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  1. Rob Williams

    Gamer Builds Functioning Scientific Calculator in Minecraft

    When I discovered Minecraft in its earlier stages of development, I was blown away by some of the things that people were building in the game. I hopped on and just messed around, but others were building some seriously complex buildings, landmarks, video game characters and so forth. And to...
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    Elderly woman sues Apple for walking into door

    Same here. Although by now I would have sucked in the entire world's cash resource.
  3. Rob Williams

    Should Cheap Android Phones be Avoided?

    As a big Android fan, an article posted earlier at TechCrunch called "Please Do Not Buy Cheap Android Phones" drew me in like few other articles could. I felt like I understood what was being discussed before I even looked at it; a bit of the "you get what you pay for" medicine. And as it turns...
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    XBMC 11.0 'Eden' Released

    Popular media center software XBMC has just seen the release of a major new version, 11.0 "Eden". There are a ton of added features and updates here, so I'm going to steal a paragraph from the official release which sums it up nice: "XBMC 11.0 Milestones include Addon Rollbacks, vast...
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    GOG Begins Rolling-Out 'Fresher' Games; Indie Included

    This past fall, the folks at GOG.com announced its future plans to help take things to the next level. At the forefront was a decision to introduce newer titles to the service, effectively ending the "Good Old Games" moniker the site first became known for. Today, we've effectively reached that...
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    Steam needs to convert a game?

    I had this happen to a couple of different games in my list: Anyone ever experience that before?
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    James Cameron Completes Dive to Bottom of Mariana Trench

    I was thinking about this earlier. Here it was over 50 years ago when the first two people made it to the same point, and James Cameron becomes the third to follow in their footsteps. We live in a seriously tech-rich world, but there still exist a countless number of things that are not that...
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    FREE AIDA64 Around March 28th ONLY

    I am a little curious why it's 1.85 when 2.20 has been out for a while.
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    Elderly woman sues Apple for walking into door

    I can't believe this is real: http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2012/03/25/octegenarian-sues-apple-for-collision-related-injury/ Well, I guess I do. I just had no idea that elderly people could no longer see glass.
  10. Rob Williams

    Lamptron Announces 'Steampunk' FC10 Fan Controller

    Lamptron has long been producing some of the most powerful and best-looking fan controllers on the market, and with its FC10 series, the company aims to take things just a bit further. For steampunk fans, Lamptron has implemented "nixie tube" displays that use bright orange cathodes. The result...
  11. Rob Williams

    Building the Right Box

    Great article, Brett! It's all so true... more money spent up-front might save you big in the long run. The biggest factor to me is the power supply. If you are cutting corners on one of those then you are going to have to expect hassles down the road. The reason I ever went to Corsair PSUs...
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    Neo Geo X Handheld Gets Official

    Not a single person aside from me is stoked about this thing? You all must be the most devout PC gamers I've ever seen :D
  13. Rob Williams

    Whats good in Email and FTP server software these days?

    You testing that right at the ISP or something? :eek: Serv-U... boy that name brings back memories. I used some variant of it back with Windows 98 to setup a home FTP.
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    Blizzard 'Looking into' Bringing WoW to iPhone

    One thing I'm wondering is... is wireless tech good enough where playing an MMO is going to be reliable? I have friends who are on satellite Internet and get booted quite often - would 3G or 4G be a lot more reliable? It just seems to me that being wireless all the time isn't going to be...
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    GPU on 300W psu

    Good choice Toad, and with the HD 6770, you are going to be kicking some serious ass. To call it a major upgrade from an HD 4650 would be an understatement.
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    James Cameron Completes Dive to Bottom of Mariana Trench

    This past weekend, film director James Cameron became the third person ever to dive to the deepest accessible point on earth, the Mariana Trench. Located in the western portion of the Pacific Ocean (east of Philippines), the deepest recorded point of the Mariana Trench is 10,990 meters (6.83...
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    A Look Inside Visa's 'Operation Center East'

    Have you ever wondered what a Visa payment processing center looks like? If not, it's likely because you wouldn't expect it to be one of the highest-security, well-protected buildings on the planet. With its "Operations Center East", it's being said that breaking into a prison would be easier...
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    Moving Your 'Non-Movable' Android Apps to an SD Card

    As far as personal experience goes, yes. I have quite a few apps that are located on the SD card, and have never had an issue with updating them right where they are.
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