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PC hardware enthusiasm.. miniaturized?
by Scott Wasson — 1:02 PM on February 23, 2011

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. ...

Type: Blog post Tags: Game consoles

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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

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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

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Ubuntu 8.04 field notes
by Mike Uchima — 1:33 PM on May 15, 2008

As I mentioned in one of the comments I posted in last Friday's FNT, I was planning on taking a laptop running Ubuntu 8.04...

Type: Blog post Tags: Linux-Unix

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Hit by the Red Ring of Death
by Geoff Gasior — 3:24 PM on March 10, 2008

After more than a year and a half of hosting epic table tennis battles and endless laps around the Nurburgring, my Xbox 360 finally succumbed...

Type: Blog post Tags: Game consoles

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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

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Behold Thumper: Sun's SunFire X4500 storage server
by Steve Roylance — 9:28 PM on December 27, 2007

In July of 2006, Sun added an interesting new machine to their lineup of Opteron-based x86 servers. It was codenamed 'Thumper' during...

Type: Blog post Tags: Storage Systems Linux-Unix Servers

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Have fun, win prizes
by Adam Eiberger — 3:28 PM on October 19, 2007

While at Newegg's LANFest 2K7 a couple weeks ago, I took note of several contests and promotions targeting gamers and PC geeks.  I don't...

Type: Blog post Tags: Cases Miscellaneous Gaming

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Confessions of a console convert
by Geoff Gasior — 12:55 PM on July 6, 2007

I've been a PC gamer for as long as I can remember. Those memories begin with "LOAD *.*,8,1" on a Commodore 64 in elementary...

Type: Blog post Tags: Game consoles

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Wheeling my way around a 360
by Geoff Gasior — 4:08 PM on June 15, 2007

They say that the only difference between men and boys is the price of their toys, and that sounds about right to me. You see,...

Type: Blog post Tags: Game consoles

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Sony owes me $14,000
by Geoff Gasior — 12:17 PM on February 19, 2007

I've been spending an increasing amount of time playing console games recently, so I've been watching Sony's PlayStation 3 launch with rather keen interest. And...

Type: Blog post Tags: Game consoles

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Gripped by Gears of War
by Geoff Gasior — 7:11 PM on December 21, 2006

I've been playing shooters since Wolfenstein 3D, so I've pretty much seen everything the genre has had to offer over the years. Sadly, the...

Type: Blog post Tags: Game consoles

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