NVIDIA dropped a bombshell today with an announcement that it is freezing development work on future PC chipsets. The GPU maker is blaming this dramatic move on an ongoing legal spat with Intel, but the market realities are there for all to see.

It's no longer uncommon for a phone to be able to sync data wirelessly so that you're never without your contacts, images, and e-mails. We took a look at four different syncing services to compare what they have to offer.

The file-hosting site MediaFire has asked Mozilla to remove its link to a Firefox plugin that automates the process of downloading files from it and other sites—and in the process allowing users to skip blissfully past ads.

AT&T Mobility CEO Ralph de la Vega took his turn in front of the CTIA conference to argue that the wireless industry doesn't need any net neutrality regulation. He also suggested that AT&T would be doing something about its heaviest data-using wireless customers.

An Australian man has created a way for P2P downloaders to "give something back" to creators. Problem is, neither the downloaders nor the creators are inclined to participate.

Ars got a chance to check out some of Sony's biggest upcoming games. And while the PSP was nowhere to be seen, the list of games on display was still impressive.

Gunnar Optiks wants to sell you a pair of $100+ glasses specifically for gaming, or even long-term computer use. The marketing claims seem far-fetched, so we check in with an optometrist and give a sample a test-run. Our findings were somewhat surprising.

A new wave of super-small NAS devices comes with more features than one person could ever possibly use. But until certain OS vendors step up with real, client-level support for home NAS, devicemakers will keep piling on features in an effort grow the market.

Ars takes a quick look at Synology's DS409slim, a full featured NAS device that packs four laptop hard drives into a svelte package. There are some tradeoffs in slimming down, but they're not quite what you may think.

FCC Chair Julius Genachowski told a wireless conference that mobile wireless "will need a lot more spectrum," but warned that it could take a while to set it aside. He also talked about his favorite iPhone apps.

If you thought that quality among DRAM DIMMs was evenly distributed, or that most DRAM errors are not due to hardware problems, Google has proven you wrong. The industry's first large-scale, real-world study of DRAM error rates turns common assumptions about DIMMs on their head.

Four independent state agencies have received broadband mapping grants from the government. Broadband stimulus watchers hope that means the telco-backed nonprofit Connected Nation is out of the loop.

Ready to score a free 250GB Xbox 360 along with one of the hottest games this year? We have you covered. Your challenge is simple: create a war movie, and send it in. Not a bad way to score some gaming hardware.

doubleTwist, the company owned by "DVD Jon," has released a desktop front-end to the Amazon MP3 store that also lets you use your media library from iTunes and iPhoto. There were various problems that we ran into, however, that will keep us using the Web version of Amazon.

Microsoft and the European Commission have come to an agreement on a browser ballot that current and future Windows users will use to select a default browser for their PCs. Unless there's a huge uproar over the latest proposal, the EU's investigation into Microsoft's allegedly-anticompetitive browser bundling should soon draw to a close.