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• Burn that thang! AOpen 12speed CD Writer*
  Monday 23 October 2000 – 07:00
  More and more companies are releasing their 12speed CD writers. Let's have a quick look at AOpen's CRW-1232 which is supposed to be available at a nice price.
• The Little Keyboard That Can: Auravision EluminX*
  Friday 15 August 2003 – 07:00
  Auravision claims it has produced a unique concept in keyboards with the EluminX, which the company says is commanding a lot of attention in the gaming community. Indeed, the backlit keyboard concept could be an ideal solution for low-light gaming enviroments, while serving specialty mainstream needs as well.
• The Best Thing That Could Happen To Intel's Pentium 4 - The SiS645 Chipset*
  Monday 8 October 2001 – 07:00
  Despite its history as a low-budget chipset maker, SiS had recently been able to prove its ability to provide high performance core logic with the introduction of the well-performing SiS735 Athlon chipset. Today SiS launches its first Pentium 4 chipset, dubbed 'SiS645', for DDR memory. SiS645 is not just a Pentium 4 DDR-chipset. It is also the first to support the new DDR333 memory, which provides 25% more bandwidth than DDR266 a.k.a. PC2100. The attractive SiS645 package is finally able to touch Intel's i850 ...
• PC Hard Drives That Pack More Power for Less Cash*
  Friday 8 December 2006 – 03:08
  A line of hard drives from Samsung and Hitachi proves you don't have to spend a lot to get a lot. For an almost amazingly low price, Hitachi offers 160 GB and caters to upgrade users while Samsung throws in a 400 GB behemoth.
• Music That Fits In Your Pocket*
  Thursday 25 August 2005 – 06:00
  In choosing one of the eight Microdrive MP3 players reviewed here, key deciding factors are their technical capabilities and their ergonomics. Which is best depends on your usage habits and needs.
• KVM Switches that do DVI from Aten*
  Friday 15 July 2005 – 07:00
  The use of a KVM switch to operate several PCs with a single keyboard, mouse and monitor has grown from a niche application limited in scope to devices that now offer DVI connections, dual VGA support and other options.
• Finally, An Optical Lens Cleaner That Really Works!*
  Friday 29 December 2006 – 04:03
  Most optical lens and filter cleaners have trouble getting rid of serious dirt and grime; even worse, they can remove the coatings on costly lenses or even scratch them. Read on to find out about a cleaner that cleans in a snap, and without harming your expensive gear.
• Building eMagazines that People Will Want to Read*
  Friday 1 December 2006 – 09:54
  In the past, Web-based magazines have come and gone many times. Major publishers have largely abandoned the idea, but Cranberry Publishing thinks that it has the winning formula for print-your-own online mags.
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• iAUDIO5: The Little MP3 Player That Could*
  Friday 13 May 2005 – 06:00
  The small and light iAUDIO5 MP3 player is a good choice for students and interviewers alike. Take it to a party and amaze your friends with the pretty color-changing LCD screen.
• ATi's Radeon 8500 Is Final Or Something Like That ...*
  Tuesday 16 October 2001 – 07:00
  A week after ATi's announcement that claimed Radeon 8500 is shipping, final Radeon 8500 cards were all over a sudden rushed to the online press. Unfortunately the current state of the drivers is not as we would have liked it. Some things work fine, some don't work at all and others are significantly slower than the competition. Have a look yourself ...
• Razer's Diamondback: The Mouse that Roars?*
  Thursday 2 December 2004 – 06:00
  Razer's Diamondback mouse boasts a very fast sensor, superior resolution and a sleek design. But is that enough to put it in the big leagues against competing devices from the likes of mouse pioneer Logitech? Our tests show whether the mouse squeaks or roars.
• Whoohoo! A Mini PC That Goes To The Max*
  Thursday 15 August 2002 – 07:00
  This Shuttle Mini PC is a beauty: P4 power coupled with GeForce 4 Ti and DDR333 just blaze away. And you can hear a pin drop over the noise (or the lack thereof) from this little baby - who could ask for anything more?
• LANMash 2: The LAN Party That Came to Happen in the North American Blackout of 2003*
  Saturday 23 August 2003 – 06:00
  While the rest of the THG Lan Party Squad was busy covering Quakecon, we covered a LAN party in Canada that almost never happened due to the largest power outage in North American history. But gamers will not be denied their right to a fragfest. The staff running LANMash 2 in Toronto managed to beat the odds to make the Lan party happen.