Nvidia Releases Mainstream DX10 Video Cards
Today Nvidia announced it new lineup of mid to low range DX10 video cards. The three main releases are the 8500GT along with the 8600GT and 8600GTS. Most major manufactures including ECS, Foxconn and Gigabyte are onboard and ready to ship.
The 8600 units come with DDR3 and are based on the 80nm G84 core. [...]
Retro Gamer: Bad Dudes vs. Dragon Ninja
With our review of Dragon’s Lair Blu-Ray being so well-received, I thought it might be a good idea to talk about retro games more on HCW Tech Blog. I don’t know about you, but I love looking back to the games we loved - and hated - as a child. Everyone has done the [...]
“Wikipedia is broken beyond repair” - Wikipedia co-founder
In response to some high praise from British Education Secretary Alan Johnson, who recommended that students should use Wikipedia in their studies, Wikipedia co-founder Larry Sanger stated that the site is no longer useful, and suffers from many problems ranging from “serious management problems, to an often dysfunctional community, to frequently unreliable content, and [...]
China curbing online gaming for kids
I went to China a couple of years ago to volunteer with the running of a youth English camp. We (the teachers) liked to head out to a net cafe (or in Mandarin, wanban) every now and then to play some games. Counterstrike, Starcraft, C&C Generals, that kind of thing. It [...]
Trust No One… Unless They Agree With You
It’s no secret that the term “fair and balanced” is no longer anything more than a catch phrase when it comes to traditional media. With a handful of large corporations owning all major North America media outlets, most information presented is first run through a slanted filter. Journalism has largely taken a backseat to [...]
Intel Core 2 Extreme QX6800
Intel has released a new CPU to claim the title as the fastest desktop CPU available. It is the Core 2 Extreme Qx6800. Yup, it’s just a quad-core Kentsfield, exactly the same as it was when we reviewed it last November. The only difference is that it is clocked at 2.93 GHz, instead of 2.66 [...]
XBOX 360 Spring 2007 update looks pretty good!
MGC News has posted a Youtube video of the Spring 2007 update for XBOX 360, apparently taken off of Gamespot (which has since pulled the video from their site)
The update, scheduled for release on May 7, will apparently add the following features:
Add up to 600 Windows Live Messenger contacts to your Friends List.
Text chat with [...]
