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

Readers Weigh in on Eyefinity6
An editor eats crow about the usefulness of an upcoming video card.

The Future of Intel's R&D
Intel held its annual open house at U.C. Berkeley this week, with updates to existing research, plus some new additions.

OpenGL 4.0 Spec Unveiled
The new spec helps OpenGL close the feature gap with Microsoft's Direct3D 11.

Razer Mouse Sharpens Its Focus on Mac Owners
Razer has announced that all its upcoming products will support both PC and Mac drivers.

Don't Want to Build a Gulftown PC? Buy One
They're not cheap, but two new desktops using Intel's just-released Core i7-980X "Gulftown" processor are powerful performers.

Sailing Into Gulftown: Intel's New Core i7-980X CPU
Intel's powerful new Core i7-980X ("Gulftown") is the first consumer CPU on the market with six processing cores.

Is HTML5 Faster Than Flash? Not Always
Apple hype about Flash being a "CPU hog" isn't necessarily true.

Death of an iMac—Part Two
Jim Lynch ends his mourning period and starts over with a new 27-inch iMac.

Hard Drives' 2011 Sector Shift May Slow Windows XP Use
If you're still using Windows XP, you may be in for trouble in 2011, when all hard drives must move from 512-byte to 4KB sectors.

Is Opera 10.5 the World's Fastest Web Browser?
Opera 10.5 trounces the competition when it comes to JavaScript rendering. But is that enough?