Holiday guide to video games

Sunday, November 29th, 2009
Holiday guide to video games

When the holidays roll around, the video game industry rolls out the big blockbusters.

CyberPower Gamer Xtreme 2000 Delivers on Value

Saturday, November 28th, 2009
CyberPower Gamer Xtreme 2000 Delivers on Value

One doesn’t always associate the word “value” with “gaming.” But CyberPower has delivered a phenomenal, high-performance desktop catering to smaller budgets. At $1100 (as of November 15, 2009), the Gamer Xtreme 2000-i5 sits on the high end of the value spectrum

In the Black Friday crowds, a lingering sense of caution

Saturday, November 28th, 2009
In the Black Friday crowds, a lingering sense of caution

Throngs of bargain hunters kicked off the holiday shopping season Friday, buying Paula Deen cookware, Zhu Zhu toy hamsters and flat-panel TVs. But even as they filled parking lots, waited in lines overnight and loaded shopping bags, they talked of restraint, drawing names for gifts, paying cash a..

HDTV Buying Guide: Select the Right Flat-Panel Technology

Wednesday, November 25th, 2009
HDTV Buying Guide: Select the Right Flat-Panel Technology

High-definition television is truly different from the standard-definition television that it replaces. The screen is wider, and since many more pixels make up the image, you get greater detail.

Advanced Antivirus

Wednesday, November 25th, 2009
Advanced Antivirus

Illustration by Gary Neill > Today’s vast threatscape of duplicitous Trojan horses, invisible exploits, and slithering worms make antivirus protection a must. But that doesn’t mean you have to pay top dollar for a security suite that may have features you don’t want or need.