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Judith: Simple Game, Haunting Narrative

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Can you imagine a simple, pixelated game that lasts no more than a few minutes, but still manages to stick with you after you’ve finished? It’s rare when a long, commercial game can produce an emotional response; to see a tiny free game do it the way Judith… does is

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June 1st, 2009 by: Alisha K.

Dell Xps 630 Gaming Desktop Pc Drops Below $1000 for First Time Ever

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Looking for a SERIOUS gaming PC, but don’t want to spend thousands of dollars? Now’s you’re chance to grab a beefy Dell XPS 630 for just $999, the lowest price it’s ever been offered at (about half of what it originally sold for back in 2008).

The well-reviewed machine is…

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May 20th, 2009 by: Technabob

Vista Sp2 Update Available Next Week: It’S Not Windows 7, Sorry

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Vista users, dust off your IE or Automatic Updates, because next week the Release Candidate of Vista’s Service Pack 2 will be available for download. The update will updowngrade your OS to Windows XP. I’m kidding.

Some of the things contained in the update include – I swear I am…

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February 27th, 2009 by: Lambert Varias

IPhone Runs Windows Vista (Kinda Sorta).

iphone vista perfection skin

Here’s a fun iPhone hack you’ll either really love or really hate. VistaPerfection 2.0 is a complete re-skinning kit for Apple’s wonderphone that lets it masquerade as a Windows Vista machine.

While many of you will ask: why the heck would you want to go and do that? Dunno. Maybe…

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May 18th, 2008 by: Technabob

Averatec All-in-One Pc Looks Nothing Like an iMac

Averatec All-in-One 2nd Gen PC

Korean PC manufacturer Averatec has tossed their hat back into the all-in-one computer ring with this new model that bears more than a passing resemblance to Apple’s latest iMac models.

The Averatec All-in-One (AIO) PC looks much like an iMac dressed in black. But under the hood, it’s all about…

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May 14th, 2008 by: Technabob

Windows Vista DVD Burn: Got 130 Years to Kill?

Vista Wait Dialog

Ah, the power of Windows Vista. Check out this recent screen capture of the progress dialog that appeared when an unsuspecting Vista user tried to burn 15 megabytes of files to a DVD RW drive.

So if I’m doing my math right, the disk will be completed in 2138, a…

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December 1st, 2007 by: Technabob

Winter’s Coming, Vacation at Your Desk

Changeable Motion Picture

I’ve always thought it would be fun to cover a wall in my office with a mural of a tropical sunset, since the likelihood of an actual beach vacation seems less and less likely with my busy work schedule these days. Now, I’ve discovered that I don’t have to be…

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November 22nd, 2007 by: Technabob

Super Nintendo Casemod: Powered by Vista

Super Nintendo Casemod

Here’s a fun one. Some guys in Japan has taken an old Super Nintendo (known as the Super Famicom over there) and turned it into a Windows PC.

The computer is running a full version of Windows Vista Ultimate. Apparently they started with an MSI Axis 945GM barebones system and…

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August 14th, 2007 by: Technabob

Via Nanobook: the $600 Ultra Mobile Windows Pc

VIA NanoBook Platform

VIA Technologies has announced a new reference design for a extremely portable notebook PC, dubbed the NanoBook. The standard build of the system may weigh in at less than 2 pounds, but boasts a pretty solid feature set for its size.

The platform is based on a low-power 1.2GHz VIA…

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June 5th, 2007 by: Technabob

Hp Pavilion Hdx: the World’s Largest Laptop?

HP HDX Gaming Notebook

While most of the world is interested in making computers more and more portable, HP has taken the opposite approach with their high end gaming notebook.

The centerpiece of the new HP Pavilion HDX is its whopping 20-inch widescreen display, capable of displaying high definition content at up to 1680…

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May 11th, 2007 by: Technabob

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