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by Jordan Grodecki on September 30, 2009
So Microsoft has started the rollout of their "Compatible with Windows 7" program, set to let consumers know whether the hardware the buy will function with the soon to be released Windows 7...
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by Jordan Grodecki on August 21, 2009
Well, as a lot of people knew, you could run Vista for up to 120days before it forced you to actually activate it by "rearming" the trial period via the command prompt. Many enthusiasts rein...
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by Jordan Grodecki on May 30, 2009
For all you curious folk who tend to buy an operating system but don't intend on actually using it (or the more logical folk who end up with it installed on a new PC...), you now have a chance to ...
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by Chris Matier on March 3, 2009
There are those out there (Apple, I am talking to you) that have not taken tablet computers seriously. The Touch Book, by Always Innovating, proves that there is at least one person who has realized t...
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by Jordan Grodecki on February 10, 2009
Lenovo demonstrated their W700DS a little while ago, showing the world that dual screen notebooks arn't really a pipedream, they are a possibility, and they can well be functional, but what you ...
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by Chris Matier on December 18, 2008
I am a tablet user. In classrooms and in lectures I use tablets for both information delivery and capture. In fact, hone of my biggest problems being an Apple Fanboy is that (for now) there is no Mac...
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by Jordan Grodecki on November 14, 2008
ASRock, normally a company known as either budget or OEM manufacture for big companies has slowly, as of late, been working it's way more toward the hobbyist computer builder, and with this the...
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by Chris Matier on October 1, 2008
Have you heard of Toshiba's SCiB prototype batteries? If you haven't, they are set to redefine the way that laptops and other rechargeable gadgets perform. Keep in mind, Toshiba is demoing the...
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by Mark Rollins on August 21, 2008
Those of you who have no fear of the dark side should have no qualms about the Darth Vader Tie Fighter webcam watching you.
Not only will it sit atop your computer and record audio and video images ...
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by Chris Matier on July 21, 2008
I made an inventory of the software I use that is truly installed on my computer, and there isn't much. My blogging software, desktop publishing, and media player are on USB Drives. My storage and...
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by Chris Matier on July 5, 2008
So, you wanted your latest home movie masterpiece of grandma getting down at your cousin's wedding to be in HD. Well, if your a MacPro or powermac user, MCE TEchnologies is there for you. They hav...
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by Chris Matier on July 2, 2008
I can see the need for two monitors. I work with two monitors, it is handy to have your email application on one screen and your messages on another. It is great to click on a new window in an interne...
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by Chris Matier on June 10, 2008
There is playing games on a computer, and then there is gaming on a machine inspired by the gaming gods for gaming. If you haven't seen the hp blackbird 002, it is inspiring. Not only does it have...
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by Mark Rollins on February 18, 2008
Every time I turn on my computer, there are times I wonder if "today will be the day". That is, will I discover that my hard drive has been wiped for some odd reason, and that all my work wi...
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by Mark Rollins on February 11, 2008
I must have a soft spot in my heart for Leap Frog products. I had a chance to try out the FLY Fusion Pentop Computer, and I'm enjoying the world of digital pens.
All I had to do is use the inclu...
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by Mark Rollins on January 23, 2008
I guess I'm not as much of a gamer as I thought, since I had to look up what FPS stood for. In case you don't know, it stands for First-Person Shooter, for those types of games where you have ...
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by Mark Rollins on December 26, 2007
So what is that in the picture there? Some new pair of ski goggles mounted on a tripod? Now, it is the Smart Nav hands-free Mouse from Natural Points.
When I say hands free, I mean that the detector...
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by Dameon Welch-Abemathy on August 31, 2007
I never cease to be amazed at how small and powerful things are getting. I remember my first experience with the Apple II in the late 1970s. An amazing amount of computing power for it's day, yet ...
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by Mark Rollins on July 31, 2007
You know, it is not the most advanced gadgets that impress me the most. Usually, it's the most simple, something that I really should have built myself.
For example, the EzKEY combo mouse and ke...
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by Mark Rollins on July 13, 2007
For those of you who hate needing a certain amount of table space to get your mouse going, you might think the Logitech MX Air Mouse is the best thing to happen to mice since the scroller.
I never r...
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by Eric Hanson on June 22, 2007
Ah, Windows Auto Run. People think you're evil, but you're just misunderstood! You don't really mean to get everyone in trouble all of the time! Like this new warning from Sophos about the...
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by Eric Hanson on May 30, 2007
It's an odd concept, but Gamingmouse.com has a good point: if you can game with your hands, why not game with your feet? It works for pipe organs, after all. However, theory and practice don't...
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by Mark Rollins on May 22, 2007
I used a wireless mouse for several months, until the batteries ran out unexpectedly. I then had to resort to my laptop's touchpad, which just about drove me crazy. I switched to a wired mouse, bu...
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by Eric Hanson on May 14, 2007
After suffering months of beatings in the market at the hands of chief competitor Intel, AMD finally has the processor line that it hopes will get it back into the black and back into the hearts and m...
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by Mark Rollins on May 9, 2007
If you keep very sensitive information on your laptop, you might want to get a fingerprint reader to scan your thumb. Or, you can get Qritek's iris-recognizing IRIBIO Mouse to scan your eyes.
In...
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by Eric Hanson on May 2, 2007
If you're a computer hardware junkie - the sort of person who lives for the newest and best components, no matter what the cost - you're probably jumping and down with barely-suppressed glee o...
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by Mark Rollins on April 25, 2007
Seems like just the other day I was reporting about cars in your computer with the CarPC, and now a company called HiPe has created the Driv-N PC.
This computer is designed to fit in the trunk of th...
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by Mark Rollins on April 24, 2007
Here's an eighties flashback for you. Anyone remember the Commodore 64? This little PC was designed with games in mind, but introduced a generation to modems. In other words, they had their hand t...
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by Mark Rollins on April 16, 2007
Samsung and Intel recently had design contest in Korea, and they have unveiled the winners. First prize went to the beauty that you see here.
The Egg Computer uses three ovular-shaped devices: a med...
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by Eric Hanson on April 8, 2007
Interesting post on Engadget yesterday: if you're a fan of the Guitar Hero clone Frets on Fire, you can now rock out with a bit more than a keyboard strapped to your chest: as it turns out, the X-...
