) are VALVe and Tripwire, …