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Gigabit Upgrade

Alan McCloskeyFeb 16, 2008November 28, 20140

I recently upgraded to gigabit and have been woefully disappointed… I’m still trying to see if it’s the quality of my cable to my room,

What's Your Vista Base Score and Hardware Config?

John-ErikFeb 16, 2008November 28, 20140

I’m just kinda curious to see what other people are running and with what results. Mine: Base score: 5.8 Subscores: 5.9, 5.9, 5.9, 5.9, 5.8

Add ‘My Computer’ to Windows Taskbar

Alan McCloskeyFeb 14, 2008August 2, 20140

Many of us like to have the quickest possible route to our commonly used folders. Even though nearly everything is accessible via the Start Menu,

PhysX by nVidia: A New Era of Gaming!

Alan McCloskeyFeb 6, 2008November 28, 20140

nVidia’s purchase of Ageia signals the dawn of a new era in PC gaming. For those who didn’t know, Ageia is known for their “PhysX”

TiVo Record XM Channels

Alan McCloskeyFeb 5, 2008November 28, 20140

Your Tivo won’t record the XM channels? That doesn’t surprise me, as more and more content owners are getting persnickety about the use of their

Girls and Hardware

TrishaFeb 5, 2008November 28, 20140

I don’t think the problem is that we’re being ignored as consumers. Perhaps I am a weird breed of female, but if I want to

Are We Ignoring Geek Women?

Andy MarkenJan 31, 2008November 28, 20140

We all know half (or about half) of the world’s population is female. Most married or involved males know that they can do anything they

Coolit Chillers

Alan McCloskeyJan 31, 2008November 28, 20140

Coolit sent me one of these for review, and I hope to have it published next week. Like you said, it looks promising, and all

Extended support for XP

Alan McCloskeyJan 31, 2008November 28, 20140

Well, having MS support an old product is really a moot point. The rest of the industry has moved on, too. You’ll be hard pressed

Speed up Internet Explorer

Alan McCloskeyJan 21, 2008June 26, 20142

According to industry standards, your web browser is only allowed to download two files at a time from any server. By default, both Firefox and

Zalman ZM-MFC2 Multi Fan Controller Review

Alan McCloskeyJan 13, 2008August 2, 20140

Zalman's has updated everything about this Fan Controller for the 21st century. The device not only supports 4 seperate fans and temperature sensors, but also

Just Say No To SuperFetch

Alan McCloskeyJan 11, 2008August 2, 201416

If you’re using Windows Vista, then you’ve probably noticed the new memory requirements. In Windows XP you could get away with 1GB of memory, with 2GB

Pinnacle’s Home Video Stuff at CES 2008

Andy MarkenJan 9, 2008November 28, 20140

Personal and personalized video content is not only more precious to people, it is quickly becoming the entertainment of choice as consumers buy and use

Photoshop CS3

Alan McCloskeyDec 27, 2007November 28, 20140

Looks like photoshop CS3 is out now… think I’m gonna upgrade… hopefully it will fix some of the weird “out of memory” errors on Vista

Escape From Bad Mobile Service

Andy MarkenDec 11, 2007November 28, 20140

“It’s possible for one man to get out through the wire, even get away, but there are in fact a considerable number of people besides