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Ignorance, legislative stupidity, and the French three-strikes piracy bill
— 11:00 AM on April 3, 2009

Yesterday, French MPs approved a portion of a new copyright bill that would...

Type: Blog post Tags: Internet Copyright

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The sorry state of BIOS-level fan speed control
— 11:51 PM on April 2, 2009

I'm constantly amazed by the pace at which technology improves. Take what's happened in, oh, the last six years, for example. We've gone...

Type: Blog post Tags: Motherboards

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The case for a secondary motherboard OS
— 10:08 PM on March 26, 2009

It seems like every year, someone thinks that Linux is on the verge of making real inroads on the desktop. And every year, the...

Type: Blog post Tags: Motherboards Operating systems

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HP's LP2475w monitor: IPS at a bargain price
— 11:08 AM on December 4, 2008

Those who follow my blog may have some idea of the trouble I've encountered trying to replace my aging (and dimming) 20.1" Viewsonic VX2025wm with...

Type: Blog post Tags: Displays

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A sneak peek at Asus' P6T Deluxe Nehalem motherboard
— 12:36 PM on October 3, 2008

Intel's next-gen Nehalem processor has yet to be released, but a compatible motherboard has already arrived in The Benchmarking Sweatshop. Behold Asus' P6T Deluxe:

Type: Blog post Tags: Motherboards

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The great 8-bit monitor conundrum
— 10:44 AM on September 4, 2008

I have a pair of 20" 1600x1200 LCDs on my desk, and I really like this arrangement.  Both are Dell displays, and the older one...

Type: Blog post Tags: Displays

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What do you want from a motherboard?
— 11:56 AM on May 5, 2008

In a few hours I set off on a super secret mission into the heart of the motherboard industry. I can't say much about...

Type: Blog post Tags: Motherboards

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Dell's UltraSharp 2408WFP: A tale of woe
— 10:33 AM on April 26, 2008

The story begins one lovely spring day, with me deciding to invest in a bigger display to freshen up my aging ViewSonic vx2025wm and LG...

Type: Blog post Tags: Displays

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Hit by the Red Ring of Death
— 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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Big monitors, big problems
— 10:53 AM on February 14, 2008

As many of you know, I have professed my affection for the Dell 3007WFP we have here in Damage Labs on multiple occasions.  I think...

Type: Blog post Tags: Displays

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Talkin' CES on the OCF Podcast
— 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

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How Intel ruined my Christmas vacation
— 4:00 PM on January 11, 2008

Okay, Intel didn't actually spoil my entire vacation, but it came awfully close. To understand why, you need to go back a couple of months:...

Type: Blog post Tags: Motherboards Multimedia Windows

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Behold Thumper: Sun's SunFire X4500 storage server
— 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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Realtek resolves EAX issues, sort of
— 12:26 PM on July 31, 2007

Realtek's series of ALC codec chips are by far the most popular solutions for integrated motherboard audio. Unfortunately, we discovered last year that the company's...

Type: Blog post Tags: Motherboards

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Confessions of a console convert
— 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
— 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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@#&$%! front panel connectors
— 12:34 PM on March 27, 2007

The PC has thrived largely thanks to standards. In addition to allowing us to confuse the masses with acronyms like AGP, ATX, IDE, and PCI,...

Type: Blog post Tags: Motherboards

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Sony owes me $14,000
— 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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