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What Ever Happened to GeoCities?
In the mid 1990s, the internet had no Facebook, Google or even Wikipedia. If you wanted to use the w...
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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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Music is the secret weapon of Mario Speedrunners
Is there anything so satisfying to watch as a well-played Mariospeedrun? What makes an expert run of...
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Nvidia and AMD Price Cut Battle, Great GPUs Discontinued
For the return of our monthly GPU pricing updates, we took a break last month due to all the graphic...
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Why Do Image Files Need Different Formats?
Most of your digital photos are stored in the JPEG format (a.k.a. JPG), but when you download an ima...
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The Science of Keeping It Cool
Almost every single piece of modern electronics generates heat whether we notice it or not. Without...
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27 Years of Tomb Raider & Lara Croft
Few video game characters have become more famous than the games that featured them. Lara Croft is o...
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The Ultimate Guide to Buying a Used Graphics Card
There are many reasons why you would buy a used graphics card. First and foremost, the savings, of c...
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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...
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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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Desktop vs. Laptop Gaming with the RTX 2070
Since the launch of Nvidia's RTX GPUs we've been intrigued about the performance difference between...
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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...