PC Gaming
Discrete audio for the mobile road warrior Unlike desktop PCs, you can’t just open up your laptop and insert an audio card for discrete audio processing. However, there are USB-based solutions, including Asus’ new Xonar U3 Plus, a pocket-sized USB sound solution with a built-in 150-Ohm headphone amp, DSP (digital signal processor), and other features….
A new mid-range GTX 900 Series card may be imminent We expect to see quite a few product announcements at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas next month, which runs from January 6-9. However, rumor has it one part that won’t make the trip is Nvidia’s GeForce GTX 960 graphics card. Instead, a…
The next step in China’s effort to block all things Google After several months of service disruptions, China appears to have found a way to block access to Google’s Gmail service through third-party email clients. China had already been disrupting service to Gmail for the better part of six months, though users have been able…
Handy information for app developers Microsoft recently revealed some interesting stats and trends about Windows and Windows Phone, and among them is a tidbit that Windows Phone app developers may want to pay attention to. As it turns, most Windows Phone app downloads come from so-called “low memory” devices. On Windows Phone 7.x devices, low…
Keys that can adapt to different applications and languages We’ve already seen dynamic keyboards featuring tiny OLED or LCD screens in place of run-of-the-mill plastic keys, but a new PC peripheral outfit named Jaasta thinks that the dynamic keyboard that the world really needs is the one it is currently developing — the Jaasta Wireless…
Coming to U.S. cities soon The northern Portuguese port city of Porto is now home to the largest and most advanced vehicular Wi-Fi network in the world. The network, built by a startup that originated in the city itself but is now headquartered in California, consists of over 600 wireless router-toting vehicles — buses, cars…
It took nearly three days for the service to stagger back to its feet Hacker group Lizard Squad took down both Microsoft and Sony’s online gaming networks on Christmas Day with denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks that continued into the wee hours of Friday, December 26, 2014. (The attacks supposedly came to an end when the hackers…
Minneapolis is now home to ‘fastest service the world has ever seen’ A couple of month back, South Korean ISP (internet service provider) SK Broadband gave those attending the 2014 ITU Plenipotentiary Conference in Busan a glimpse of its upcoming 10Gbps (gigabits per second) internet service while the rest of the world, including the U.S.,…
ICEnhancer is easy to install, and somewhat easy on the eyes While Rockstar Games is taking its time with the PC version of Grand Theft Auto V, PC gamers still have Grand Theft Auto IV to fall back on. Although the game is almost six years old, released back in 2008, modders have updated the…
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