PC

Skyrim [review]

December 7, 2011

Skyrim takes us back to Bethesda’s world of fantasy with a suitably epic story and gorgeous graphics. But is it any good? Read our review here.

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10 Common PC Risks

November 23, 2011

This is a guest post by Fergal Glynn. Fergal is the Director of Product Marketing at Veracode, an application security company that improves Internet security. PC users commonly, and unwittingly, place their computers and personal security at risk. Here are ten common PC risks and how to avoid them. Using easy-to-guess passwords and easy-to-guess answers [...]

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MacDrive – access Mac-formatted drives on PC

December 2, 2010
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Windows can’t understand drives that have been formatted for Mac OS – a problem in some situations. But MacDrive can help overcome this limitation…

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Backup your files with Backblaze

February 4, 2009

Ever lost all your files? It’s a sickening feeling but can be avoided by backing them up. Backblaze stores your files on the Internet, and offers a number of recovery options. Check it out.

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PC Gaming isn’t just for your desktop anymore

January 28, 2009

Guest author T.J. Aaron from Laptoplogic.com gives us a rundown of mobile gaming technology and a few pointers to the contenders in this field.

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Black Mesa Source Trailer Released

December 3, 2008

Black Mesa Source, the full conversion of the original Half-Life game is coming along nicely. The development team have just released the trailer and it’s looking good!

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Geek-Speak Recycled: Mac vs PC

October 1, 2008

Whilst Chris is away we have another (slightly) updated post from the archives. This time, what are the relative differences between a PC and a Mac as experienced by a switcher?

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Ubuntu: Installation

April 23, 2008

Linux is hard to learn, undersupported, and generally a bit sub-standard. Right? Perhaps I came to the Linux game late on, but I can’t really think of a time when that was the case. Even using Linux workstations in the late ’90s, it still seemed fairly stable and good to work with. Having said that, [...]

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Mac vs PC

March 24, 2008

Xbox vs Playstation… Linux vs Windows… Mac vs PC… There are so many battles going on in geekland that it’s hard to keep up! Fanboys abound on all sides, and if you spend long in any forum devoted to a particular make of equipment, you’ll soon find someone pointing out that it “sux” and that [...]

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