Technical Articles

Here you will find a listing of various technical articles I have written.

Industry terms - Find out what refurbished, reconditioned, oem and other words truly mean.

Building a Computer - A basic guide to get you started building a computer.

Cheap Computer Upgrade - Cheap computer upgrades to make your computer run faster.

Computer Memory FAQ - Frequently Asked Questions on computer memory.

Latest Tech News, Tips and Reviews

Four P45 Motherboards Reviewed
We look at four P45 motherboards built using Intel's latest mainstream chipset. Some are still a work in progress.

P45 Motherboards

Pioneer Develops 400-Gbyte Blu-ray Compatible Disc
Japan's Pioneer Corp.has developed an optical disc capable of holding 400 Gbytes, or about sixteen times the capacity of today's Blu-ray discs.

Ten Classic Windows Tips
CPU and RAM control, switching to 64 Bit, Vista or XP, and more.

'World of Warcraft' Sequel in the Works?
Blizzard fans must be feeling spoiled right now. The blaze set by Blizzard's Diablo 3 announcement is still guttering, but it seems that vice president Rob Pardo couldn't resist kicking the Internet rumor mill into high gear one more time by confirming yet another unannounced project.

Intel's Gelsinger Predicts Intel Inside Everything
A top Intel executive said he sees the Intel architecture permeating virtually every segment of computing, as the company's microprocessors expand into more and more cores.

Why Won't ATI Support CUDA and PhysX?
Nvidia says they'd be happy for ATI to enable CUDA acceleration on Radeons, and support PhysX hardware acceleration, too. What's the holdup?

Identity Theft: Trust No One
Guard your personal information as if your life depends upon it.

Das Keyboard Professional Review
Miss the clicky keyboards of yesteryear? Well, the Das Keyboard Professional feels and sounds like a typewriter. And it's much prettier too.

Update: Nvidia Says Older Mobile GPUs, Chipsets Failing
Nvidia said Wednesday that it will take a one-time charge of up to $200 million as a result of mobile chipsets and graphics chips failing at higher than expected rates.