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Anatomy of a Storage Drive: Hard Disk 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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Why Building a Gaming PC Right Now is a Bad Idea, Part 2: Insane Graphics Card Prices
We're hardly two weeks into 2018 and it's been a wild ride for the tech industry already (CES notwit...
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Explainer: What are MMX, SSE, and AVX?
Computer technology is no strange to acronyms: CPU, GPU, RAM, SSD, BIOS, CD-ROM, to name but a few....
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Patched Laptops: Testing Meltdown & Spectre Patches on Ultraportable
You've probably seen our coverage and tests over the past few weeks on the Meltdown and Spectre vuln...
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Hidden Siri Commands and Unusual Responses
Digital assistants can be useful for performing a variety of tasks hands free, especially while in t...
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FreeSync 2 Explained
Over the past few weeks we've been looking into and exploring the world of FreeSync 2. Now this isn'...
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The Ideal Smartphone for 2017
2016 was another year where, for the most part, it was hard to pick a bad smartphone. Sure, the Gala...
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How to Throw Your Video Game Controller
Video games are a lot of fun, but they can also be frustrating. From time to time, you may even get...
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Ryzen 5000 Memory Performance Guide
In this article we'll be searching for Zen 3's memory sweet spot and looking at DDR4 memory performa...
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Productivity Boost: Enable 'Night Mode' on All Your Devices
Why it matters:It's becoming common knowledge that exposure to blue light can suppress the productio...
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Customizing Chrome's New Tab page
Chrome's New Tab page can be rather handy if you frequently visit the same sites although as with mo...
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Use Your Gaming Laptop and Play On Battery Power? Is It Possible?
Today we are investigating two commonly asked questions about gaming laptops: what's the performance...