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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
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
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
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
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
IE8 and why the IE team still can't code its way out of a wet paper bag by Cyril Kowaliski — 9:41 AM on March 6, 2008 Look, I'm sorry. I'm sure Microsoft's Internet Explorer team is full of smart, passionate, and talented people. But their latest effort, the Internet Explorer 8... Type: Blog post Tags: Internet Software	49

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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. +26

chuckula

Good idea, and to expand on this point: A whole lot of people have already given... +26

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

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