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Remarkable 15-year run Linksys today announced that it has sold over 100 million wired and wireless routers around the world. No other company has crossed the 100 million mark in router sales, a milestone that took Linksys just over 15 years to accomplish. As a pioneer in the router market, the company’s first consumer grade…
We also say adios to technical editor Tom McNamara. In episode 238 of the No BS Podcast, we tackled a number of hot issues that include the PC release of GTA V and what it looked like in 4k using three Titan Xs. We then switched over to Linux’s chicken-or-the-egg problem with proprietary software and…
This unnamed beauty cleans up real nice Most case mods involve flashy lights, obvious branding, and a shtick of some sort. Brendon Serack’s unnamed build is all about clean lines, clean componenets, and clean cable management. It may not be a toaster, but it’s still a stunning rig that’s more than worthy of being this…
Top Deal: Do you happen to know Brenden M.? Niether do we, but he had some awfully nice things to say about today’s top deal. Specifically, he said “it’s quiet, stylish, and will cause nothing but envy to those who know what gaming is all about.” We’re glad you like it, Brenden, “it” being today’s…
Mark your calendars? Microsoft’s been fairly mum when it comes to offering a release date for Windows 10, though the company has said to expect it sometime “this summer.” That’s only semi-helpful if you’re planning a new build around Windows 10 and don’t want to bother with the free upgrade. In that case, how’s end…
Out with the old and in with the new Fractal Design rightfully assumes that there’s a userbase no longer interested in optical drive bays. That’s not to say everyone falls into that category, but with Valve’s Steam platform dominating game sales and companies like Microsoft and Adobe moving services to the cloud, the need for…
Fast upgrade option for SFF PCs Patriot Memory on Monday fleshed out its solid state drive lineup with the introduction of the Ignite Series. The Ignite is a line of M.2 SATA SSDs that Patriot says is intended for portable devices such as ultrabooks, notebooks, and ultra-compact PCs, or mini PCs as they’re also called…
Company feels its UDP-based QUIC network protocol is almost ready for prime time Over the last quarter, Google has been busy stress-testing its QUIC (Quick UDP Internet Connections) network protocol, subjecting it to an ever increasing amount of traffic. At the moment, “roughly half of all requests from Chrome to Google servers” are being sent…
And a dollop of Material design The interplay between Chrome OS and Android is not just limited to the ongoing effort to get Android apps to work on the former. They are drawing close to each other in other respects as well, and the latest Chrome OS update, which began rolling out on Thursday, is…
Sorry spammers, you need to pay $5 per account to keep enjoying the service With spam on Steam getting out of hand and users becoming increasingly fed up, Valve has finally stepped in. The company has tweaked the prerequisites for lifting of limits on new user accounts. As first pointed out by Reddit user “KillahInstinct”,…