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Most Read Articles of the Past Decade
While we get a lot of traffic from articles about heatsinks, cases, motherboards and other PC hardware, there are just some articles that just shoot past all of the others and really stand out. Listed here are the most popular OCModShop articles from the past decade.
Logitech Repair Policy Change
OIOpublisher Over a year ago, we reviewed an exciting Logitech PC gaming product, the Logitech G930 Wireless Gaming Headset (reviewed here). As noted in the article, our review unit came with a broken LED light on the microphone. I decided to get this repaired while the headset was still under warranty, so I called the [...]
Verizon’s iPhone vs AT&T iPhone vs Jailbreak
AT&T has a habit of building monopolies, which has several times been wrentched from their greedy corporate fingers. Back in the days when long-distance service was the marketable product, the communications juggernaut was bitch-slapped several times, and forced to reorganize. Then cell phones became the dominant commodity, and AT&T eventually sold to Cingular, which later [...]
Everest Passes Torch to AIDA64 v1.20
If you’ve been a fan of OCModShop (or any tech site for that matter), then you’ve no doubt heard of Everest. Everest is one of the premiere benchmarking suites that hardware enthusiasts use to test their motherboards, video cards, memory, and just about everything related to computers. Some have wondered what has happened to Everest, [...]
Data Storage – Flash Memory Continues to Grow
“I am president of the Electronics Club, the Math Club, and the Chess Club. Now if there’s a bigger nerd in here, please… point him out.” – Brian Parks (The Day After Tomorrow, 2004) 20th Century Fox Attend CES (Consumer Electronics Show) in January and you’;ll have lots of fun. People are excited, exhilarated even. [...]
The OS Wars
The grass isn’t greener on the other side of the fence. It just seems to be human nature to want your grass … and theirs! We don’t just want our share of the business that is out there, we want our unfair share. That’s certainly true of the PC/CE/communications industry. It’s even more fun when you’re [...]
Company Product Communications, Loosen Up!
In theory corporate policy is to encourage creative thinking, initiative and growth. Their communications policy is to quickly and accurately support all of the audiences. Firms constantly seek new ways to efficiently and effectively accomplish that goal…as long as it follows corporate policy and conventional wisdom. Conventional wisdom says: 1. Public relations should be the sole spokesperson [...]
Can Vendors Really Get Along?
The industry struggles for sales and profits as manufacturers and the distribution channels continue to work against each other. Hardware and software producers as well as VARs and integrators are going to have to put their adversarial positions aside if the industry is to return to a healthy growth condition. The most serious problem threatening [...]
Matrox Quad Monitor DisplayPort Video Cards
Matrox just released their triple and quad-monitor DisplayPort M-Series graphics cards. They feature 1GB of memory and can output a large 2560×1600 resolution per output (max resolution is only available through DisplayPort… DVI only supports 1920×1200). They are targeted towards business, industrial, and government applications, and have an equally businessy price at $400 and $630. [...]
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