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[News] PC Gaming From Your Couch

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Playing PC games from your couch isn't a new idea.  It's been done and done again.  But doing it usually requires some really awkward setup that in my opinion turns out to be really uncomfortable compared to just sitting at your desk.  A company named Nerdytec is here to solve that with a very interesting product, the Couchmaster.  If nothing else they are nerdy for calling it the Couchmaster. At first thought of a product that will so called allow you to game from your couch, I thought gimmicky.  But after a closer look this thing is really a good idea.  Basically this thing acts a workstation that sits on your couch.  You'll be able to sit your keyboard, mouse, and some extra peripherals.  It will fit on virtually any sofa, couch, or love seat.  You could also use this on a regular single person chair also.  You just ditch the provided arm rest included and sit the main board on the arms of your living room chair. The ...

[Hardware] January Gaming PC Build Guide ~$1000

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Here's the January build guide.  I chose AMD for this build because after going through tons of websites, forums, and videos, I've come to the personal conclusion that side by side that you will not see a difference in gaming.  With that being said, that makes the AMD a very good bang for your buck buy.  Check the video out and leave your questions or comments below. PCPartPicker part list Price breakdown by merchant Benchmarks CPU : AMD FX-8350 4.0GHz 8-Core Processor  ($189.99 @ NCIX US) CPU Cooler : Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler  ($29.98 @ Amazon) Motherboard : ASRock 970 Extreme3 ATX  AM3+ Motherboard  ($89.99 @ SuperBiiz) Memory : Patriot Viper 3 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($36.99 @ Newegg) Storage : Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($64.99 @ NCIX US) Storage : Samsung 840 Series 120GB 2.5" Solid State Disk  ($98.97 @ Amazon) Video Card : MSI Radeon HD 7870...

[News] Ethiopian Kids Hack Motorola Zooms

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Taken from dvice.com When I first saw this story I was truly amazed by these kids and it showed the natural knowledge humans posses but probably don't use most of the time.  The story goes something like this.  There was a project called One Laptop Per Child.  They basically gave Motorola Zoom tablet PCs to Ethiopian kids.  These kids have no education and are illiterate.  To make things a little strange they delivered the Zooms in taped up boxes without any writing on them at all.  No person to explain these boxes either.  Within four minutes they opened the boxes.  Okay, I can give them the curiosity angle.  But get this, within five days they not only were using the devices but using nearly 50 applications each day per tablet.  Wow!  Now that sounds crazy considering these kids cannot read, write or speak English.  (The tablets displayed in the English language.)  Next the kids were singing the ABC song in...