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Anatomy of a Storage Drive: Optical Drives
It's magnetic. It's electric. It's photonic. No, this isn't going to be about a new superhero trio i...
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Improve Windows Start Menu's Search or Simply Install a Better Replacement
Although the Start menu is supposed to be the fastest way to find local files, software and settings...
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How to Get Your Significant Other Into Gaming
You play games, but your significant other does not. It's a common scenario that can be a point of c...
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Get Rid of Windows 10 Ads, Office Offers and Other Annoyances
Microsoft started to sneak advertisements into the Windows platform with Windows 8 and they've only...
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Ryzen 5 2600X vs. 2600: Which should you buy?
If you've got some $200 to spend on a new CPU and you want something that can handle any and all tas...
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Anatomy of a Power Supply Unit (PSU)
Every single desktop PC, console, or laptop has one of these. It doesn't boost your frame rate or ch...
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How USB Works: From 'Plug and Pray' to Being Everywhere
For a quarter of a century, the USB port has been a faithful old friend. Connecting and powering our...
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Amazon Prime Shipping: A Cost Analysis
Amazon pioneered the idea of expedited shipping of online purchases with the launch of Amazon Prime...
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How CPUs are Designed, Part 3: Building the Chip
This is the third installment in our CPU design series. In Part 1, we covered computer architecture...
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Five Years Without Facebook
It was the summer of 2012 when I made a seemingly innocent decision that would have a greater impact...
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The Quest to Make a Better Video Game Controller
Next time you play a video game, look down at the controller in your hand. Is it comfortable? Does i...