Company unveils $17,000 gaming PC/Xbox 360 hybrid

Custom PC specialist Origin has just revealed an absolute beast of a gaming PC that’s guaranteed to not start looking dated for at least, oooh, six months. Okay, in all seriousness, this may last a little longer than your average gaming behemoth. Known simply as “The Big O,” this is a monster. Check out these [...]

Microsoft: Xbox 360 S The Best Box We've Ever Built

It's smaller, shinier, and back in black: Microsoft's new Xbox 360 took many by surprise at E3 this June, though some of us had speculated for months that a 'slim' model was in the works.

CNET to the Rescue: Cleaning up the cable mess

Today we get wrapped up in cables. We're talking about the best ways to manager an unruly rat's nest of data and power wires into a thing of beauty and logic. With bonus rat's nest pictures from listeners--so watch the video for the full experience. Also, questions about moving from and to Android phones, moving a TV to Singapore, and encrypting Mac hard drives. loadUniversalPlayer({playerType ...

Interview: Epic's Capps On Bringing Hardcore Flavor To iOS

Epic Games is best known as the hardcore developer behind games like Unreal Tournament and Gears of War, but in formally moving its popular Unreal Engine 3 to Apple's iOS devices, the studio hopes to bring hardcore flavor to iPhones, iPads and iPods. The developer on Wednesday was front and center at Apple's latest media event, showing off a sharp-looking UE3 demo dubbed Epic Citadel (available ...

Mafia 2 review

Full review: Enter a Mafia world of guns, car chases and a great soundtrack Posted by Jon Blyth

Windows Phone 7 models leak to the Web

Images of several forthcoming phones have been making the rounds in recent days. Meanwhile, Microsoft tells developers the final version of its app-building tools are coming next month.