Sennheiser's HD 558 headphones are cans of whoop-ass It's rumored that if you give a mouse a cookie, he'll probably ask you for a glass of milk. They also say that if... Type: Blog post Tags: Multimedia |
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Windows 8 frightens me, and here's why Some people just hate change. It can't be helped. Those people cling to old versions of their favorite software as long as they can. When... Type: Blog post Tags: Operating systems Windows |
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Windows 8-Ball Consumer Preview There aren't many experiences in life more disconcerting than waking up and not knowing where you are or how you got there. I was... Type: Blog post Tags: Operating systems |
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The misadventures of Blu-ray in HTPC land If you'll humor me, I'd like to take a brief break from all the CES coverage to complain about the sad state of Blu-ray on... Type: Blog post Tags: Multimedia |
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Where's my 21st-century television? Gabe Newell said something that caught my eye the other day. As part of a broader interview with The Cambridge Student, Newell shared some... Type: Blog post Tags: Multimedia |
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A roadmap for next-generation mobo firmware Later this week, I embark on a super-secret mission to Silicon Valley to get a sneak peek at Asus' upcoming X79 motherboards. At a... Type: Blog post Tags: Motherboards |
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Are sound cards still relevant? Recently, I supplemented my desktop's arsenal of hardware with a stand-alone Asus Xonar DX sound card. This upgrade was something of a shot in... Type: Blog post Tags: Multimedia |
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Windows 8 and the marginalization of geeks On Tuesday, Microsoft made the Windows 8 Developer Preview available publicly without demanding so much as a Windows Live login name and password in return.... Type: Blog post Tags: Operating systems Windows |
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The next computing revolution will be televised Up until very recently, I had been able to remain faithful to my home-theater PC. Well, that's not entirely true. I've gone through... Type: Blog post Tags: Multimedia |
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Ubuntu ushers me out of the Windows XP era Well, it finally happened. Windows XP is no longer the primary OS on any of my day-to-day machines. The last holdout was my laptop,... Type: Blog post Tags: Operating systems |
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The more things change... Type: Blog post Tags: Motherboards |
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Motherboards and their owners Some motherboards are easier to work with than others. Type: Blog post Tags: Motherboards |
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Musing on the state of motherboards Manufacturers routinely ask us what we think of their current products and what we'd like to see from future ones. Sometimes, I get the... Type: Blog post Tags: Motherboards |
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On bandwidth quotas and streaming video If Canada isn't off your radar completely, you've probably heard about the recent fuss over a CRTC ruling that effectively forced independent Internet service providers... Type: Blog post Tags: Multimedia Internet |
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Yes, I still buy CDs This week's poll tackles the subject of music and, more specifically, where you buy it. That got me thinking about my own history,... Type: Blog post Tags: Multimedia Miscellaneous |
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A cautionary tale Boy, Tuesday was a rough day. Walked into my office in the morning expecting to get some testing done, only to discover that my... Type: Blog post Tags: Motherboards |
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The sweet sound of Koss' PortaPro headphones 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 |
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The great upgrade: Tales from the ancient past Our current contest challenges readers to relate their first PC upgrade experiences for a chance to win a copy... Type: Blog post Tags: CPUs Graphics Motherboards Storage |
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