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In this latest episode of HotHardware's Two and Half Geeks, Marco, I*** and Dave discuss the MainGear SHIFT do-it-yourself case kit, should game consoles be upgradable(?), the used game debate and game devs locking down DLC content for new game buyers only, the new Intel SSD 520 series built on SandForce technology, details of our upcoming contest and a whole lot more! By HotHardware Tags : 360, 520, Amalur, Console, Curt, GameStop, Games, Gaming, Geeks, Half, HotHardware, Intel, Kingdoms, MainGear, PC, SHIFT, SSD, Schilling, Two, Used, Video, Webcast, Xbox, a, and, consoles, game, gaming, of, upgradable

http://hothardware.com - In this latest episode of HotHardware's Two and Half Geeks, Marco, I*** and Dave discuss highlights from the CES 2012 show in Las Vegas, including OCZ's new blistering fast PCI Express and SATA SSD technologies, Lenovo's IdeaPad Yoga, Intel Medfield Smartphones, the Asus Eee Pad Transformer Prime TF700T, Samsung's Galaxy S II Skyrocket HD, AMD's Trinity APU and details of HotHardware's current contest where you could win great PC gaming gear from Gigabyte. By HotHardware Tags : AMD, APU, Asus, Galaxy, Geeks, Half, HotHardware, II, Intel, Medfield, OCZ, PCIe, Prime, S, SSD, Samsung, Skyrocket, Smartphones, TF700T, Transformer, Trinity, Two, a, and, webcast

http://hothardware.com - In this latest episode of HotHardware's Two and Half Geeks, Marco, I*** and Dave discuss AMD's hot new Radeon HD 7970 graphics card, the Samsung Galaxy Nexus with Android 4.0, HotHardware's Liquid Cooler Lineup with Intel, Corsair, MainGear Tested, the Lenovo IdeaPad U400 Notebook, and hints of our next sweepstakes where you could win some sweet gear! By HotHardware Tags : 4.0, 7970, AMD, Android, Cooling, Corsair, Galaxy, Geeks, HD, Half, HotHardware, ICS, IdeaPad, Intel, Lenovo, Liquid, MainGear, Nexus, Notebook, PC, Radeon, Samsung, Two, U400, a, and, podcast, webcast

http://hothardware.com - If you've been paying attention to Android smartphones lately, you know there's one phone that people have been eagerly anticipating for a few months now. That phone is the Galaxy Nexus. The reason this phone is so hot is because it is the first smartphone in the US to run Android 4.0, otherwise known as Ice Cream Sandwich. As the latest version of Android, Ice Cream Sandwich is designed to offer a single Android platform that will run on both smartphones and tablets. By HotHardware Tags : 4.0, 4G, Android, Cell, Cellphone, Cream, Galaxy, Google, ICS, Ice, LTE, Nexus, Phone, Samsung, Sandwich, Verizon, Wireless, fourth, generation, smartphone, wireless

http://hothardware.com - The Motorola Droid RAZR features a slim body that measures 7.1mm thick. According to Motorola and Verizon Wireless, the Droid RAZR is the world's thinnest 4G smartphone. And while thin is definitely a key feature in today's competitive smartphone market, we all know horsepower is equally important. Motorola has given the Droid RAZR a dual-core 1.2GHz processor, 1GB of RAM, a 4.3-inchd qHD Super AMOLED Advanced display, 8MP camera, and Android 2.3. The phone will be upgradeable to Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich) at some point in the future. By HotHardware Tags : 4G, Android, Cell, Cellphone, Droid, Google, LTE, Motorola, Phone, RAZR, Verizon, Wireless, cream, fourth, generation, ice, sandwich, smartphone, wireless

http://hothardware.com - In this latest episode of HotHardware's Two and Half Geeks, Dave, Marco and I*** discuss Samsung's Galaxy Tab 7.0 Plus, HotHardware's Holiday Gift Guide for PC Components, Dell's XPS 14z Notebook, Tablet Gaming Today and a Look At the Future, as well as our MSI/NVIDIA Gear-Up and Tablets of the Season Sweepstakes Winners and ongoing giveaways! By HotHardware Tags : 14z, 7, Components, Dell, Galaxy, Gaming, Geeks, Gift, Guide, Half, Holiday, MSI, NVIDIA, PC, Plus, Samsung, Tab, Tablet, Tablets, Two, XPS, a, and, podcast, webcast

http://hothardware.com - To summarize the Samsung Galaxy Tab 7.0 Plus’ purpose in a crowded field is easy enough, though: It’s specialty is giving you all the perks of a WiFi-connected device (email, Web browsing, social networking, etc.) along with some impressive home media functionality--more on that in a bit--and also offering ample offline entertainment when you’re out and about and away from a WiFi connection, such as gaming and e-reading. The specs are solid enough--it runs a tasty 1.2GHz dual-core Samsung Exynos processor and has 1GB of RAM, and you can augment the onboard 16GB of storage with up to 32GB of microSD storage--but it’s the extras, which we’ll delve into shortly, that really make the Galaxy Tab 7.0 Plus an excellent entry in the 7-inch tablet market. By HotHardware Tags : 7.0, Android, Galaxy, HotHardware, Mobile, Plus, Review, Samsung, Tab, galaxy, tab, tablet

In this latest episode of HotHardware's Two and Half Geeks, Marco, I*** and Dave discuss the Asus Eee Pad Transformer Prime with NVIDIA's Tegra 3 SoC, OCZ's Octane Series SATA III Solid State Drive, Amazon's Kindle Fire: Insight and How Not To Get Burned, NVIDIA's GeForce GTX 560 Ti 448-Core graphics card, and details of the HotHardware Gear-Up Giveaway with MSI and NVIDIA! By HotHardware Tags : Android, Asus, Fire, Geeks, Half, HotHardware, Kindle, MSI, NVIDIA, OCZ, Octane, Podcast, Prime, SSD, Tablet, Transformer, Two, Webcast, a, and

In this latest episode of HotHardware's Two and Half Geeks, Marco, I*** and Dave discuss Intel's new Sandy Bridge-E Core i7 3960X Extreme Edition processor, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 vs Battlefield 3 and the advantages of PC gaming, Corsair's GT 240GB SSD and firmware updates for Crucial's M4, the PCAudioLab's Rock Box, and details of our current contest where you could win PCAL's hot Digital Audio Workstation PC! By HotHardware Tags : 3, Battlefield, Bridge-E, Call, Core, Corsair, Crucial, Duty:, Firmware, Geeks, Half, Intel, Modern, PCAudioLabs, Podcast, SSD, Sandy, Two, Warfare, Webcast, a, and, i7-3960X, of

http://hothardware.com/News/HotHardware-Giving-Thanks-System-Sweepstakes/ - There aren't many system builders that can say they've worked with the likes of Peter Frampton, the Grand Ole Opry and Eric Clapton. PCAL builds what folks in the music biz call a "DAW" or Digital Audio Workstation. Today we're looking at the PCAL Rok Box MC 7xs, a mini-tower ATX platform built for sweet, melodic content creation. Full disclosure; PCAL sponsored this machine for our Giving Thanks Sweepstakes here at HotHardware. As such, for a variety of reasons, including objectivity and fairness, we won't be running down the usual review gauntlet with this machine. Rather, we'll give you a hands-on look at the product, what its made of and a quick-take look at performance. By HotHardware Tags : 7xs, Audio, Box, DAW, Digitial, HotHardware, MC, PCAL, Rock, Workstation, pcaudiolabs, review

http://hothardware.com - The Photon 4G features a 1GHz dual-core NVIDIA Tegra 2 processor along with 1GB of RAM and Android 2.3 Gingerbread. Although the Photon 4G has been out for few months, it still has some compelling features that other phones don't offer. For example, the Photon 4G is the first WiMAX equipped phone from Sprint to feature global GSM roaming. By HotHardware Tags : 4G, Andorid, Apps, Gingerbread, Google, HotHardware, Motorola, Photon, Review, Smartphone, Sprint

In this latest episode of HotHardware's Two and Half Geeks, Marco takes us through the component selection and build process for the grand prize of HotHardware's Labor Day Giveaway contest - a custom gaming PC decked out with the latest technologies from Intel, NVIDIA and many more! Congrats RRPlay for winning! By HotHardware Tags : A, Gaming, Geeks, Half, HotHardware, Intel, NVIDIA, PC, Two, and, build, giveaway, how-to, podcast, sweepstakes, webcast

http://hothardware.com - We've been testing the Sprint version of the Samsung Galaxy S II, otherwise known as the Samsung Galaxy S II Epic 4G Touch for a couple weeks now, and we like what we see. In fact, we'd go as far as saying this is one of the best smartphones we've seen in the US this year. By HotHardware Tags : 4G, ATT, Android, Cell, Cellphone, Epic, Galaxy, ICS, Icecream, Phone, Review, S, Samsung, Sandwich, Sprint, T-Mobile, Touch, galaxy, ii, s, smartphone, wireless

http://hothardware.com - The Droid Bionic is the first smartphone from Verizon Wireless to offer 4G LTE connectivity paired with a powerful dual-core 1GHz processor and 1GB of RAM. This smartphone is currently the thinnest 4G LTE smartphone from Verizon Wireless at 10.99mm, though other phones in the pipeline will steal this title soon. Was it worth the wait? We take an in-depth, hands-on look at the phone to find out. By HotHardware Tags : 4G, Android, Bionic, Cell, Cellphone, Droid, Google, HotHardware, LTE, Motorola, Phone, Verizon, Wireless, droid, fourth, generation, review, smartphone, wireless

In this latest episode of HotHardware's Two and Half Geeks, I***, Marco and Dave discuss Apple's new iPhone 4S, OCZ's RevoDrive Hybrid PCI Express HD/SSD, the Asus Zenbook UX21, our huge round-up of Z68 motherboards, and details of our next sweepstakes where you could win a high fidelity multimedia PC! By HotHardware Tags : 4S, ASRock, Apple, Asus, EVGA, Geeks, Gigagyte, Half, Hybrid, MSI, Motherboard, OCZ, PCIe, RevoDrive, SSD, Two, Ultrabook, Z68, Zenbook, a, and, iPhone, laptop, notebook, podcast, webcast

http://hothardware.com - The Asus Zenbook UX21E is a new ultra-slim notebook by Asus, coined by Intel as being one of the new "Ultrabook" class of machines. The Zenbook UX21E is an incredible 3mm thick at the front and 9mm at the rear and has spun metal and hairline aluminum for a strikingly sleek appearance. It's also built with Intel's new low-power Sandy Bridge Core i7 2677M mobile dual-core processor, 4GB of DDR3-1333 memory, a 128GB SATA 3 SSD and an 11.6-inch LCD with a native resolution of 1366X768. We go hands-on in this video review but stay tuned in the weeks ahead for the full review. By HotHardware Tags : Asus, Intel, Notebook, Review, UX21E, Ultrabook, Zenbook, zenbook

In this latest episode of HotHardware's Two and Half Geeks, Dave, I*** and Marco discuss Logitech's Wireless Bluetooth Boombox and the state of wireless connectivity, AMD's new FX-8150 8-Core Bulldozer CPU, id Software's Rage game, NVIDIA's 3D Vision 2 and the Asus VG278H 3D LCD along with hints of our next contest where you could win a high fidelity PC! By HotHardware Tags : 120, 2, 3D, AMD, Bluetooth, Boombox, Bulldozer, Geeks, Half, HotHardware, Hz, LCD, Logitech, NVIDIA, Podcast, Rage, Software, Two, Vision, Webcast, a, and, id

In this latest episode of HotHardware's Two and Half Geeks Dave Iyaz and Marco discuss lots of topics from Steve Jobs passing to Samsung's new 830 series SSD the Asus Eee Pad Slider our 3D Monitor Shootout the Asus ET2011 All-in-One PC that sells for a mere $500 and hints of our next contest where you could win some great gear! By HotHardware Tags : 3D, 830, Acer, Android, Apple, Asus, Eee, Geeks, Half, HotHardware, Jobs, Monitor, Pad, Podcast, SSD, Sansung, Slider, Steve, Two, ViewSonic, Webcast, a, and, tablet

http://hothardware.com - Is a slate with a built-in slide-out keyboard right for your needs? Is it compact enough to consider over a netbook? Is Android 3.2 able to take on iOS? We hope to answer those questions and more as we explore every angle of the new Asus Eee Pad Slider. By HotHardware Tags : Android, Asus, Eee, Honeycomb, HotHardware, Pad, Review, Slider, tablet

http://hothardware.com - Lenovo's first business-class Android-based tablet has arrived. The ThinkPad Tablet comes with many of the features business users want and demand from a tablet including full encryption remote wipe capabilities productivity apps VPN support pen-based handwriting recognition technology and more. We go hands-on in this video review of the product. Stop by our site for full details! http://hothardware.com By HotHardware Tags : 3, Android, Angry, Birds, Honeycomb, HotHardware, Lenovo, Review, Slate, Tablet, ThinkPad

http://hothardware.com - In this latest episode of HotHardware's Two and Half Geeks Dave Iyaz and Marco discuss the many announcements and happenings at Intel Developer's Conference Microsoft's Windows 8 Developer Preview AMD's Guinness Book World Record-breaking 8GHz overclock of their FX processor the OCZ Z-Drive R4 and details of our Labor Day Giveaway contest where you could win a sweet gaming system! By HotHardware Tags : 8, AMD, Geeks, Half, Helium, IDF, Intel, Liquid, Microsoft, Nitrogen, OCZ, Overclock, Podcast, R4, Two, Webcast, Windows, Z-Drive, a, and

http://hothardware.com - In this latest episode of HotHardware's Two and Half Geeks Dave Iyaz and Marco discuss the Asus G74SX 17-inch gaming notebook a round-up of 3 Terabyte hard drives from Seagate Western Digital and Hitachi AMD's upcoming Bulldozer-based Interlagos 16-core server-class processor the Zotac Zbox Nano AD10 small form-factor PC and details of our Labor System Giveaway contest! By HotHardware Tags : AMD, Asus, Bulldozer, G74SX, Geeks, Half, Hitachi, HotHardware, Interlagos, Nano, Podcast, Seagate, Two, WD, Webcast, Zbox, Zotac, a, and, gaming, notebook

http://hothardware.com - In this latest episode of HotHardware's Two and Half Geeks Dave Iyaz and Marco talk about Thermaltake's Level 10 GT Snow Edition full ATX gaming case Marco's AMD 990FX Motherboard Round-Up with Asus ASRock Gigabyte a sneak peek at the Alienware M18x mammoth gaming notebook the ASUS MARS II graphics card with dual GeForce GTX 580s in SLI on one PCB HOT Deals of the Day and our Labor Day Giveaway contest! By HotHardware Tags : 10, 990FX, AMD, ASRock, Alienware, Asus, GT, Geeks, Gigabyte, Half, HotHardware, Level, M18x, Motherboard, Thermaltake, Two, a, and, notebook, podcast, webcast

Razer the world leader in high performance gaming hardware introduces the Razer Blade – a full aluminum chassis gaming laptop featuring true portability incredible performance and an all-new revolutionary user interface. With the introduction of the Razer Blade – a feat of modern-day systems engineering and technology Razer is reinvigorating technological and design innovation for the entire PC industry and encouraging gamers and developers to return to the PC as the primary gaming platform of choice. By HotHardware Tags : Blade, Gaming, HotHardware, Laptop, Razer

With AMD’s FX-Series process due to arrive sometime in the not too distant future we thought it was a good time to check out a few high-end 990FX-based motherboards. We want to give you prospective AMD buyers a glimpse at some ‘boards designed with the FX-Series in mind. Here's a quick demo of their system BIOS utilities. By HotHardware Tags : ASRock, Asus, BIOS, Gigabyte, HotHardware, Motherboard, UEFI

http://hothardware.com - In this latest episode of HotHardware's Two and Half Geeks Dave Iyaz and Marco talk about Id Software's upcoming Rage gaming title and the tech behind the Id Tech 5 game engine the Alienware Aurora R3 gaming system Intel's Sandy Bridge-E chips reportedly shipping without heatsinks and HP's stockpile of tablets at Best Buy that nobody wants along with their departure from the tablet space and webOS. By HotHardware Tags : 5, Alienware, Aurora, Bridge, Geeks, HP, Half, HotHardware, Intel, Podcast, R3, Rage, Sandy, Software, Tech, Two, Webcast, a, and, id, tablets, webOS

http://hothardware.com - The IdeaPad Tablet K1 is Lenovo's first Honeycomb tablet to hit the market. The K1 is billed as a media consumption and entertainment device built for portability and performance on the go. Honestly that sounds like a lot of the Honeycomb tablets we've seen to date. So why should Lenovo's IdeaPad Tablet K1 grab your attention? We'll see if we can determine that for you in our hands-on experience and performance evaluation... By HotHardware Tags : 3.1, Android, Honeycomb, HotHardware, IdeaPad, K1, Lenovo, Review, Tablet, Tegra, tablet

In this latest episode of HotHardware's Two and Half Geeks Dave Iyaz and Marco talk about the Kingston Wi-Drive that adds wireless storage to your iOS device Intel investing 300 large in UltraBook development the Lenovo IdeaPad Tablet K1 and other things lurking in Dave's lab. We also answer a few interesting reader questions offer hints of a cool new contest and a whole lot more! By HotHardware Tags : Android, Contest, Geeks, Half, HotHardware, IdeaPad, Intel, K1, Kingston, Lenovo, Podcast, Sweepstakes, Tablet, Thermaltake, Two, UltraBook, Webcast, Wi-Drive, a, and

http://hothardware.com - In this latest episode of HotHardware's Two and Half Geeks Dave Iyaz and Marco talk about the Toshiba Thrive Android tablet Samsungs gorgeous Galaxy S II smartphone a new 1TB notebook drive from WD OCZ's new Z-Drive R4 PCIs SSDand AMD's Llano A6 desktop processor with integrated Radeon graphics. By HotHardware Tags : 1TB, AMD, Android, Blue, Galaxy, Geeks, HD, Half, HotHardware, II, OCZ, R4, S, Samsung, Scorpio, Tablet, Thrive, Toshiba, Two, WD, Z-Drive, a, and