- On Gadgets & Hardware: Installing a USB 3.0 Card (video)
- Dec 8, 2011
- PC hardware expert and regular contributor to Upgrading and Repairing PCs Mark Soper shows you how to upgrade to the newest USB standard — USB 3.0.
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- Hack This: Milkymist VJ Console Hackerspace Project
- Dec 7, 2011
- After years of using ordinary PCs for interactive VJing, the team at Paris hackerspace /tmp/lab decided to build their own, creating Milkymist, a custom board that generates visualizations based on sensor input and musical rhythms.
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- On Gadgets & Hardware: Installing a SATA Hard Disk (video)
- Dec 7, 2011
- PC hardware expert and regular contributor to Upgrading and Repairing PCs Mark Soper shows you how to install a new SATA (a.k.a. Serial ATA) hard drive.
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- On Gadgets & Hardware: Converting from PATA to SATA (video)
- Dec 6, 2011
- PC hardware expert and regular contributor to Upgrading and Repairing PCs Mark Soper shows you how to upgrade your parallel ATA (PATA) drives to serial ATA (SATA).
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- On Gadgets & Hardware: Installing a Multi-I/O Bay (video)
- Dec 6, 2011
- Upgrading and Repairing PCs contributor Mark Soper shows you how to install a front-mounted multi-I/O bay in a desktop computer.
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- My Droid: Setting the Date, Time, and Calendar
- Dec 2, 2011
- In this chapter, you learn how to set the time, use the Clock application, and use the Calendar application.
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- Finding Other Useful Business Apps for your iPad 2
- Nov 17, 2011
- This chapter provides a preview of general business-related apps as well as ideas for expanding how to use your iPad with other types of apps.
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- Ten Reasons to Get Excited About Windows Phone 7 Mango
- Nov 16, 2011
- Troy Thompson addresses 10 of the most interesting updates in Windows Phone 7 Mango, including task switcher, social media, Bing enhancements, XBox, and more.
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- How the Kindle Fire Will Set the Tablet Landscape Ablaze
- Nov 14, 2011
- Long before Amazon announced the Kindle Fire, many were predicting it would take a big bite out of Apple's iPad market. Now that Amazon has revealed details about the Kindle Fire, the comparisons between it and the iPad continue. Jim Cheshire gives you all the details.
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- Kinectโs Evolution: Then versus Now
- Nov 9, 2011
- Discover how some of Kinect's limitations have been overcome, and how its continual evolution promises to bring gaming to new heights and spawn advancements in other areas.
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- Xbox 360 Fall 2011 Dashboard Update Features and Expectations
- Nov 9, 2011
- Microsoft's Xbox 360 console is due for a major software update during the 2011 holiday season. Bill Loguidice discusses all the new features and shows how they will enhance the Xbox 360 experience for you.
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- Upgrading & Repairing PCs: Optical Storage
- Nov 1, 2011
- In this chapter Scott Mueller describes how optical drives and media are similar, how they differ from each other, and how they can be used to enhance your storage and playback options.
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- The Vision of Steve Jobs
- Oct 25, 2011
- David Chisnall reviews some of the remarkable developments Jobs oversaw during his time with NeXT, many of which will be shaping our world for years to come.
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- Secunia PSI: The Best Software Update Tool You've Never Heard Of
- Oct 12, 2011
- If you have multiple computers in various configurations, how can you keep all these systems and packages current with security updates? Ed Tittel recommends a handy free program that polices software, watching out for anything that's out of date.
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- Supporting Solid State Disks
- Oct 10, 2011
- David Chisnall continues his look at solid state disks, examining the changes that are required in operating systems as flash takes over from mechanical disks as the dominant storage technology.
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- The Intel Driver Update Utility: An Occasionally Great Tool
- Oct 6, 2011
- How can you keep the many drivers for your various Intel devices up to date? There's an application for that: the Intel Driver Update Utility.
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- Solid State Disks: Now and In the Future
- Oct 5, 2011
- In the first of a two-part series, David Chisnall looks at solid state disks, examining the storage technology choices and how far the technology has come over the years.
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- Google Chromebooks: A First Look
- Aug 25, 2011
- Michael Miller discusses these new Chromebook computers and offers his first impressions.
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- Set Up Multiple SSIDs and VLANs on a DD-WRT Router
- Jul 19, 2011
- DD-WRT is arguably the most popular firmware replacement or upgrade for select wireless routers. Eric Geier walks you through creating a second SSID, segregating it from the main SSID, making two of the LAN ports on the back of the router connect to just the new SSID, and leaving the other two LAN ports connected to the main SSID.
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- Spring-Cleaning Your Computers
- May 10, 2011
- Cleaning your computes can help increase performance and fix issues. Eric Geier walks you through the software and physical cleaning of your machines.
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