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At this point, I think it's pretty clear that nobody makes games quite like Valve Software. Where many studios seem to be slaves to their...

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Years back, while still an angsty teenager, I had a bug in my head telling me that A+ certification sounded like good times. With...

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I have console envy. That's difficult to admit as a PC gamer. In my defense, this envy has nothing to do with hardware. ...

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The first thing guests will notice upon entering my home office/playground is not the functioning-but-retired T-bird Athlon motherboard adorning the back wall, nor the pair...

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I'd like to think that I'm pretty good at playing video games. However, every so often I'm handed a beatdown that makes me question...

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Today, I finished my first book in a long, long time... probably years: On Writing by Stephen King. While King was one of my favorite...

Type: Blog post Tags: Personal tech

So, I finally decided that leaving well enough alone was not enough of a barrier to possibly bricking my iPhone, so I jailbroke that mother—just...

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For more than a decade, I lugged my notebook in a simple shoulder bag. I suppose you'd call it a messenger-style bag today, but...

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In the last two weeks, Apple has announced two major, according to them, revisions of major product lines that the majority of tech pundits have...

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Manufacturers routinely ask us what we think of their current products and what we'd like to see from future ones. Sometimes, I get the...

Type: Blog post Tags: Motherboards

If I've seemed a tad out of it lately, it's because I've been spending much of my free time over the past few days viciously...

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I've been into building PCs for many years now, but before that, I was never a particularly handy or mechanically inclined type of guy. ...

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You might not have noticed, but earlier this afternoon, we quietly rolled out a feature some of you have been requesting for several weeks now:...

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Last week, Apple updated its iBooks app for all iOS devices. The world, even the book nerd world, did not break out into flash mobs...

Type: Blog post Tags: Mac Personal tech Copyright

There are few things that I despise more than the predominance of polished plastics in today's notebooks. Glossy finishes are the single worst...

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If Canada isn't off your radar completely, you've probably heard about the recent fuss over a CRTC ruling that effectively forced independent Internet service providers...

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That's right, iPhone fans and AT&T haters, it's Verizon Day for the iPhone, and today is the day you, yes you, can order an iPhone....

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There comes a point in every man's life when he looks at his $699 (retail) phone and says, "Phone, you are, perhaps, my only friend....

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