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Local game streaming: Coming soon from the PC by Geoff Gasior — 10:35 PM on January 24, 2013 Nvidia's Project Shield was one of the most intriguing new products on display at this year's Consumer Electronics Show. This handheld gaming device combines the... Type: Blog post Tags: Gaming Networking	44
Talk to the Dragon, NaturallySpeaking by Geoff Gasior — 10:03 AM on January 4, 2013 While I wouldn't consider myself to be particularly injury prone, I've managed to damage various bits of my body over the years. Muscles have... Type: Blog post Tags: Input devices	33
Freshening up a home network can yield big bandwidth benefits by Scott Wasson — 12:46 PM on December 21, 2012 One of the funny things about being a PC enthusiast, for me, is how there's a constant ebb and flow of little projects that I... Type: Blog post Tags: Networking	96
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
A case for better keyboards by Geoff Gasior — 11:14 AM on September 23, 2011 PC enthusiasts have a tendency to focus their attention on what's inside the box. Indeed, we're guilty of that here at TR. Most... Type: Blog post Tags: Input devices	75
A eulogy for my last good Logitech mouse by Cyril Kowaliski — 10:28 PM on May 12, 2011 Why, oh, why does this happen to me? Why must my privileged, middle-class lifestyle be marred by microswitch failures? Once, just once, I wish I... Type: Blog post Tags: Input devices	142
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 compact, fast, and quiet PC for the kitchen by Scott Wasson — 12:54 PM on June 25, 2009 If you've read our summer system guide, you might enjoy hearing the story of how our very cool Pocket Swiss Army Knife config came... Type: Blog post Tags: Motherboards Cases Systems	57
In search of Bluetooth input for a couch gaming system by Geoff Gasior — 4:49 PM on August 26, 2008 Although my Xbox 360 has seen plenty of action over the last year, my gaming PC has sat largely unused. That's not so much... Type: Blog post Tags: Input devices	22
Bluetooth just became a lot less important in laptops by Scott Wasson — 10:38 AM on August 1, 2008 I was out at the store yesterday and saw this puppy. Bought one on the spot. It's... Type: Blog post Tags: Input devices Mobile computing	53
Where are we going from here? by wirelesh — 7:40 PM on May 11, 2008 How can we make voice communications available to rural communities in mountainous regions of the developing world? I have been searching out answers to this... Type: Blog post Tags: Miscellaneous Networking	31
Slow Vista SP1 file copies: no fix yet! by Scott Wasson — 12:21 PM on April 29, 2008 After my post about slow file copies with Windows Vista SP1, some of you offered potential fixes and asked for an update once the... Type: Blog post Tags: Operating systems Networking	26
Retest day by wirelesh — 9:15 AM on January 29, 2008 January 17, 2008 We were finally able to make it up to the mountains again to finish what we... Type: Blog post Tags: Miscellaneous Linux-Unix Networking	4
Talkin' CES on the OCF Podcast by Scott Wasson — 3:41 PM on January 19, 2008 I've made an appearance on the latest episode of the OCF Podcast. This time, we talk at some length about the developments in PC... Type: Blog post Tags: CPUs Graphics Displays Input devices	14
Test day by wirelesh — 12:38 PM on January 14, 2008 December 6, 2007 Because of the problem with node 10 from the day before, I removed the node 10 antenna and remounted it on the other... Type: Blog post Tags: Miscellaneous Networking	5
Final test day preparations by wirelesh — 2:57 PM on January 4, 2008 December 5, 2007 Click on diagram for a larger version The diagram above... Type: Blog post Tags: Miscellaneous Networking	6
Setting up long distance routers by wirelesh — 7:53 PM on December 13, 2007 November 24, 2007 I had originally planned on using inexpensive Linksys WRT54GL devices for the long distance link. This has been done successfully in the... Type: Blog post Tags: Miscellaneous Networking	9
A few long distance links by wirelesh — 12:08 AM on December 8, 2007 November 8, 2007 I realize I'm not going for any world records with a 100 km WiFi link. Many have gone before me; here is... Type: Blog post Tags: Miscellaneous Networking	3

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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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Obligatory "what about Higher resolution desktop monitors" post. +26

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