We have seen a host of funky contraptions for PC gamers. We have seen force-feedback flak jackets, custom keyboards, gyroscopic 3d joysticks and 3d glasses. Never before have I encountered a gaming gadget like the Peregrine USB glove. That’s right… a USB glove. It’s a new way to control PC games that you wear on [...]
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Resident Evil 5 for PC Preview
There were several vendors at PAX 09 that were showing off Resident Evil 5 for the PC. Of course, the Capcom booth was featuring the latest zombie shooter, and nVidia was showing how it worked with their exclusive 3d technology. I spoke with the Microsoft rep at the Games for Windows section about how the [...]
SteelSeries Xai Gaming Mouse
Readers who keep track of me (yeah, both of you) know that my favorite gaming mouse of all time is the SteelSeries Ikari laser mouse. Not only are there great professional touches, but the mouse is simple to use and provides effective features not found in any other gaming mouse… but still it could be [...]
Turtle Beach EarForce p21 Headphones
There was no shortage of gaming headphone vendors at PAX 09. Not only were Astro, Dolby and Tritton there, but Turtle Beach was showing off some of their headsets designed for gamers. The one PC headset they had was the EarForce p21. This headset offers high fidelity and is incredibly lightweight for an “around the [...]
There’s No Good Time for Data to Disappear
Say storage and people immediately think of a hard or flash drive…tape…optical media. In other words, bit buckets to hold your digital stuff. Until that inevitable fateful day. Like ours… First, the 2TB drive on your office server won’t boot up. It’s dead. Ten skilled people sit on their hands, wondering how they’re going to [...]
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 [...]
Starcraft 2 FAQs from Blizzcon 2009
Q: What is StarCraft II? A: StarCraft II is the ultimate competitive real-time strategy game, and the sequel to the hit original, StarCraft. The game will include three completely distinct and balanced races, the protoss, terran, and zerg, which have been overhauled and re-imagined with a number of new units for each, as well as [...]
Battlenet FAQs from Blizzcon 2009
We are building the new Battle.net to be the premier online gaming destination. The new Battle.net experience is a full-featured online game service designed specifically around Blizzard Entertainment titles, and will include a complete set of around-the-game features including a state-of-the-art matchmaking system, achievement system, social networking features, structured competitive play options, a marketplace, and [...]
Otterbox iPhone Defender Case
If there’s one gadget that has completely transformed my life, it is the iPhone. As many other technology analysts before me have pointed out, the iPhone is rather delicate for a do-it-all, take-everywhere device. I have seen many other iPhone users with horribly scratched plastic, and even cracked glass. An AT&T rep even told me [...]
File Systems Explained
File systems are an integral part of any operating systems with the capacity for long term storage. There are two distinct parts of a file system, the mechanism for storing files and the directory structure into which they are organised. In mordern operating systems where it is possibe for several user to access the same [...]
The Conduit Review (Wii)
As an owner of the Wii gaming system by Nintendo, I was at first captivated by the joy and novel nature of playing Wii sports. The fun of being more interactive in my games had my mind racing with possibilities of what future games would hold as developers became more familiar with the system and [...]
Upgrade Your Laptop RAM in Less than 5 Minutes
This article is set up in two parts, one part about RAM overview and a second part about RAM upgrade. If you are curious on how the RAM works, you will find a detail summary that should give you all the information that you need to know about RAM, organization and speed. If you just [...]
Why Ethernet Needs Jumbo Frames
Whether or not Gigabit Ethernet (and beyond) should support frame sizes (i.e. packets) larger than 1500 bytes has been a topic of great debate. With the explosive growth of Gigabit ethernet, the impact of this decision is critically important and will affect Internet performance for years to come. Most of the debate about jumbo frames [...]
Wii emulator actually works!
I’ve been an emulator buff for a while, but generally emulators seem to only work well after the console has been off the market for several years. Well, I found a Wii emulator that not only works, but works rather well. The games I tried on it work very well with little sound or graphical [...]
Verbatim BD-R and BD-RE BluRay Media Review
Let’s face it: DVD is on the way out as a data storage medium. Don’t believe me? Do you remember when writable CDs were all the rage? I do, and I have a receipt for the $1000 2x drive to prove it. Once writeable DVDs became affordable, they were the backup medium of choice, and only [...]
SteelSeries World of Warcraft Mouse Review
I think it’s pretty cool when a game designer hooks up with a hardware designer to create a device whose sole purpose is a single game. Blizzard and SteelSeries have gotten together to create a mouse dedicated for MMORPGs, namely World of Warcraft. But what could a simple mouse offer the hardcore WoW gamer? Not [...]
Interview with Uwe Boll about Tunnel Rats:1969 Video Game
Recently I got to get the latest news on the pending video game adaptation of the original Uwe Boll movie Tunnel Rats: 1969. Since Boll made his mark on video game based films, we decided to get the scoop into his first entry into gaming. I want to thank Stephan Beier the games producer as [...]
Building a Linux Firewall Part 1: Why?
There’s no doubt that the internet today is more powerful than ever… and great power demands great responsibility. There are threats everywhere that you need to protect yourself, your family, and your hardware from. Not only do you have to worry about hackers, viruses, and spammers, but you need to worry about sexual predators and inappropriate content for [...]
Saitek Cyborg Force Rumble PC Gamepad Review
What is this nonsense? A month ago I publish an article about how much I suck at using PC Gamepads, and I end up having to review a gamepad? I must have angered the gods somehow, because now I have to not only write about my own personal Kryptonite, I also have to touch it. [...]
Linux Firewall Part 4: Installation
For the purposes of this turotial, I am making several assumptions. I am assuming that your green network is 192.168.1.x and your orange network is 192.168.15.x. If you want a different network config, then modify as necessary. If you already have an Internet Router that you’re intending to replace, I recommend some prep-work to make things [...]
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