When most people are asked what the main problems of their laptops are, the ones with Ultrabooks and other ultraportable systems would probably say performance while the ones with enthusiast and gaming laptops would probably say battery life, heat and annoyingly loud...
As we live in a more and more connected world, being able to conduct an internet speed test and subsequently interpret the results is one of the most important computer skills to have. This is important for many reasons as it's not only the first thing to do when...
These days, USB is pretty much everywhere. From your laptop to your smartphone to your tablet to much, much more, USB has become the dominant standard for communications between PCs and other electronic devices. Originally started in the 1990's to establish a...
So you think you know how to cover your tracks. You know how to delete your browser history, you know how to clear the search cache, you know how to set up proxies to keep your IP hidden, and you use a VPN because you're just that cautious. But did you know that if...
AMD hosted an AMA (Ask Me Anything) Q&A thread on Reddit to celebrate the launch of their new Ryzen CPUs and address some key concerns. Participants included Dr Lisa Su (AMD CEO), Robert Hallock (CPU Technical Marketing), and James Prior (CPU Business...
The Quest for Wi-Fi Perfection The new Apple MacBook Pro (Touchbar, 2016) is quite the mixed bag. On one hand the thinner and lighter design, the beautiful Retina display, and the cool new TouchBar makes it one of the best MacBook Pros ever, but on the other hand,...
As the designated IT person at the office, one of the most common things that happens to me is someone handing me their Mac and asking me to do stuff with it. Despite the fact that I've only used Windows for pretty much all my life. Case in point. The other day, one...
You know those people who think they're too cool to show up to your party because they think their party is going to be better, but then everybody shows up at your party instead and they kind of show up too? Yeah, that just happened to Verizon. After spending...
What is Iperf? So you just got a new router and you want to know whether it's actually faster than your old router or you just got a new wireless card and you want to know how much faster the new wireless card is over the old one. How do you test the performance? The...
If you've ever read some specifications for an SSD or HDD these days, you might be left scratching your head. That's because those who are familiar with storage and storage benchmarking understand what each specification means, but those not familiar with storage...
