So, you’re trying to buy this really hot doll… er… item on eBay, and your plan is to snipe the lowest bid at the last second. But then your Internet just locks up, and you realize that you have to (again) go power cycle the router. Now if this happens to you so often [...]
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New Firmware: Way Better than a New Router
Posted by Russell on April 17th, 2010
Tuesday.exe: CPU-Z
Posted by Clarke on April 13th, 2010
My noob might be showing, but I’ll admit that with every computer I’ve owned, after a certain point, I lose track of the specs. I imagine that for real tech-heads who are constantly fiddling with their machines’ inner workings, it’s easy to remember every last detail. But for people like me, who need to know [...]
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Tags: Computer Hardware, Computers, CPU-Z, CPUID, Tuesday.exe 
No Comments »Cisco’s New Router Has 322 Tbps Throughput, Can Maybe Handle Your Porn Torrents
Posted by Chaz on March 14th, 2010
Say hello to your daddy. Cisco just announced their new flagship router, the CRS-3, and its capability to support up to an amazing 322 terabytes per second. This is phenomenal news for companies like OnLive, that need as much bandwidth throughput as possible for their streaming video games to work, and for Google’s pursuit of [...]
Posted in Hardware, Networking, News, Technology Tags: Cisco, Networking, WTF Technology No Comments »Windows 7 on the iPad?
Posted by Russell on February 2nd, 2010
Not quite… But we’ve found the next best thing! Citrix has virtualized the entire Windows 7 desktop onto the iPad:
“It turns out the 9.7 inch display on the iPad with a 1024×768 screen resolution works great for a full VDI XenDesktop. Windows applications run unmodified and securely in the data center, and [...]
What You Need to Know About OLED
Posted by Chaz on February 1st, 2010
OLED screens are coming out now for televisions, computer monitors, the Nexus One, even the 4th generation iPhone is said to be sporting an OLED screen. So just what is an OLED screen? Wikipedia describes OLED as this: “An organic light emitting diode (OLED), also light emitting polymer (LEP) and organic electro luminescence… ” blah, [...]
The Impatient Modder: Update
Posted by Russell on February 1st, 2010
The system crashed. Again.
It lasted roughly two days after installing the driver I found, then it started blinking on me. So I rebooted, got through a game of MW2 and crash! It was all downhill from there. I tried other drivers, and even the latest updated driver they released on the 27th didn’t do [...]
The Impatient Modder: The Graphics Card and Power Supply
Posted by Russell on January 29th, 2010
I’ve spent years tinkering with, modding and upgrading laptops, but for a long time never saw the point in owning a desktop. I used to think that it was pointless to own a computer that you couldn’t use on the couch, bed or in a class room. But now I get it. It began when [...]
A Few Things About Crossfire
Posted by Justin on January 28th, 2010
I’ve been thinking about upgrading my PC by adding another graphics card. Regarding an ATI CrossFire setup, there is one thing I always wondered, but couldn’t seem to find an answer for, so, feeling all journalist-y, I decided to investigate and report my findings.
The Lenovo IdeaPad U1: Industry First, First of Many?
Posted by Chaz on January 13th, 2010
Lenovo has been quoted as saying “The IdeaPad U1 hybrid notebook is a game-changing technology in the PC industry.” I can do nothing less than enthusiastically agree. This device simply seems revolutionary to me and I expect to see many copycat designs from other major players in the PC manufacturing market, especially Apple, very soon.
I just had someone [...]
Logitech G35 Surround Sound Headset
Posted by Justin on January 13th, 2010
I recently had the opportunity to make the jump from speakers to surround-sound headset. Since this was my first headset, I decided to bounce ideas off of some co-workers and see what they used and what they liked the best. What did I come up with? Surely you read the title: The Logitech G35.
It retails [...]
