PC Gaming
Rewarding good behavior It’s in everyone’s best interest if we all keep our accounts secure. To do that, it’s a good idea to check your settings every so often. It’s not a particularly glamorous thing to do, but if you take a few moments to run through Google’s security checkup, Google will again award you…
A standing desk for the rest of us It doesn’t matter where you believe humans came from or what your stance is on evolution, one thing we should all be able to agree on is that we were never meant to sit on our rumps all day long. Studies have shown it’s not healthy, yet…
At a Glance [+] Galactic Empire: Good performance; G-Sync display; attractive styling; not too hot or loud. [-] Rebel Scum: Poor battery life; large and heavy; small 128GB SSD; middling M.2 SSD performance. Give Yourself to the Dark Side You can almost picture the scene: the Dark Lords of technology showing off their wares, urging…
Do you hear me now? Nearly two decades ago, audio on the PC was still a thing. These days, it’s regulated to a small corner space on your motherboard, and little attention is given. We really miss the days when there were 10 or more different companies competing for an expansion slot in your PC….
Top Deal: There’s a perfect storm brewing for gamers. First, Steam is having a sale on thousands of titles. Secondly, it’s tax season, and hopefully that means a juicy refund is on its way to you. And third? That would be today’s top deal for a MSI GeForce GTX 970 4G 4GB 256-Bit GDDR5 PCI…
Getting a jump start on Presidents’ Day It’s not exactly rare for Microsoft to mark down prices on various hardware, though if you need an official excuse for the latest round of discounts, it’s to celebrate Presidents’ Day. There’s quite a bit that’s on sale currently, including the company’s line of Surface Pro 4 tablets….
Security fail The team of geniuses on CBS’s action-drama show Scorpion routinely make it look simple to hack into government systems, and while it’s not supposed to be that way in real life, a hacker who wishes to remain anonymous didn’t have much trouble plucking personal details of 20,000 Federal Bureau of Investigation agents and…
Are you looking at me? Ready for something trippy? MSI’s GT72SG G Tobii laptop with eye-tracking technology that lets you control game activity with looks, stares, and gazes, is now available to purchase. It’s the first gaming laptop in the world to feature Tobii’s eye-tracking tech, and with it you can do things like switch…
Razer’s flashiest snake to date, sans cord aT a Glance Snakes on a Plane: Great wireless performance; excellent sensor; attractive design; tunable button pressure; fantastic build quality; very comfortable.Snakes on your plane: High lift-off distance; battery life is meh; battery is non-replaceable, slow to charge; butt-heavy; pricey. Whoa, hold on. If you’re ready to dismiss…
Your passwords aren’t strong enough When it comes to contemporary security, the humble password (or passphrase) isn’t enough to keep you safe. It seems like every day someone breaks into an organization’s database and steals an array of passwords and user ids. Even if organizations could keep their systems totally safe, some people still use…