PLAYSTATION 3 DELAY

Mar 15, 2006 | DRM, hardware

Sony confirmed today that the Playstation 3 will not appear until November – a potentially disastrous setback for Sony’s struggling electronics division.Sony is having a bad time. Sony is completely out of the market for handheld music players, a market it...

NEW PROCESSORS AHEAD

Feb 20, 2006 | hardware

Pentium processors have gotten faster but the underlying architecture has been reasonably consistent for most consumer and small business computers for many years. Changes are right around the corner, and it promises to be a difficult, confusing time. During the next...

DELL 30-INCH MONITOR

Jan 8, 2006 | Dell, hardware

Apple introduced a 30-inch flatscreen monitor a while ago, and now Dell has brought one to the PC world. Here’s the details on the Dell 3007WFP, in case you feel like giving yourself a late Xmas present. The monitor is $2,199, but it requires an expensive new...

DELL WIDESCREEN MONITOR

Dec 9, 2005 | Dell, hardware

Dell’s 24″ widescreen monitor is possibly the most satisfying product I’ve ever purchased. The difference in crispness and readability between this and the old CRT is far greater than I expected. (Anybody want a 20″ CRT that weighs 80 pounds?...

SONY AND AUTORUN IN A WORLD GONE MAD

Oct 31, 2005 | audio, DRM, hardware

The “Autorun” feature on your CD and DVD drives is starting to be abused and now creates another opportunity for bad people to damage your computer. I recommend disabling it. Here are instructions about how to disable Autorun in different versions of...