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We test out Valve's Steam for Mac. The results may (not) surprise you, but there's hope for Mac users who also want to play games.



Steam - Macintosh - Microsoft Windows - Valve Corporation - Steam for Mac

Top deals: Klipsch S2 earphones, Logitech G11 gaming keyboard, 55" Samsung LCD, HP dv7 Quad.

For consumers looking for a high-end all-in-one PC, Tangent just might have the rig for you.

Computex is just a couple of weeks away and the rumors about upcoming product announcements are just starting to trickle in. Leading the way are reports that Acer will début its Chrome OS devices at the show.

"We love you, we just don't want our friends to get the wrong idea about you."

A new addition to the Fermi family coming soon.



GeForce - Nvidia - Fermi - Fermi's Paradox - Extraterrestrial Life

Be responsible netizens, says Germany.



Germany - Government - Travel and Tourism - European Union - Wireless

Intel’s $115 Core i3-530 doesn't include Turbo Boost technology and it doesn't boast hardware-based AES-NI, but it overclocks like a fiend. We benchmarked this dual-core, HT-equipped chip at 4.4 GHz and determined the most power-efficient overclock.



Intel Core - Intel Core i5 - Intel Turbo Boost - overclock - Technology

There were a lot of unhappy people when Sony disabled Linux support on the PS3 and it seems among them was one of Sony's biggest customers: The United States Air Force.



Sony - Linux - PlayStation 3 - United States - AirForce

It's been a long road but it looks like Asus' EeePC Keyboard is finally shipping.



Asus - asus eee - Asus EeeKeyboard - Hardware - EeeKeyboard

The producers of the award winning movie, 'The Hurt Locker' are suing thousands of pirates for downloading the movie.



hurtlocker - BitTorrent - Piracy - Lawsuit - Movies

Need pants? Check out this deal for Banana Republic.

Epic Games and People Can Fly released a new batch of screens from the upcoming gibfest, Bulletstorm.

Intel says that there will be plenty of new Intel-based tablets at Computex.



Computex - Intel - tablet - Intel Atom - IPad

The horror action game continues on PC.



Dead Space - Video game - Games - Visceral Games - Arts

Mushkin enlists Sandforce.



Solid-state drive - SandForce - Science fiction - Arts - SandforceSf-1200

Custom system builder AVADirect is one of the few companies to offer the flexibility of multiple graphics modules within the same notebook model. We used its high-end W860CU to compare AMD's and Nvidia's highest-performance mobile graphics processors.



Nvidia - GeForce - Advanced Micro Devices - Radeon - Graphics processing unit