RAID 1 for the time-challenged It happens to the best of us. We spend hours putting together a new PC, mounting a nice aftermarket heatsink, making sure all the cables... |
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Thoughts on the Windows 7 beta I've already written at length about my (generally positive) appraisal of Windows Vista, yet I'm still eagerly looking forward to Windows 7. While I find... Type: Blog post Tags: Operating systems Windows |
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Windows 7, or Vista Second Edition? As an early adopter, I'm a bit used to being burned by my purchases. Formats die, product availability and support are usually low, and the... Type: Blog post Tags: Operating systems Windows |
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In search of Bluetooth input for a couch gaming system 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 |
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How do you back up your gigs of goodies? In the wake of my post about data recovery services, an old buddy of mine from college, Dave Kirby, wrote me with a question about... |
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Bluetooth just became a lot less important in laptops 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 |
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Seeking a good hard drive recovery service A friend of mine emailed me recently with a question that I can't answer. He has a friend whose hard drive has croaked, possibly... |
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Slow Vista SP1 file copies: no fix yet! 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 |
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Epilogue on three 75GXP failures Years ago I sought advice from a trusted and knowledgeable friend about what components to use in my first home-built PC. Everything worked... Type: Blog post Tags: Storage Miscellaneous |
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Vista SP1 nuked my network file copies Recently, I built a storage server for my LAN and migrated all of my important documents over to it. Even more recently, I built myself... Type: Blog post Tags: Operating systems Windows |
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A correction on the ThinkPad X300: SSD only!? In our recent first podcast episode, we were engaging in a bit of techno-lust over the ThinkPad X300, which we've dubbed the MacBook Air... Type: Blog post Tags: Storage Mobile computing |
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Talkin' CES on the OCF Podcast 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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Behold Thumper: Sun's SunFire X4500 storage server 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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The Vista nerd rage feedback loop Ask anyone in the techie community about Windows Vista, and they'll tell you the same thing:... Type: Blog post Tags: Operating systems Windows |
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Corsair's Survivor GT: The HiLux of thumb drives You don't see us reviewing USB flash drives here at TR because, well, they tend to be pretty boring. There is little doubt that so-called... |
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