Today’s video card evaluation focuses on the custom cooled, factory overclocked, ASUS ENGTX460 TOP 768MB. How well does this card stack up against the competition? Is it worth your hard earned money? We answer those questions and more, hit the link for all the info.

The ASUS ENGTX460 TOP 768MB delivers boosted frequencies, a unique cooling solution with large 8mm heat-pipes, and Voltage Tweak. However, is that enough to best a reference GTX 460 768MB and an ATI Radeon HD 5770 1GB?

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Apparently walking makes you smarter. If this is true, I want to walk enough to eventually become as smart as Steven Hawking. Wait, that’s just wrong.

U.S. researchers suggest walking enhances brain circuit connectivity and brain function. Moderate walking for 40 minutes three times per week for a year — rather than just stretching and toning — helped increase brain function in older adults.

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Botnets, botnets, whatcha gonna do? Whatcha gonna do when Microsoft comes for you?

With permanent ownership of the domains, Microsoft now has a proven legal means to take aim at U.S.-registered domains — including .com, .net, .biz and .org domains — shown to be conducting criminal activity. “It’s open season on botnets,” says Boscovich. “The hunting licenses have been handed out, and we’re coming back for more.”

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Cases & Modding
Thermaltake Armor A60 Case @ Hi Tech Legion
Thermaltake Armor A90 @ Benchmark Reviews

Cooling
GlacialTech Igloo Alaska Cooler @ TechwareLabs

Memory/ Storage
Budget Sub-$150 Solid State Drive Round-Up @ Techspot

Motherboards
ASUS Rampage III Extreme @ Legit Reviews

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According to a new survey by Symantec, most people that fall victim to hackers blame themselves.

Researchers found that 65 percent of Internet users worldwide have already been victims. In the U.S., it’s 73 percent, but things are worse in China (83 percent), Brazil (76 percent) and India (also 76 percent). Those results stood out to Norton Internet Safety Advocate Marian Merritt, who tracks this type of data for a living. “What we were really surprised by was, first of all, how common it was that people are being victimized by cybercrime,” she said.

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I like the way this lady thinks. This article is for those of us that are sick of hearing people talk about needing to “unplug,” like the internet is a disease. Give this short editorial a read and then pass it on.

Needs like creative expression. The need to connect with other people. The need to be part of a community. Most of all, the need to be seen: not in a surface, aren’t-you-cute way, but in a deep, so-that’s-what’s-going-on-inside-your-head way. Put yourself out there online, as you truly are and with what you truly think, and you can have that experience of being seen.

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Corsair, a worldwide designer and supplier of high-performance components to the PC gaming hardware market, today announced that its Dominator® GT GTX6 ultra-high performance DDR3 memory was used to set two new world records for dual-channel memory frequency at CAS 7 and CAS 8. The record-setting frequencies of 3078.2 MHz, CL8-11-8-31, 1T, and 3059.4 MHz, CL7-11-8-31, 1T, were achieved by renowned extreme overclocker “Mat”, aka Matthias Zronek.

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You know that super hot chick that just sent you a friend request? She’s actually a debt collector keeping tabs on you.

Attorney Regina McConnell represents collection agencies in court. She tells 8 News Now, finding people on Facebook is the latest trend. It begins by companies posing as an attractive person.

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Today, phones are getting smarter and apps are exploding in growth. There are even plans for 3-D holographic screen interfaces. But what might the future home phone look like do for us? What kind of software or apps do you think it should have? Submit ideas here: facebook.com/IntelIdeas. The winner will be invited to Intel’s AZ campus to serve as an honorary VP of R&D, receive a new notebook and development software, and have the opportunity to develop their idea with Intel engineers.

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GIGABYTE TECHNOLOGY Co., Ltd, a leading manufacturer of motherboards, graphics cards and other computing hardware solutions today proudly announced Taiwanese overclocker, Nick Shih as the winner of the GIGABYTE H55 Mini-ITX contest hosted by HWBOT. Nick scored a total of 13 points using a GIGABYTE GA-H55N-USB3 motherboard. The GIGABYTE H55 Mini-ITX contest set a new milestone in the overclocking community as the first Mini-ITX motherboard only online overclocking contest. In addition, this ground-breaking competition was held for the love of overclocking and not for the love of prizes, so there is no prize for the winner. Instead, the winner will have the honor of being the world’s first Mini-ITX overclocking champion.

The contest was split into 2 categories running the Super Pi 32m benchmark: Stage 1 had a CPU speed limit of 4,000 MHz, and Stage 2 had no CPU speed limit. At the end of August, Nick Shih led the competition with a blazing CPU speed of 6.4GHz reaching 6min 18sec 469ms in the Stage 2 category. A fantastic achievement!

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