Asus calls the black cladding over its new Sabertooth P67 motherboard a “tactical vest”, which despite the goofy name is there for good reason: the shielding ducts cool air over motherboard parts, while protecting from daughterboard heat. In...

According to Techcrunch’s sources, a full webmail client integrated with The One and Only Social Network will debut next Monday. This is why it may become your favorite webmail service. If I were Google, Yahoo or Hotmail, I’d be very nervous. Facebook Mail could be a killer not only because of its potential instant size, but because of its natural advantage at making mail more useful. That’s the important thing for...

YouTube’s growth has been staggering over the last couple of years. Much of it thanks to the average Joe more than happy to upload the latest family video and YouTube partners who provide the website with regular programming including YouTube celebrities Shay Carl, or Shane Dawson. One statistic YouTube has been tracking to measure its growth is the number of hours of video uploaded every minute. In May 2009, the video website blew...

This little aluminum computer has one big goal: To be the last PC you will ever need. That’s what the manufacturer claims—”The Xi3 Modular’s three boards will allow you to upgrade it forever.” Maybe. I just like the color. The tiny Xi3 Modular has one board with two AMD Athlon 64 processors and the RAM, while two I/O boards handle all connectivity and input/output requirements. They say that, by changing these...

Flying in coach—not that comfortable. Flying in coach and using a laptop—even less comfortable. Ben Heck’s hacked laptop, with a screen that swings around on stilts—more comfortable, and a hell of a good idea. The screen fully detaches from the body of the laptop—though it can be used normall if you’d like—and can be swung upwards and forward, avoiding contact with the jerk sitting in front of you. We imagine...