For those of you who don’t know already, Apple’s announced the next product in their iPad line…but it’s a little smaller than you might expect. Apple showcased, for the first time, the iPad Mini; a tablet PC designed to fill in the gap between the iPhone and the standard model of their iPad, and to compete with the Kindle Fire and the...

Just a quickie for you today, folks. We’re going to talk about PC gaming. Specifically, the hardware side of it. Whether you buy or build (personally, I’m still a proponent of building), eventually you won’t be able to run games the way you used to. Eventually, your hardware is going to become outdated and obsolete. Eventually, you’ll...

It’s a fairly simple task to use a 360 controller on a PC. All you really need to do is plug it in, and download a few drivers from Microsoft’s website. But what if you don’t have a 360? What if you’ve got a PS3? No worries – while the process is certainly a bit more involved than setting up a 360 controller, it’s still not...

For decades, we’ve seen the idea of the “smart house” referenced in popular culture. From the Jetsons to Tony Stark’s virtual butler to a smart house that’s out to get revenge on its inhabitants, the technology has mostly been science fiction rather than something you can have in real life. That’s changing, and changing quickly. Smart home technology...

It’s bound to happen, eventually- keyboards are like anything else, and subject to the same wear and tear as any piece of hardware. If you use one enough, eventually, you’re going to have to do a bit of repair work. After all, cleaning your keyboard doesn’t really help when half the keys are missing, does it? Truth be told, it’s not...

One of the coolest things about Star Trek: The Next Generation was the holodeck. Utilizing space-age computing that even our modern society can only dream of, the crew could easily transport themselves to any time and place, without even having to leave the ship. It made for some downright awesome adventures, and must’ve been a great (and dangerously...

Old game cartridges have an irritating tendency to accumulate grime when they’re not being used, particularly in the area where they connect to the console. It’s tough to say why- perhaps the electrical transfer that occurs there when they’re plugged in makes them uniquely suited to gathering up dust. Usually, blowing on them will be more than...

So, if you haven’t heard already…OUYA. For those of you who don’t want to read through the Kickstarter page, I’ll summarize what the console is, as well as what it represents. OUYA is, at its core, an attempt to blow open the last closed market in gaming. That is to say, they’re trying to make console gaming- and console games...

One of the biggest stumbling blocks for Solid State Drives, when compared against traditional HDDS was the price point. More advanced technology and more expensive materials translated easily to a much, much pricier piece of hardware. As many have predicted, that price gap is very rapidly closing- and very soon, we might be seeing HDDS phased out for faster,...

I’ll totally admit that having a smartphone with the ability to snap photos (and shoot video) is mighty convenient. However that doesn’t mean the phone can actually take good pictures. As anyone learned in digital cameras is aware, more megapixels does not equal better quality photos, and even if a modern smartphone matches what your digital camera...