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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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How to Run Android Apps in Google Chrome
Did you know that you can run Android apps in Google Chrome? Back in 2015, Google launched a tool ca...
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How 3D Game Rendering Works: Lighting and Shadows
The vast majority of visual effects you see in games today depend on the clever use of lighting and...
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Xbox One: Entertainment Hub First, Gaming Console Second
Microsoft may have been the last of the major console makers to announce their next generation syste...
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The History of the Microprocessor and the Personal Computer
The personal computing business as we know it owes itself to an environment of enthusiasts, entrepre...
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Explainer: What is Arduino?
When it comes to computing devices, the headlines nearly always go to biggest and fastest – more GHz...
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Better Buy: Previous
Update:This article has been updated for late 2017 here.If you're in the market for a new phone and...
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How CPUs are Designed and Built
We all think of the CPU as the "brains" of a computer, but what does that actually mean? What is goi...
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Adobe's Flash Updater: Bloated, Confusing & Shady
Editorial Being one of the most prolific sources of security vulnerabilities in Windows and other pl...
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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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The Dark Web: What is It and How To Access It
Editor's note: We have published an updated guide to the Dark Web here.You may have heard about this...
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4GHz CPU Battle: AMD 2nd
For the unaware, IPC (instructions per cycle) provides a good indicator of how fast a processor is a...