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Mechanical Key Switch Keyboards Demystified

I'm sure you've all heard the old saying, "You get what you pay for" many times throughout your lives. Whether talking about plumbing or electronics, that saying has seemingly rung true for ages. But for whatever reason, it isn't...

Published Mon, Mar 9 2009 10:46 AM by Marco C

Filed under: keyboards, mechanical, das, cherry, Filco

The Case Mods of NVISION 08

Anytime there is a massive LAN party going on filled with hardcore enthusiasts and avid PC gamers, you can always expect a wide assortment of heavily modded systems to be on display. Of course, with the GeForce LAN going on within the NVISION 08 conference...

Published Thu, Aug 28 2008 8:20 PM by Marco C

Filed under: NVISION, CPU, case mods

Max Payne, The Movie. My Fingers are Crossed.

As I'm sure you're all well aware, Hollywood has a long history of producing sub-par (way sub-par) movies based on popular video game franchises. With a few rare exceptions, just about every movie based on a video game, from Super Mario Brothers...

Published Thu, Jul 10 2008 2:04 PM by Marco C

Filed under: Max Payne, games, Movies

Experimenting With Badaboom

When we first took at a look at the GeForce GTX 280 upon its initial introduction back in June, we also spent some time with an early beta build of a program called Badaboom , from Elemental Technologies. If you're unfamiliar with Badaboom, it's...

Published Sun, Oct 26 2008 11:03 PM by Marco C

Filed under: Video, Badaboom, CUDA, Transcode, GeForce, NVIDIA

Introducing The Epson Workforce 600

The very first color printer I ever purchased, many years back, was the original Epson Stylus Color. At the time, the Stylus Color was one of the most advanced color inkjet printers available for the PC, and its price--about $500 if I remember correctly...

Published Sun, Dec 14 2008 8:26 PM by Marco C

Filed under: fax, Epson, all-in-one, copier, printer, scanner

"Hi. I'm a PC. And I'm a Mac"

By now, I'm sure most of you have seen many of Apple's excellent " I'm a Mac, and I'm a PC " ads--I'm particularly fond of the "Yoga" ad myself ( Judy Greer...meow ). Over about the last year and a half or so, those...

Published Wed, Jul 23 2008 10:26 PM by Marco C

Filed under: PC, Vista, Microsoft, ads, Macintosh

The Olympics in HD. Just Plain Better.

I love technology. I know that's probably pretty obvious to anyone who comes to a site named "HotHardware", but I just had to say it. So, what has inspired me to state the obvious in this blog post? The Olympics. As my partners in crime...

Published Thu, Aug 21 2008 7:10 PM by Marco C

Filed under: Alicia Sacramone, Olympics, Roy Jones Jr., HD, Nastia Liukin, Michael Phelps, Shawn Johnson

Still Looking For Input

My recent blog post " Always Looking For Input " generated quite a bit of feedback from readers and even a few manufacturers. In that post, I wrote about my pseudo-obsession with input devices and why I burn through so many of them on a regular...

Published Tue, Sep 30 2008 9:31 PM by Marco C

Filed under: gaming, steelseries, keyboards

The Best Gaming Notebook Money Can't Buy

I'm a bit of a Left 4 Dead addict. I have been a PC gamer for close to 27 years now, if you count those myriad hours spent banging away on my first Commodore 64, and I've come to the decision that Left 4 Dead ranks in my top three all-time guilty...

Published Fri, May 29 2009 10:10 PM by Marco C

Filed under: gaming, Notebook, l4d, left 4 dead

Death By Rocket Launcher. Sort of.

Every once in a while, something happens in a gamer's life that sticks out in his or her memory. I had one of those moments tonight playing a little Unreal Tournament 3. I was just taking one of my usual 20 minutes breaks for a round of Vehicle Capture...

Published Sun, Dec 21 2008 10:34 PM by Marco C

Filed under: gaming, Unreal Tournament, UT3

Cool Gadget: Zotac's Hardware OC Controller

Due to the fact that the vast majority of NVIDIA’s partners sell graphics cards that are all essentially identical, save for their clock speeds or perhaps a custom decal, they all look for creative ways to differentiate their products from the competition...

Published Wed, Dec 17 2008 1:50 PM by Marco C

Filed under: gaming, GeForce, Overclocking, Zotac, USB

I am full of Rage. But in a good way.

So, late yesterday a couple of in-game screenshots landed in my inbox of id software's upcoming game Rage. Normally, I don't get overly excited when news of a hot, new gaming title first hits. Maybe it's because I've been a computer gamer...

Published Sat, Aug 2 2008 7:11 PM by Marco C

Filed under: games, FPS, Doom, gaming, Racing, Rage, id

Enter the Das Keyboard Professional

Those of you that have been reading my blog entries regularly should know by now that I am a bit maniacal when it comes to my input devices. Even if a device is serving me well, I can’t help but search for its replacement—call it a disorder...

Published Mon, Nov 10 2008 3:26 PM by Marco C

Filed under: keyboards, input devices, Das Keyboard

A Case Study: Building Myself A New Rig

I recently reviewed Cooler Master’s ATCS 840 case for an upcoming issue of CPU Magazine, and I liked it so much, I decided to build myself a new rig using it. Cooler Master is releasing the ATCS 840 on November 25 to commemorate the introduction...

Published Thu, Nov 13 2008 11:10 PM by Marco C

Filed under: case, Cooler Master, chassis, ATCS 840

Always Looking For Input...

Everyone that has dared enter my office / lab over the last couple of years has noticed that I burn through input devices like Joey Chestnut through a pile of Nathan's Hot Dogs on the Fourth of July. It is not because I am particularly hard on them...

Published Thu, Aug 7 2008 9:12 PM by Marco C

Filed under: Microsoft, Clicky, Enermax, Razer, Logitech, keyboard, keyboards

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