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Tobii makes a compelling case for more natural and immersive VR with eye tracking We've heard murmurs about the benefits of eye-tracking in VR headsets for quite some time now, but even with the number of press days and... Type: Blog post Tags: Displays Input devices Gaming |
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Synaptics' Clear ID fingerprint sensor feels like the way of the future Edge-to-edge screens are poised to be the new hotness of smartphone design in 2018, but pushing pixels right out to a device's borders leaves little... Type: Blog post Tags: Input devices Mobile computing |
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How much does screen size matter in comparing Ryzen Mobile and Kaby Lake-R battery life? As we've continued testing AMD's Ryzen 5 2500U APU over the past few days, we've been confronted with the problem of comparing battery life... Type: Blog post Tags: CPUs Mobile computing |
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Here's a first look at the battery life of HP's Ryzen-powered Envy x360 My initial tests of AMD's Ryzen 5 2500U APU gave us a fine picture of the APU's performance, but we admittedly didn't test battery... Type: Blog post Tags: CPUs Mobile computing |
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I made my dumb appliances smarter with the Internet of Things Sometimes I forget things. In particular, I forget to transfer my clean but wet laundry from the washing machine to the dryer. When this happens,... Type: Blog post Tags: Miscellaneous Networking |
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Mixing power-line networking with Wi-Fi proves intoxicating You may recall my failed attempt at using a second Wi-Fi router in repeater mode in order to overcome some signal-strength issues in the... Type: Blog post Tags: Networking |
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Time Warner slings free Maxx upgrades to counter Google Fiber I've been chronicling the slow progress of Google Fiber moving into my metro area, my city, and eventually, into my house. Since Google Fiber... Type: Blog post Tags: Internet Networking |
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Farewell, beloved Rat Farewell, beloved Rat. You've been a faithful companion, constantly perched next to my right hand and always eager for the next opportunity to dart... Type: Blog post Tags: Input devices |
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Thanksgiving offers a perfect chance to crack open a busted iPad Air Phew. I needed that break. I was able to take off the latter half of last week and this past weekend to spend some time... Type: Blog post Tags: Mobile computing Personal tech |
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Gaming on the Grid with Nvidia's Shield Tablet Music and video streaming are big business these days. Game streaming hasn't taken off in the same way, but Nvidia has big plans for it.... Type: Blog post Tags: Mobile computing Gaming |
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My first foray into password management For Internet users, the week of April 6 was undoubtedly one of the most annoying and harrowing in recent history. OpenSSL's Heartbleed bug was simultaneously... |
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For Valve, is the Steam controller both a blessing and a curse? As excited as we may be about Steam machines democratizing PC gaming in the living room, there's no question Valve's new platform will encounter some... Type: Blog post Tags: Input devices Game consoles |
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High-PPI support in Windows 8.1: still not so great Displays with high pixel densities are pretty much standard in tablets, and we're all waiting for them to become standard in notebooks. Take a trip... Type: Blog post Tags: Displays Mobile computing Windows |
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Google, I love you, but you're bringing me down I was listening to LCD Soundsystem the other day, and New York, I love you, but you're bringing me down somehow coalesced my feelings... Type: Blog post Tags: Mobile computing Internet Operating systems Personal tech |
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Adventures in left-handed mousing I'm right-handed. I use my dominant hand for everything from scrawling my name to hurling tennis balls for my dog to brushing my teeth. My... Type: Blog post Tags: Input devices |
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Papa's got a brand-new, undead-proof European carryall So iPhone 5S and 5C mania has died down (although someone needs to tell the entrepreneurs on eBay), OS X Mavericks has yet to go... Type: Blog post Tags: Miscellaneous Mobile computing Personal tech |
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That's not a Steam console; it's a Steam PC Slowly but surely, Valve's plans for Steam in the living room are coming into focus. On Monday, we learned about SteamOS, a Linux-based... Type: Blog post Tags: Systems Gaming Operating systems |
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iOS 7: replacing the elegant with the tolerable If I had to describe the totality of Apple's hardware design during the final years of Steve Jobs' tenure, I would use one word to... Type: Blog post Tags: Mac Personal tech |
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