If you’re old enough to remember when Wi-Fi became a thing, then you should also recall how all the different kit didn’t really play nice together. If you wanted to get a Cisco AP, you pretty much needed to outfit all your clients with Cisco wireless cards. Obviously this complexity has sorted itself out over time, or well, to be […]
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After adding some thermally controlled exhaust fans, I thought it would be good to address the intake side of things. The Middle Atlantic DWR-12-32 has 150mm fan mounts top and bottom, but with 2U of space on the front my preference was to try an active front facing intake. After some research, and a dearth of options, I found the […]
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I’m not sure how QNAP categorizes it’s NAS lineups, because even the “entry” level model in the announcement boasts 10GbE and impressive performance numbers from its quad core Alpine AL-324 SoC. QNAP has been on the cutting edge in the network storage industry with an array of high performance NAS models with all the bells and whistles for your small […]
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Not sure how I missed the original Plex VR announcement, so let’s pretend that didn’t [not?] happen now that the feature has been extended to the headset. It also supports any Daydream enabled Android phone as well as specialize VR hardware including Gear VR and Oculus. If you have the necessary kit (sadly I do not), have a play and […]
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Having recently upgraded to the Vizio P65-E1, we have been pleased with most aspects of the display – except for one really annoying problem where it would not negotiate a 10/12-bit UHD 4K resolution with any device whenever a longer HDMI cable was used. Vizio has been really helpful trying to run down the problem (even replacing the set), but […]
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As a frequent couch keyboard, mouse and laptop user I always put my devices on my lap or a couch cushion. A lap or couch cushion is not the most ergonomic solution but readily available. The nerdytec COUCHMASTER Cycon retails for $149.00. It is an intriguing lap desk concept to solve the ergonomics of marathon computer and gaming sessions. As […]
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If you have one of those “challenging” rooms. You know the kind, where doing the “crawl” puts your subwoofer in the most difficult to wire for location. SVS has just announced a solution for this problem: the SoundPath wireless audio adapter. With the ability to send 16-bit/48KHz up to 65′ feet without the need to drag an RCA cable across […]
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I’m not a gamer, so I would love it if someone would explain to me why the Atari VCS exists. And while you’re at it, why is it $200? I’ve never actually done it, but AFAIK if you really have a hankering for some low-res nostalgia gaming you could approximate this experience (Linux based game emulator) on a Raspberry Pi […]
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I opened the laptop last week to retrieve the HDD. This is what I found. Definitely the battery; it is swollen and burned. The fire did not reach the HDD. I was able to pull it, retrieve data and then encrypt. Dell wants the burned machine back as part of the support case. After a bit of back and forth with […]
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It’s a good day when I find something this interesting and detailed. Learned quite a bit. But Wi-Fi marketeers continue to promise “seamless” roaming and frustrated Wi-Fi users continue to believe them, especially when vendors promise their products use special techniques to bend Wi-Fi devices to their will. So since I always say that data should do the talking, I’m […]
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