I'm guessing you are not a subscriber to the mag, or you might know that the Ask the doctor questions posted online are typicaly from the most recent publication, and sometimes there's quite a bit of ...

I'm still using a 19in CRT... Gasp! 75Hz in case your wondering. Unfortunately it's not very "Maximum" but it's what works until I can afford a very high quality LCD that's both quite a bit ...

Maybe I am mistaken... I'm specificaly speaking about the range of color the monitor can reproduce. The article mentions percent of NTSC color reproduction but RGB is a slightly more inclusive color s ...

Sure NTSC is the right way to go about judging a monitor for video output for Movies, but Photography relies on percentage of RGB or sRGB coverage. Don't video games also render in the RGB color space ...

I already use a whole house electricity meter called The Energy Detective. It's been really useful in helping me figure out how much energy we waste. I found out that my house was pulling near 200 wat ...

After limping along on a P4 (not even multi-threaded) for far too many years, I finally built a new machine almost a year ago now. I loaded Vista 64, and 6GB of ram, along with the Intel Core i7 920, ...

Even a fully powered down PC draws some power simply to monitor the power switch. Plus all the peripherals that might be plugged into transformers that leach power all the time. I got a Kill-a-watt me ...

I've had to call Microsoft when reinstall XP before. I can't remember if my disk is a full or OEM, but I've been using it since XP launch date. I've probably reinstalled 12 times or more because of ma ...

I can only think of two off the top of my head:1) Pentium 4 2.8 Ghz   ->   Core i7 920 OC'd to 3.3Ghz2) 256 MB Ram   ->   1 GB in the P4 system a couple years ago ...

I've got nearly the same build, including the SAS drive.At first I was worried that I went with SAS since it appears to be such an odd-ball in the consumer market, but the the performance is unmatched ...

Can someone explain why google will have a monopoly? What's stopping any other company from doing the exact same thing? Just because copyright holders have agreed to allow Google to scan their works d ...

You can send messages to email accounts from facebook, and a link for replying is included. They just don't have an inbound address. ...

I'd really like to know a little more about the Halo and WoW engines as well, more so Halo, but I doubt they are used for any other games. ...

How could you leave out World Community Grid? It's one of the largest. They work on several humanitarian projects at once. I joined it almost 4 years ago.http://www.worldcommunitygrid.org/index.jspGri ...

I think I joined the internet age with a 1200 Baud modem. To own a piece of hardware that was part of the dawn of the internet must be damn cool. Great video. Thanks for linking to it Max PC. ...

I'm not sure if Intel did this on purpose of simply shot itself in the foot, but the Core 920 can easily be overclocked to perform better than the 965 does at stock settings.I bought a 920 a couple mo ...

Can someone please explain why so many of you insist on spending so much money on a case? This is the first time I've seen MPC reccomend a case that under $150 and even still I think it's way too much ...

I can vouch for most of that setup! I don't do much gaming, so I got a video card off a friend thats a couple years old. That then allowed me to use a Corsair 650W Power Supply for $99, which is still ...

If you have problems with a 20GB cap from the cable company, and think going to cellular is the answer, you are wrong. Most Cellphone Broadband plans have a cap of 5GB/month. Just FYI for anyone think ...

With turbo mode still turned on, the best speed I can reach and be stable at is 3.3ghz with a BCLK of 160mhz. Any faster and the temp gets too high and the sys restarts, usualy within 3 minutes of sta ...

Most hardware stores sell a heavy duty 3 plug splitter, usualy green, in a shape of a plus sign, where one side is the plug, and the other three are outlets. They are like $3 each. I own a few of thes ...

I'm pretty sure it's safe to say these practices vary from store to store, even in the same chain, all depends on the charicter of the management in a particular store. Sometimes even varies between d ...

I used to work at Best Buy. They had accessory and service plan attachment goals, but at the associate level it was rare to see someone in trouble for not meeting goals, but it did happen once in a wh ...

The overage charges, or the charges if you don't have a data plan are stupidly high. I was just on vacation and pulled up a google map on my phone to make sure the cab driver wasn't going in circles i ...

If she simply stated she was bored with her job, she shouldn't have been fired.If every job fired every person that ever said that, I think something like 90% of the country would be unemployed! What ...