Frankly, we find this to be one of the sillier things we’ve seen in a while, but with some friends in American Mensa we had to write about it. It’s the Mensa Puzzle Alarm clock, and apparently it’s been developed with the assistance of the U.K. Mensa branch. Not a genius? Move along; you’ll never turn it off. Seriously, it’s similar to that old Simon game. You have to remember and enter a sequence of colored lights to shut the darn thing off. However, if you get it wrong or are too slow, it’ll sound the alarm

We’re calling it quits for the next few days for the Christmas holiday.  Site updates will resume on December 26, 2008.  We wish everyone a wonderful week!

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Last Tuesday we showed physics benchmarking using an upcoming game title called Cryostasis: Sleep of Reason. The Cryostasis: Sleep of Reason PC Game TechDemo got some people talking and several of you asked questions on the forums and sent us e-mails asking for more information. Today, we answer those questions and provide you with some new benchmark numbers that include SLI and 3-way SLI results! Will adding a dedicated PhysX card to SLI help performance enough to catch up to 3-way SLI?

OK, you couldn’t pay me enough to go shopping on Christmas Eve, though my husband loves to see all the hapless fools who waited until it was almost too late. But a new SatNav device developed in Spain might just intrigue me enough to give it a shot next year. Javier Bajo of the University of Salamanca tested it out in that city’s Tormes mall and shoppers and store owners both liked it. The mall has 80 stores and more than 2,400 folks used it. Basically, the way it works is this:  Type in the info about

HP Introduces Free Photo Printing Application on Apple App Store Unlocks the power to print millions of photos PALO ALTO, Calif., Dec. 22, 2008 — HP today announced HP iPrint Photo, a free application available on the Apple App store that gives iPhone and iPod touch customers the ability to easily print photos anytime, anywhere.HP iPrint Photo is the first photo printing application of its kind(1) and allows for quick and easy wireless printing of 4 x 6-inch photos from an iPhone or iPod touch to most HP inkjet

 CyberPower Announces “Power Video” Series of HD Workstations  for Professional Videographers and Amateur Video Enthusiasts BALDWIN PARK, CA (December 22, 2008) – CyberPower Inc., a leading manufacturer of custom gaming PCs, notebook systems, and HTPCs, today announced a new line of custom-built desktop workstations.  CyberPower’s new Power Video series includes three models: the XE, XT and high-performance XI, all of which can be fully custom- configured. The Power Video series is designed to

CyberPower announced today that they will be using the new CoolerMaster Storm line up for their next generation gaming systems. CyberPower will first use the much anticipated Sniper chassis and the V10 hybrid TEC cooler from CoolerMaster as well.

Combining the Cooler Master Storm Sniper and V10 hybrid TEC cooler into CyberPower's next generation gaming systems will allow its customers to experience gaming like never before. The new CM Storm Sniper features the revolutionary High Air Flow structure, which aims to keep the air inside the case just as cool as the air outside. The CM Storm Sniper will be available on CyberPowers website beginning December 24th.

It’s no secret that Microsoft’s Vista OS has been met with some resistance. In fact, many users are sticking with Windows XP and downgrading new PCs to XP because they prefer the older OS. Despite some users’ preferences, Microsoft was trying to phase out Windows XP in favor of Vista and its upcoming Windows 7 OS. In its efforts to phase out Windows XP, Microsoft had set a cutoff date of January 31 for PC makers to obtain licenses for the software. Now, Microsoft has created a new policy that will make it possible

Find reviews from around the web by visiting our forums! The following is from TweakTown's review of Sapphires Watercooled Radeon HD 4870 X2 ATOMIC Edition.

“I really do love the launch of a new ATI based graphics card, because as soon as its released Im on the back of Sapphire asking when an ATOMIC and TOXIC version of the card is coming.

Attention to detail on this card is nothing short of fantastic and I have to honestly say that when the card was delivered I half expected it to be hand cuffed to the courier. With all that said and done, lets begin and see exactly what we have going on here.”