Last November, in a story Hardware Canucks broke, Valve admitted that hackers had gained access to the Steam database and had pulled out countless user names, passwords, and other information. Now, Valve has admitted that there is a possibility that last year’s breach was more extensive than originally thought. In an email sent to Steam [...]

Cooler Master has announced the European model of the Gemin II SF524 CPU cooler. This model is virtually identical to the GeminII S524 model released last August, except for the fact that it comes with a different fan that operates at 1300 RPM or 900 RPM when using the silent mode adapter. The GeminII SF524 [...]

TUL Corporation, a leading manufacturer of AMD graphic cards, today added a new HD7970 graphics solution with dual cooling fan design: the PowerColor HD7970. Equipped with PowerColor exclusive cooling solution, the latest HD7970 lowers down 10% temperature through 92mm ultra big fan and unique SSU-shape heat pipe design; while dissipates the excessive heat efficiently, it [...]

A leading brand of graphics card maker – VTX3D, today introduces the most well-known X series of VTX3D, HD7970/HD7950 X Edition. The X series is designed to deliver extraordinary performance with factory overclocked setting and unique cooling design. VTX3D HD7970/HD7950 X Edition incorporates the latest PCI-E Gen 3 to get the maximum performance from your [...]

Reuters is reporting that the U.S Justice Department is expected to approve Google’s $12.5 billion bid for Motorola Mobility’s patent portfolio as well as a bid by an Apple led consortium for the patent library of Nortel Networks. Google first announced its intent to purchase Motorola Mobility’s patent library, pending approval by federal regulators, back [...]

In a blog post published Thursday morning, Steven Sinofsky, President of Microsoft’s Windows division, provided a lengthy overview of how Windows 8 would function on ARM devices, assuring potential users that the product will “look and feel just like you expect”. “Windows on ARM enables creativity in PC design that, in combination with newly architected [...]

VIA Technologies, Inc, a leading innovator of power efficient x86 processor platforms, today announced the VIA EPIA-M910 Mini-ITX board, the latest dual core Mini-ITX board featuring one of the richest I/O sets available for a wide range of embedded applications including ATM, kiosks, POS, digital signage, healthcare and digital media applications. The VIA EPIA-M910 is [...]

According to a press invite posted at The Verge, NVIDIA will be bringing Tegra 3 powered quad core devices to the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona late this month. NVIDIA first extensively demonstrated a quad-core system, then codenamed Project Kal-El, at last year’s Computex in Taiwan. At last month’s CES, Fujitsu showed off the first [...]

New Zealand authorities have seized the mansion of MegaUpload founder, Kim “Kim Dotcom” Schmitz, reports the New Zealand Herald. Mr. Schmitz’s wife and family are not currently residing in this mansion, instead living in one of the smaller properties the digital storage locker mogul owns. An official with the New Zealand government told the Herald [...]

Capitalizing on a business customer base eager to switch away from Hewlett Packard, and a still buoyant PC market, Lenovo reported their Q3 results early Thursday beating market forecasts. While the company is still officially the world’s second largest PC manufacturer, its steady rate of growth means it will soon overtake HP. Lenovo had $8.4 [...]