PC Gaming
Top Deal: If you’re new to the wonderful world of building your own PCs, then congratulations, you skipped the era of slicing and cutting flesh on boring (and sharp edged) beige cases. These days the landscape is littered with options, and you don’t have to spend a ton of money on a nice chassis. Case…
Keep calm and hack on Just to be clear, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) isn’t interested in blocking third-party router firmware like DD-WRT, nor does the government agency think you shouldn’t be allow to hack your wireless box. The FCC felt the need to address the topic after one of its recent proposals sparked an…
New Windows 10 phone coming soon The Windows 10 party has already started in earnest on the desktop, and come this Friday, November 20, it will extend to mobile with the launch of Microsoft’s Lumia 950, its first Windows 10 smartphone. Much to the chagrin of competing wireless carriers not named AT&T, the modern day…
At a Glance Up (+): Extremely well made; motors hidden in column; quiet compared to others; looks fantastic. Down (-): Pricey; get 100% of the Air’s function at 20% of the cost with other desks (but won’t look as good); buggy software. The ultimate desk We often talk about the best possible computing experience, but…
Faster Wi-Fi in the sky For the most part, Wi-Fi speeds on airplanes are nothing to brag about. That’s because there’s limited bandwidth to share among dozens of travelers with an assortment of connected devices. Well, good news — Gogo is launching a new Wi-Fi technology that should put an end to slow connections. The…
Top Deal: In case you haven’t heard, AMD has some big things planned in graphics. It’s getting ready to kick the Catalyst Control Center to the curb and introduce a new “Radeon Software Crimson” interface that will bring with it several improvements, including more frequent driver updates. Exciting stuff, and if you’re looking to jump…
Pushing the pedal to the metal The nice thing about factory overclocked graphics cards is that the manufacturer assumes all the risk, at least until the warranty period is over. That doesn’t seem to be a deterrent for Gigabyte, which just added five new overclocked cards to its Xtreme Gaming series. In addition to the…
Setting the record straight Analysts are prone to sound the alarm on the PC industry by noting drops in shipments while ignoring the fact that hundreds of millions of new systems find their way into homes each and every year. Apple CEO Tim Cook took things a step further this past week by ignoring numbers…
QNAP launched on Thursday two new network attached storage (NAS) units, the TAS-168 with one drive bay and the TAS-268 with two drive bays. Both come packed with two operating systems crammed into a visually-pleasing chassis that will look good both in the home and the office. What’s unusual about these two NAS units is…