Hardware

I, along with the majority of you (I would assume) spend countless hours in front of our computers, and then even more hours maneuvering our game controllers. Well, after a while you may start to become concerned with carpal tunnel syndrome. I switched from using my right hand for my…

One of the benefits of working on a small team is the low frequency of conference calls. Being on a 'call' as they're not-so-affectionately known typically means speaking once every fifteen minutes while sifting through email or catching up on that hilarious web comic.The Office RoundTable…

Picking up where yesterday's conversation left off, we have more Office RoundTable goodness. Ross fires up one of the prototype cameras and gives us more detail on how the massive camera resolution, combined with the RoundTable's intelligent software, take the remote conference experience to the…

It's no secret that we're big fans of the Office RoundTable. Microsoft's Unified Communciations group took Ross Cutler's  expertise into the mix along with Rajiv Kapoor's smarts to come up with a seriously cool piece of kit that could change the way we work together.The kids from UC…

Jon Bach, of Puget Custom Computers, impresses Tina with a monster gaming machine kept cool by a custom designed liquid cooling system.

Some like it hot? Maybe- but most don't like their COMPUTERS to be hot, nor do we want them noisy. So we brought in expert Allen Nation to test out an experiment we found on Tom's Hardware where he actually submerged his CPU in a fish tank full of oil. Hey, even if it doesn't work it's at least…

Belkin's wifi phone for Skype can now be found in the wild, and the first reports back are relatively good. The advantage of being able to manage our Skype existence from either the desktop or the handset outweighs the few niggles related to Belkin's hardware design. The ever-growing access to…

Most of you are probably enjoying the game about now, and the halftime entertainment could prove to be the 2nd most entertaining part of the day (behind either the TV ads or the game, depending on how your team's doing). Prince will rock Miami harder than ever before, thanks in part to the new Gen3…

Microsoft’s Conference Center has been buzzing this week and we’re going to bring you up to speed for all of your weekend dinner party banter. The boffins from MS Research were on campus to peel back the curtain on all of their latest and greatest and they came nowhere near disappointing. Tuesday…

Windows Vista SideShow technology enables laptop manufacturers to include a secondary or auxiliary display in future laptop designs. So, what does that mean? Well, you can quickly access the really important information you need like appointments, e-mails, or notes without turning on your laptop…