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Early (Before) Holiday Deals on Electronics
As the economy progresses on its downward spiral (hopefully to soon recover), and with the holidays quickly approaching, there are some great deals already available. Stores don't want to hold onto an excess of products, so the goal this year is get it gone. For some of them you have to be a haggling/negotiating type of person, others you can walk in and find great deals, and some you simply visit your favorite website and find the perfect price for what you want...
Continue reading...Nvidia unleashes Phsyx, CUDA on an unsuspecting public complete with new rigs and free games
12. August 2008
Nvidia today decided it was high time we all got some updates for our G8x or higher video cards. They've enabled through a new driver PhysX and CUDA support! What does this mean for you? Well first it means you should jump on over to this site and download not only the new driver, but a bunch of cool stuff for you to use with PhysX and CUDA.
Continue reading...Football, Xboxes, Best Buy, mind control and pinball, all part of Friday Deals.
8. August 2008
Friday brings us a bevy of deals to choose from. Mind control devices, pinball for the Wii, Xboxes and Football. All things we love, right?
Continue reading...New Egg roll your own PC sale, games for cheap, free music and an inflatable body cavity - Thursday’s deals
7. August 2008
There’s more deals than you can shake a pointed stick at this morning! Lots of stuff to look at but the coolest is probably NewEgg’s build yourself a PC sale. Every component you’d need, you can find for cheaper than normal. Definitely worth checking out if you’re looking to upgrade or roll yourself a new [...]
Continue reading...Google Announces Indexing Appliance for Enterprises
6. August 2008
Imagine fully indexing every document ever written for your business - up to 10 million - with the help of just one little box. That's exactly what Google aims to do with its latest invention. Read more about it in Google's Official Blog.
Continue reading...6 reasons why PC gaming is better than Console gaming is better than PC gaming
4. August 2008
Until some sort of convergence happens, where computers become small enough that a good gaming rig can be had in a small, quiet, cool little box there will always be a war between consoles and PCs when it comes to gaming.
Continue reading...eVGA’s GTX 260 (896 megs of superclocked video goodness) relatively cheap
25. July 2008
eVGA's GTX 260 video card is now available from NewEgg at the low, low price of $279.99. I just happen to have here a mail in rebate form (pdf) that will also get you $30 off of that price. So if you can wait for the rebate to process your total cost will have been $249.00. But wait, there's more! Use coupon code VGA724X25 and chop another $25 off of the price. Now you're talking at $225. You've got to buy this by the 31st of July to take advantage of the mail in rebate.
Continue reading...Score up to $125 off your new GeForce GTX 260 or GTX 280 card
22. July 2008
NOTE: This one slipped by my calendar radar - unfortunately the deal is over, unless you've purchased your card between the end of June and the first two weeks or so of July. Sorry folks. If you were looking to upgrade your graphical performance to freakishly large 3dmark06 scores but were a bit turned off by the price of the new GeForce 260/280 cards - now’s your chance to get a little scratch back.
Continue reading...Morning game deals - SimCity and Spiderman plus a keyboard
22. July 2008
Grab yourself a new gaming keyboard, the SimCity Box and Spiderman: Friend or Foe for the Wii in this morning's deals.
Continue reading...“Modder” completes PS3 Portable Project
12. April 2008
I’m copy/pasting an except from Ben Heck’s latest post at BenHeck.com and the Reuter’s article about him because the “m” on my laptop broke and typing is becoming a pain in the butt! (I’m too lazy tonight to nab my wireless keyboard). He turns consoles into portable devices and I can’t even fix my freaking [...]
Continue reading...Intel Core 2 Quad Core Extreme QX9770 Yorkfield 3.2GHz 12MB L2 only $1420.00 at Newegg
2. April 2008
Er. Wow! That’s freakin’ expensive! I mean, I could either pay my rent for a month, or get this processor. Not that I don’t want this processor and in a bad way, it’s just that sticker shock is making me clutch my wallet and has all my co-workers wondering why I’m [...]
Continue reading...Another GeForce 9800 GX2 deal - $510 plus $8 shipping. Or buy an Xbox 360 Elite for $450.
28. March 2008
Hey PC Gamers, looking to upgrade the next generation of video cards? Well here’s a deal for you! Sure it costs a bit more than an Xbox 360 Elite setup. And sure Nvidia appears to be responsible for almost 30% of all Vista crashes. Hell, that still means that when Vista [...]
Continue reading...Hey Gamers! Get the new GeForce 9800 GX2 for $50 off and free shipping.
25. March 2008
NewEgg is at it again, offering this spectacular Nvidia graphics card for a mere $549.99 with free shipping. That’s about $50 less than standard internet price with free shipping to boot making it quite a deal. Remember, if you do triple SLI with these bad boys, you can almost play Crysis at full. [...]
Continue reading...Save 10% - 15% off of a bunch of Lenovo laptops
25. March 2008
If you’re looking to get yourself a new laptop, and enjoy Lenovo products now’s the time to do it. I’ve got myself a little X60s and I’ve never had a problem with it. It ran Vista with moderate success and truly flies with Ubuntu on it. You can get 15% off the already inexpensive [...]
Continue reading...Get a free ’solar’ USB key drive from IBM, loaded with their “Going Green” eKit
19. March 2008
Head on over to IBM and they’ll toss you a free 512MB ’solar’ USB key drive - although what’s solar about it is a good guess. They’ll also preload it with their eKit, chock full o’ white papers, videos and other goodies that address green computing. You do have to give them your [...]
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23. October 2008
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