MMO’s are known for amazing cinematic trailers and eye-popping animations, but the end product never quite lives up to the expectations. Hopefully that changes with The Elder Scrolls Online, an MMO that has been in and out of the scene for the past few years. After starting off as a rumour, there was finally a confirmation for a 2013 release. …

When Lenovo invited Technology X to their AquaKnox suite, we did not expect much. When we got to the venue however, all of that changed as John Swinimer gave us a guided tour of Lenovo’s current and future offerings. A few nights before at Pepcom we received a great demo of Lenovo’s IdeaCentre Gamma: You will notice that like the …

According to the official Windows blog, Microsoft is offering the $39.99 Windows 8 Pro upgrade price until January 31st 2013, at which point the pricing will scale substantially. The entire updated price matrix is as follows: Windows 8 upgrade editions (starting in February 2013): The Windows 8 Pro upgrade edition will be available online and at retail for $199.99 MSRP (U.S.). The …

Storage specialist Dot Hill has announced a partnership with AMD to provide virtual RAID adapter technology to be utilized with AMD’s newer generation of APUs.  Dot Hill’s Virtual RAID Adapter technology is proving to be more flexible, and in many cases, better-performing than traditional RAID-on-motherboard or hardware RAID solutions. What is a Virtual RAID Adapter?  Traditionally, RAID protection has been …

Rosewill is known worldwide for their wide array of products, but aside from a few wireless adapters and components, total home and office networking is one area that was lacking…until now. At CES 2013 in Vegas, Rosewill gave TechnologyX a tour of their suite and surprised us with their new line of networking products. Rosewill is focusing on 802.11n as …

To say that our first appearance at CES was a bit overwhelming would be an understatement.  Most don’t imagine the behind the scenes work with days that start at 5 am only to finish at 3 or 4am the next morning.  A tyical day would include several meetings at different Vegas venues, trying to hit the show floor and then …

So it’s confirmed that VALVe has teamed up with Xi3 and is in the stages of building a Steam Box – an open-platform computer that will work with Steam’s Big Picture Mode. It will run Linux, but could in theoretically be able to install Windows, taking advantage of your full list of steam games. All we know is Xi3 has …

With 190 exhibiting companies sharing their products under one roof at Pepcom 2013 in the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, this event just might be a journalist’s dream.  It was clear from the onset  that I needed to make a plan and decided to look at this event from what I consider a ‘female perspective’. There was simply too much hardware to cover …

At the Samsung keynote the world was introduced to the newest, biggest brightest crystal clear 4k TV. Soon to be on the market? Well not really. I can’t see these being released in this size in the foreseeable future; and unless you just hit the jackpot in Vegas I’m sure the price is something less to be desired. It’s not …

The wonderful Annie Kan, Creative Manager of ZOTAC, gave me a great tour of the ZOTAC booth this evening. The company has come out with next-generation models of their HTPC line, which sells very well. The small ZBOX PC’s come in a variety of flavours; one in particular is so extremely tiny that it utilizes a lone mSATA SSD! The …

I stopped off at the eFlow booth and they showed me their funky looking e-bike. I walked past it at first and something about it just caught my eye. I want to say it’s just a mountain bike with an electric motor…but the design is truly amazing. It may look a little strange having such a curved contoured design and …

A wonderful unveil before CES. We went to the Samsung press release and fought hordes of people to get a good seat. We were excited to hear about the new flagship Samsung NX300, the world’s first  one-lens 3D capable still and video camera. I was able to talk to the guys at the Samsung booth at Pepcom after and play …

Cooler Master may not have a booth at CES 2013, but they sure have a solid presence nonetheless. I met with the company earlier today in their well-equipped suite and was awed by the layout of their showcase, which was neatly organized into three categories. The first one I visited was the Cooler Master Storm gaming area: Great (and funny) …

I got the chance to check out the Canon PowerShot N – A very tiny but cute 12.1mp camera with a high-sensitivity CMOS sensor. They crammed in a Digic 5 processor; pretty impressive for something that just fits in the palm of your hand. It’s also touch controlled with a 2.8 inch tilt touch LCD screen. The optics are also …

Just a day before CES 2013 we were invited to the PNY suite at The Mirage for a product tour. The lovely Bernadette Brijlall showed us a HUGE line up of all current PNY products including their partnership with HP. They were keen to show us a new PowerPack USB battery solution for Apple, Android, Windows and Blackberry smartphones available …