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  1. Rob Williams

    Why We Need Audiophiles

    I'm starting to wonder if mocking reel-to-reel was a bad idea... I think I'm being haunted. First the music video, and now my iTunes' recommendation list:
  2. Rob Williams

    Cooler Master HAF 922 Mid-Tower

    Yeah, come on Merlin. HAF another coffee or two. Haha. Man, I need to get out of the house more.
  3. Rob Williams

    Common Reasons People Leave Linux

    Well, look at it this way... if you boot up with an Ubuntu Live CD on a current machine, everything should be working, from the WiFi to the network to the Bluetooth to the webcam to whatever else. There will be no 3D acceleration, but as long as you have a monitor with a sensible EDID, it will...
  4. Rob Williams

    Supermicro Launches Intel Atom-based Servers

    The market could be anything simple... such as an e-mail server. It's unwise to throw your e-mail onto a server that takes care of other things, so most people put it on a dedicated machine. Thing is... it's just e-mail, and if there's a low overall volume, then a regular desktop PC would...
  5. Rob Williams

    Experience with Corsair RMA

    I've never dealt with their RMA, but I know Corsair well enough to assume that you're going to get pretty good service. They don't outsource anything that I'm aware of, so the duration of waiting shouldn't be too bad. If only one stick died, they might not need the other one. Just explain them...
  6. Rob Williams

    Sirius XM Raises Subscription Rates

    I at one point wanted to sign up for Sirius' online service, but I held back for some reason. I figured I might as well listen to my own music and Last.fm radio stations if I wanted new music (although those aren't free anymore to Canadians). It's too bad that Sirius XM did more harm than...
  7. Rob Williams

    Why We Need Audiophiles

    Maybe there's more than one, but the one I saw was indeed Reel-2-Real: Wikipedia On one hand, I appreciate that some audiophiles have such an incredible degree of hearing, but on the other, I'm kind of glad I don't. I think I'd go insane fussing over every little detail all the time!
  8. Rob Williams

    The Rig That Rob Built

    I can upload one or two later. Problem is, I didn't take any sort of pride in the wiring, so it looks like crap. I also found out another huge limitation of the motherboard I'm using, and I didn't realize it until I wanted to upgrade the GPU. The six SATA ports on the board are towards the end...
  9. Rob Williams

    Extreme Overclocking with AMD's Dragon Platform - Phenom II x4 955

    From our front-page news:AMD has sent us along a fresh "Unprocessed" video, which takes a look at extreme overclocking with their current high-end Dragon platform. The video includes their brand-new Phenom II 955 CPU (which we are still in the process of working on content for - I promise) and...
  10. Rob Williams

    Vuze Releases "Vuze to Go" Mobile BitTorrent Client

    From our front-page news:If you are an active BitTorrenter (is that even a word?) and are often on the go, perhaps you're looking for a portable client that you can take with you, on either your thumb drive or an external hard drive. At quick glance, I'm not completely sold on the reason for...
  11. Rob Williams

    Supermicro Launches Intel Atom-based Servers

    From our front-page news: Because we at Techgage cover desktop computing so heavily, it's easy to overlook the server side of things, which arguably, is just as large as desktop computing, if not larger. At the base of any company, large or small, there's likely one server, or a thousand, or...
  12. Rob Williams

    The Rig That Rob Built

    Well, I ended up acquiring a CM Storm Sniper, and I couldn't be happier. It has a far better layout than the Antec, although I believe it's also a little bit larger. Can now fit a bigger GPU in though, and temps are great, so I'm pleased.
  13. Rob Williams

    Celebrating 50 Years of Silicon Integrated Circuits

    From our front-page news: Where would we be today without the invention of the integrated circuit? Good question, and I'm not sure I'd like to know the answer! This year marks the 50th anniversary of the integrated circuit (IC) that we know and love today, although the original IC the Fairchild...
  14. Rob Williams

    Sirius XM Raises Subscription Rates

    From our front-page news: It was a huge surprise when it was found that Sirius could legally merge with XM, but subscribers of either service were the ones who had the right to remain really skeptical. With these two giants together, they have caused a monopoly on the market in every sense of...
  15. Rob Williams

    Remembering Apogee & 3D Realms

    Well, I have a feeling that given this is getting so much attention, some new companies are in talks with 3D Realms, so who knows what will happen. I wholeheartedly believe that the company won't resurface as it just left off, because that requires a ton of money, and assurance that the game...
  16. Rob Williams

    Common Reasons People Leave Linux

    This idea isn't new, and many developers will agree that Linux does indeed support more devices than any other OS out there. Part of this is thanks to certain modules being able to handle more than one specific piece of hardware. Certain networking modules cover a wide-array of chipsets, and the...
  17. Rob Williams

    GO OC 09 Coverage

    Last time I tested LinX, it didn't touch more than four threads, so I'll definitely be testing out the latest version soon. Thanks for the heads-up.
  18. Rob Williams

    Asus Xonar Soundcard Drivers!

    Good to hear Kougar, glad things are shaping up. ASUS also recently announced full Windows 7 support on their top flight motherboards, so they seem to be taking things a little more seriously now.
  19. Rob Williams

    Is there interest in noise-cancelling headphones?

    Yeah... that's one of life's biggest annoyances right there. This morning for me, it was street sweepers... for a good hour. Very difficult to get work done with something like that going on... even with the windows closed. I'll see what I can do about getting in a Shure and the Bose pair just...
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