| 81.
| - Taming the Wild Eee PC: Replacing the Operating System, Part 1
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By
A. Lizard
- Feb 20, 2009
- A. Lizard discusses one of the possible options for replacing the limited OEM operating system in the Asus Eee PC.
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| 82.
| - Upgrading Your PC for Vista - Beyond RAM, CPUs, and Graphics
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By
Mark Edward Soper
- Jan 4, 2008
- Mark Edward Soper shows you how to choose multimedia features and avoid pitfalls with Windows Vista.
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| 83.
| - Informit.com's 2007 Guide to Building the Ultimate Gaming Machine on a Budget, Part 3
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By
Cyrus Peikari
- Jun 8, 2007
- Cyrus Peikari looks at noise reduction, performance, and energy benchmarks.
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| 84.
| - Informit.com's 2007 Guide to Building the Ultimate Gaming Machine on a Budget, Part 2
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By
Cyrus Peikari
- Jun 1, 2007
- In Part 2 of this three-part series, Cyrus Peikari walks you through the next two difficult decisions: choosing a graphics card and memory.
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| 85.
| - Informit.com's 2007 Guide to Building the Ultimate Gaming Machine on a Budget, Part 1
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By
Cyrus Peikari
- May 25, 2007
- In this three-part series, Cyrus Peikari examines the fastest video cards, high-end RAM, and more, with the goal of aiming for a cold, quiet box that will help you “own the newbs” without breaking your bank.
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| 86.
| - CPU Wars, Part 3: Put Your Left ARM In
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By
David Chisnall
- May 18, 2007
- David Chisnall examines the current state of the CPU industry including niche players and the surviving x86 manufacturers.
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| 87.
| - CPU Wars, Part 2: POWER to the People
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By
David Chisnall
- May 11, 2007
- In the second article of a three-part series, David Chisnall examines the current state of the CPU industry. Part 1 looked at general trends. Part 2 focuses on two of the surviving RISC families: POWER and SPARC.
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| 88.
| - CPU Wars, Part 1: When the Chips Are Down
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By
David Chisnall
- May 4, 2007
- In the first article of a three-part series, David Chisnall examines the current state of the CPU industry. For the first time in years, there's real competition between CPU manufacturers. Part 1 looks at the general trends in the industry.
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| 89.
| - POSIX Asynchronous I/O
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By
David Chisnall
- Sep 22, 2006
- Used judiciously, asynchronous I/O (AIO) can provide a significant speed benefit, says David Chisnall. Perhaps enough to help your program overcome the fact that modern processors can really zoom, while hard drives still drag.
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| 90.
| - Expanding Your Screen Real Estate with MaxiVista
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By
Kulvir Singh Bhogal
- Jul 7, 2006
- Kulvir Bhogal shows you how to set up multiple monitors for your laptop across a network using software called MaxiVista. No new hardware required.
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| 91.
| - Leo Laporte's 2006 Technology Almanac: A Look into March
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By
Leo Laporte, Michael Miller
- Mar 3, 2006
- This chapter features an article a day for the month of March to help you keep current on the latest technology with a focus on home-based technology.
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| 92.
| - Sharing an Internet Connection
- Jan 23, 2006
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| 93.
| - Troubleshooting Power Problems
- Jan 23, 2006
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| 94.
| - Great Age Entertainment Gadgets
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By
Sandy Berger
- Dec 30, 2005
- Many of us grew up with radio. Some of us grew up with vinyl records and black-and-white television. We have all watched technology bring us new and better ways to entertain ourselves. We now have satellite radio, digital video recorders, portable music players, and noise-canceling headphones. The array of gadgets and gizmos that were made purely for our listening enjoyment is astonishing. This chapter details some of the most exciting media gadgets on the market.
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| 95.
| - One Keyboard, Mouse, and Monitor To Rule (Well, Run) Them All
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By
Daniel P. Dern
- Dec 22, 2005
- For people who have and use several computers in their office, too many monitors, keyboards, and mice on the desk can lead to massive confusion and a serious lack of desk space. Daniel Dern shows a relatively simple way of cutting down on the clutter and reclaiming desk real estate: installing a KVM switch so your computers can share one keyboard, display, and pointing device.
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| 96.
| - Adapting Your USB Drives To Work Cross-Network
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By
Kulvir Singh Bhogal
- Nov 18, 2005
- With only a few steps and the expenditure of about a hundred bucks, you can share your USB drives throughout your Windows network. Kulvir Singh Bhogal walks you through the process to show just how quickly you can share those handy USB drives cross-network.
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| 97.
| - Creating a VPN Connection with Windows XP Professional
- Oct 31, 2005
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| 98.
| - Reincarnate Your IDE Hard Drives as USB External Hard Drives
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By
Kulvir Singh Bhogal
- Jul 29, 2005
- Put your unused IDE hard drives to good use by turning them into external USB drives with this guide by Kulvir Bhogal. With a USB external case and a few quick steps, you'll have a handy removable storage space in no time.
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| 99.
| - Two in One – Understanding Dual-Core Processors
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By
Scott Mueller
- May 16, 2005
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| 100.
| - ATI Meets PCI-Express: The ATI X-series
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By
Scott Mueller
- May 12, 2005
- ATI's new X-series graphic cards integrate PCI-Express high speed graphic processing through the inclusion of Intel chipsets. Find out how this new series differs from ATI's flagship set, the 9800 series in this article by Scott Mueller.
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