Posted 08/11/2007 at 09:01:56am

I've always wondered how to be sure my dual channel memory kit was running in dual channel mode. Thanks for the tip. I hope you continue this article. It really helps those who are new to PC building and even provides tips that long-time builders may never have learned. Looking forward to part 3.

Posted 06/05/2007 at 08:59:30pm

Great advice. I recently edited a few of my photos and later wished I had kept the originals. Then I discovered Google's photo organizer, Picasa. You can do some light touch-up work, and when you save the changes, the app automatically saves the originals in a convenient "originals" folder. Nice. Not to mention plenty of other nifty tricks, such as geotagging your photos to Google Earth (great for vacation photos) and publishing photo albums to the Web. I'm using Windows XP, but there's a version of Picasa for Vista as well.

Posted 05/22/2007 at 07:44:40pm

I find the current rating system quite useful, but maybe refining it a bit would eliminate or at least help reduce the no-man's-land syndrome and granularity issues. And I have to agree with you about using the rating as a guideline. To me, the real meat of the review is the text. That's what helps me decide whether or not to buy a product. So as long as you keep the hard-hitting reviews coming, I'm cool with whatever the rating system is. Maybe the 5 could be the kickass and then lower the dreaded 1 to a 0?