So It Begins: The Windows 7 Pricing Debate

It’s not that I mind a good price war. Before the Centrino, Intel had them all the time –with itself. Now Microsoft is poised to release Windows 7 (on my birthday, of all dates –which means they should send me a free copy) and the company just released the prices for the various versions. And [...]

The Curious Case of the Cable

I’ve been trying to review an AVerMedia Duet dual-tuner x1 PCIe tuner card all week. God has it been tough. The darn thing kept acquiring only four digital channels and I have 21 available on my Hauppauge HVR-2250. I tried everything –new drivers, rescanning, prayer, hopping on one leg while waving a rubber chicken over [...]

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