The Marriott hotel chain issued a statement saying it has decided not to block guests from using their personal Wi-Fi hotspots at any of its locations. It’s a decision that comes three months after the chain was fined $600,000 by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) for jamming personal Wi-Fi networks at the Gaylord Opryland Resort…
This is one plank you mind walking When it comes to keyboards, there are two types: mechanical planks and everything else. I can say that with complete confidence after having gone through and used or otherwise tested a number of keyboards over the years — for the most part, squishy membrane keyboards just don’t compete…
Denser memory solution could lead to larger frame buffers Samsung today announced that its has started mass producing what it claims is the industry’s first 8 gigabit (Gb) GDDR5 DRAM, which is being built on the company’s 20nm manufacturing process. This is the same type of memory that’s found on scores of graphics cards for…
At this time last year, I blogged about Toukiden: The Age of Demons for PS Vita and we received a lot of positive feedback from many PlayStation fans here (that made us very happy)! Today we’re proud to be announcing that Toukiden: Kiwami is coming to PS4 and PS Vita on March 31, 2015 (both…
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,…