![The Fastest RAM for Your Gaming PC [Memory]](http://www.thatsovietguy.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/cd9dbdeb219d1eaa894.jpg)
You just bought the fastest (and most expensive) desktop platform on the planet. Which company's memory will you use to populate Intel's quad-channel controller? We tested four purportedly high-end kits in order to find out which set is the best.
Anyone willing to drop one thousand dollars on a CPU probably wants to match it up to the best possible memory kit, especially armed with the knowledge that Intel's new quad-channel memory controller is...
![Veni, Vidi, Vita [Ps Vita]](http://www.thatsovietguy.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/8ff307070b3d034fa0e.jpg)
There is, officially, a new gaming machine on the market. The PS Vita went on sale in Japan today. Kotaku's Brian Ashcraft has comprehensive coverage of the device—what you get, what you don't, what it sounds and looks like.
Our review of the machine will be coming soon. For now, here's a look at everything Japanese consumers are getting on launch day.
The PS Vita will arrive in North America and Europe on Feb. 22, and in Australia on Feb....
![The Great PS Vita Size Comparison [Ps Vita]](http://www.thatsovietguy.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/74ccc99b003f01b037f.jpg)
Is the PS Vita bigger than the Nintendo 3DS? What about bigger than an orange? Or an Ultraman figure?
These pushing questions and more. Kotaku put the PS Vita, a Vita gaming experience card, a Vita gaming experience box, and a Vita Memory Card through the paces, seeing how the new portable sized up to various objects.
The one surprising thing was just how small the Memory Card is. It can fit inside a ring!
Check out the comparisons in the above...
![Five Best Mobile Price Comparison Apps [Hive Five]](http://www.thatsovietguy.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/05fead5f122ede7b8e2.jpg)
If you're headed to your local big box store to shop for holiday gifts or anything else you need, don't leave your smartphone behind—with the right apps, you can check the products you're looking at in the store to see if you're getting the best price there, whether you should head to the store next door, or wait until you get home to shop online. Here are five of the best mobile apps for comparing prices while you shop, based on your...
![Best Mobile Price Comparison Apps? [Hive Five Call For Contenders]](http://www.thatsovietguy.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/e009905feab18e567d7.jpg)
Going out to brick and mortar stores doesn't mean you have to leave the internet—and all of the deals and low prices it offers—at home. There are plenty of mobile apps that let you compare prices on the go, either by entering in product names or scanning barcodes. Some of them can even tell you whether the best price is online, or at another brick-and-mortar store nearby, complete with directions. This week, we want to know which app...
![So, Is This How You Troll Dual Thumbsticks? [Vita]](http://www.thatsovietguy.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/32a497bb873277cf1d7.jpg)
For years now, gaming experiencers have been saying that the PSP's Achilles Heel was the single circle pad. Sony is on the verge of releasing the PS Vita, which sports dual thumbsticks. And gaming experiencers are still bitching.
A Japanese gaming experiencer checked out the Vita at an in-store promotion noting that there is a severe space dearth between the buttons and the right thumbstick—ditto, for the left.
In the above photo, you can...
![Buyer’s Remorse Is Inevitable: How to Make Purchases You Really Won’t Regret [Shopping]](http://www.thatsovietguy.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/bdb6e4c4f96df44e6c2.jpg)
It's happened to all of us: Not long after you buy something important, along comes a newer, better version or you start second-guessing your purchase. Although buyer's remorse is common (especially with ever-evolving tech stuff), there's no reason to be laden with the guilt trip. Here's how to minimize buyer's remorse.
Planning ahead is the best prevention for that unpleasant post-purchase regret.
Set a calendar reminder for a week or month...
![How Can I Find Affordable Health Insurance If I Don’t Have Coverage from My Employer? [Ask Lifehacker]](http://www.thatsovietguy.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/a6214886lthcare-gov.jpg)
Dear Lifehacker,
My employer doesn't offer health insurance, so I need to find my own. Where should I look to get an affordable plan and what kinds of coverage can I get?
Thanks,
Health Plan Hunter
Dear HPH,
Many of us are in the same boat as you, whether because we work for ourselves, lost a job, or, like you, work for a company that doesn't have offer health insurance. Unfortunately, health insurance coverage outside of work isn't very often...
![Should I Take Advantage of Credit Card Balance Transfer Offers? [Ask Lifehacker]](http://www.thatsovietguy.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/1c0607cdtransfer_01.jpg)
Dear Lifehacker,
Every now and then I get these checks and offers in the mail for 0% or 2.99% balance transfers for my credit cards. I do have a balance on one of my other cards, which has a 12.99% interest rate, so 0% sounds good, but is there a catch? What do I need to look out for before doing this?
Thanks,
Working on Reducing My Credit Card Debt
Dear Working,
Those balance transfer offers are seductive, aren't they? Recently credit card...
![Mergely Compares and Merges Text in Your Browser [Text Editor]](http://www.thatsovietguy.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/9de35f85mergely.jpg)
Mergely is a simple text differentiation webapp that lets you compare and edit two pieces of text in your web browser.
When you get started, you'll be able to either paste two pieces of text into the boxes, or type up something new on the fly. If you paste in two, Mergely will highlight all the lines with differences so you can edit or change them if need be. It's an easy, quick way to compare files and edits online, with no need for a username...
