PC Gaming
Ending the year on a high note The last official count from Microsoft regarding the number of Windows 10 installations came in October. At the time, Microsoft said its latest OS had raced past 110 million installs, an impressive number considering it came out on July 29. And now? Unofficially, the number has jumped to…
Broadband speeds on the rise The United States hasn’t caught up with countries like France, Canada, Germany, and Japan in average broadboad speeds, but things are at least moving in the right direction, the latest report by the Federal Communications Commission suggests. According to the latest version of the FCC’s ongoing nationwide performance study of…
In the world of the tech-lusting enthusiast, there’s never a shortage of stuff you can long for. When you splurge on one piece of gear, you just can’t help but want another. So, what’s got my juices flowing this week? Check it out. The Phantom I consider myself quite an audio nut. I don’t know…
Let the liquid cooling begin Asus ROG just added another high end motherboard for Skylake builds to its lineup, the Maximus VIII Formula. Based on Intel’z Z170 Express chipset, this ATX motherboard sports an LGA 1151 socket, four DIMM slots supporting up to 64GB of DDR4-3733 (OC) RAM, and exclusive CrossChill EK cooling. The folks…
Let the liquid cooling begin Asus ROG just added another high end motherboard for Skylake builds to its lineup, the Maximus VIII Formula. Based on Intel’z Z170 Express chipset, this ATX motherboard sports an LGA 1151 socket, four DIMM slots supporting up to 64GB of DDR4-3733 (OC) RAM, and exclusive CrossChill EK cooling. The folks…
First look at Google Glass 2.0 Google’s head mounted display appropriately called Google Glass never did quite make it to store shelves as originally planned. Instead, Google shut down its Glass Explorer program in favor of taking the technology in a new direction, and we now have our first glimpse of what’s in store for…
Rethinking password security A new study by Plymouth University suggests that using a combination of pictures and one-time numerical codes could be more secure and easier to use than today’s commonly used multi-factor methods that rely on passwords. The new multi-level authentication system is called GOTPass. One of the advantages is that it doesn’t require…
One router to rule them all? Google’s OnHub wireless router went on sale a few short months ago with a lot of hype. Google positioned the OnHub as the one router that would replace all routers, solve all your Wi-Fi woes, and never go down or skip a beat. Best of all, Google promised the…
All is well again Steam gave its users an unexpected and unwanted surprise over the holiday. It came in the form of a glitch that resulted in users seeing private account information belong to other users when logging in. There were multiple reports of Steam users seeing other people’s partial credit card information, email addresses,…
Skylake sans graphics Maybe someday Intel and AMD will build integrated graphics into their processors that will rival discrete solutions in terms of performance. Until then, integrated graphics will continue to go largely unused by power users, assuming they’re even present. While most of today’s chips do sport integrated graphics, there are two new desktop…