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Dual Booting: Windows and Ubuntu
Dual booting is a great way to get the best of both worlds of Windows and Linux. It’s relatively str...
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Android Performance Tips and Tweaks
Android phones have a habit of getting bogged down after 6 to 12 months of use (or do they?). A phon...
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Google Drive Alternatives: Improving Privacy and Security
In an age of eroding online privacy and increasing corporate surveillance, many are looking for a go...
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The Inner Workings of PCI Express
PCI Express is a technology that consistently makes headlines, with new specifications boasting ever...
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The State of Self
Science fiction has promised self-driving vehicles for decades, with images of families getting swep...
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Will GPUs Ever Get Cheaper? GPU Pricing Update
After a period of consistent graphics card releases from Nvidia and AMD, things have cooled down in...
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GPU Shootouts of This Generation and Pricing Update
Because not much has been going on in the gaming GPU market, we decided that for this month's GPU pr...
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Making a Fast Quad
In a recent hardware deep-dive, we took a look at how CPU cores and cache impacted gaming performanc...
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Shader Compilation and Why It Causes Stuttering, Explained
You just shelled out your hard-earned dollars for the latest AAA game to play on your treasured gami...
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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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Explainer: What is SSD Trimming?
Have you ever noticed when you go into Windows to optimize your storage drives, it says retrim for S...
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Inside the Murky Process of Getting Games on Steam
These days, it seems like Valve will let just about anything on Steam. Programs like Greenlight and...