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A couple of months with Corsair's Vengeance M60 mouse by Cyril Kowaliski — 11:09 PM on July 19, 2012 It all started with a failing microswitch. It was the spring of 2011, and I was a perfectly contented MX1100 user. Logitech's latest high-end mouse had... Type: Blog post Tags: Input devices	66
Have Internet, will travel by Geoff Gasior — 12:00 AM on May 25, 2012 To borrow the first line from The Streets' magnificent A Grand Don't Come for Free, it was supposed to be so easy. After a brutally... Type: Blog post Tags: Internet Personal tech	34
I bought a Kindle Touch, and it's pretty great by Cyril Kowaliski — 10:30 AM on March 16, 2012 Almost a year ago today, I waved goodbye to the world of print books and got myself an Amazon Kindle 3. You might recall I... Type: Blog post Tags: Personal tech	43
Technology way out in the wild by Geoff Gasior — 5:18 PM on August 3, 2011 Warning: the following is not, under any circumstances, to be considered an in-depth review or technical article. I've got a rather major one of... Type: Blog post Tags: Mobile computing	42
Rediscovering reading with the Kindle by Cyril Kowaliski — 11:37 AM on March 18, 2011 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	100
Snooping Timbuk2's camera messenger bag by Geoff Gasior — 11:36 PM on March 10, 2011 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... Type: Blog post Tags: Mobile computing Personal tech	15
Gloss begone by Geoff Gasior — 7:57 PM on February 10, 2011 There are few things that I despise more than the predominance of polished plastics in today's notebooks. Glossy finishes are the single worst... Type: Blog post Tags: Mobile computing Personal tech	34
My iPhone 4 is awesome by Cyril Kowaliski — 7:58 PM on August 12, 2010 Well, I finally did it. After misguidedly buying what turned out to be a sub-par iPhone clone in 2008, then waiting almost five months... Type: Blog post Tags: Mac Personal tech	250
Wading into the smartphone world with a Palm Pre by Geoff Gasior — 11:37 PM on July 29, 2010 I severed my last land line about a decade ago, so I probably count as a reasonably early cell-phone adopter. Was I driven by a... Type: Blog post Tags: Personal tech	48
The sweet sound of Koss' PortaPro headphones by Geoff Gasior — 11:47 PM on July 15, 2010 1984 seems so very long ago. That was the year Apple introduced its very first Macintosh computer with an iconic commercial featuring an unnamed... Type: Blog post Tags: Multimedia	38
A few months with Acer's Aspire 1810TZ budget ultraportable notebook by Geoff Gasior — 4:38 PM on March 18, 2010 About a year and a half ago, I bought an Eee PC 1000HA as an experiment of sorts. Both batteries for my aging 14"... Type: Blog post Tags: Mobile computing	48
On the potential of HTML5 by Cyril Kowaliski — 5:01 PM on February 5, 2010 By now, many of you must have looked at, or at least heard of, the experimental, HTML5 version of YouTube. And if you read... Type: Blog post Tags: Internet Software	31
The pool wants you! by Mike Uchima — 9:52 AM on November 25, 2009 As Chicago said back in 1970, does anybody really know what time it is?... Type: Blog post Tags: Internet Linux-Unix Networking	39
A few weeks with LaCie's iamaKey thumb drive by Geoff Gasior — 11:10 AM on July 7, 2009 USB thumb drives are everywhere. Heck, they've been everywhere for years. Never before have I see a new class of product become... Type: Blog post Tags: Software	34
Clip surgery! by Mike Uchima — 4:28 PM on May 4, 2009 No, I'm not talking about getting your dog or cat fixed. I'm talking about the Sansa Clip MP3 player, and my recent foray into... Type: Blog post Tags: Miscellaneous Personal tech	26
Portable audio—then and now by Mike Uchima — 3:58 PM on April 15, 2009 I recently acquired a Sansa Clip 4GB MP3 player (which, I might add, I'm quite happy with). After using it for a few weeks, I... Type: Blog post Tags: Miscellaneous Personal tech	67
Microsoft's free photo stitching tool is very slick indeed by Geoff Gasior — 2:15 PM on September 24, 2008 A few weeks ago on a backpacking trip, I took a stack of pictures to stich together for a dramatic panoramic shot. Or rather,... Type: Blog post Tags: Software	19
Experimenting with HDR photos on a $200 camera by Cyril Kowaliski — 4:40 PM on July 1, 2008 I've been giddily experimenting with high-dynamic-range photography over the past few days. Unfortunately, I don't own any professional photography equipment, and my best camera... Type: Blog post Tags: Multimedia	21

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tipoo

It's not a benchmark suggestion, but a benchmark*ing* suggestion, I've always wanted to see more older CPUs thrown into what benchmarks they can to sh...

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lilbuddhaman

Obligatory "what about Higher resolution desktop monitors" post. +25

chuckula

Good idea, and to expand on this point: A whole lot of people have already given... +24

Alexko

"Quark, drunk on money, power, and an estimated 90% market share, started behavi... +24

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