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Comes with their own cooling fans There have only been a few RAM kits we can recall that came with cooling fans, or that were recommended to pair with an active cooling scheme. Of course, those were back in the early days of DDR memory, when buying a kit of overclocking RAM could you make…
Not sure where to start in Photoshop? Here’s a crash course on the basics Photoshop is a powerful application that can be used for a variety of purposes, from editing photos or other images to graphic design and 3D art to light videography work. But Photoshop’s power and versatility can also make it incredibly intimidating….
Top Deal: We all know the score in storage — hard disk drives have the advantage in price per gigabyte, and solid state drives win in performance. Want the best of both worlds? Pick up an SSD for your OS and an HDD for storage chores. Want the second best of both worlds? Then check…
Get ready to see 12.5-inch 2-in-1 PCs in the near future If you own a low-cost 2-in-1 hybrid device (or convertible laptop, if you prefer to call it that), chances are you’re rocking a 10-inch display, or thereabouts. Going forward, don’t be surprised to see vendors start churning out bigger size models. That’s because Intel…
The mainframe is dead, long live the mainframe For IBM, there is no debating whether or not the mainframe is dead. If IBM felt it was, the company wouldn’t have gambled $1 billion, five years of development, over 500 new patents, and collaborative efforts with more than 60 clients in the z13, IBM’s newest mainframe…
Market research firm notes quiet and steady growth in PC sector Ever since the first iPad came out, we had to hear analysts and market research firms predict a future in which we’d all ditch our traditional PCs for slates. Once again, however, time is the ultimate judge, and now that tablets are seemingly everywhere,…
Low cost device represents a significant mobile play Entry level handsets launched in emerging markets don’t typically elicit too much attention, though in this case, there’s a reason why some people are making a big deal out of Samsung’s latest smartphone. The Samsung Z1, launched today in New Delhi, runs the company’s own Tizen operating…
Its all part of an “optimal organization design” Back in October, AMD revealed that it would be implementing a restructuring plan and laying off about 7 percent of the company’s workforce. What appears to be part of its restructuring process, AMD announced that AMD General Manager of its Computing and Graphics segment John Byrne, Chief…
Multi-bay NAS storage shootout There’s nothing quite like having a system fail and then realizing you hadn’t backed up your data. In the back of your mind, you always knew this day might come, but procrastination and poor planning has caught you with your pants down, and you have no one to blame but yourself….
Top Deal: Live is a constant barrage of decisions, such as to push or not push the ‘Do Not Push’ button, Italian or Chinese for dinner, go to work or call in sick, get a tablet or a secondary laptop, and the list goes on. Well, we can help! Always push the button, order Italian…