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Know your enemy: Understanding the Blue Screen of Death

by Jodie Andrefski on Mar 18, 2009 at 03:00 PM

Just about everyone has probably seen that dreaded Blue Screen of Death (“BSoD”) at some time or another.  Or, at very least you’ve heard someone screaming about it coming up on their system.  When it happens, you can feel a sick feeling in your stomach.  Find out the origin of… Continue Reading »

Myka finally making its way to a TV near you

by Natesh Sood on Jan 18, 2009 at 03:12 PM

Back in March of 2008, we reported that Myka created a BitTorrent box that was capable of directly receiving your Torrent downloads and replaying them on a TV.  It’s a competitor to Apple TV, and people who torrent a lot would definitely like the Myka box.  When the product was… Continue Reading »

Supercomputer race gets faster

by Christian Milsom on Nov 17, 2008 at 05:03 PM

Supercomputers are great, in fact even the name is great: conjuring images of CPUs in red capes flying to the help of damsels in distress.  However, in the real world they are hundreds of cabinets stuffed full of computer stuff and do in fact loo incredibly dull.  The opposite can… Continue Reading »

The man with the golden PC

by Christian Milsom on Nov 3, 2008 at 09:15 PM

There are some products you can’t help but think are just pointless and you cannot see why anyone would possibly want to buy it.  This is one of those. The Pure*Gold PC is a fairly mid range PC with decent specifications, supposedly low noise levels and a nice design, but… Continue Reading »

The haunted PC

by Shawn Ingram on Oct 31, 2008 at 11:44 AM

Since it is Halloween, Gadgetell is taking a look at some the tech horror stories our writers have experienced.  Here is one tale. In my house, we usually built our own computers; we had, at most, two computers that were purchased pre-built.  The second computer we built did everything it… Continue Reading »

Get hopping and start shopping

by Heidi Crossman on Oct 24, 2008 at 07:40 AM

Christmas is for the kids, right?  Better get them crossed off the shopping list first.  I checked out a few of the wish lists floating around and thought I would share them with you.  Wouldn’t you know, they are filled with electronics.  We have plenty of shopping days til the… Continue Reading »

Disney makes TiVo the happiest box on Earth

by Iyaz Akhtar on Oct 23, 2008 at 12:01 AM

Disney movies, independent films, anime and Bollywood flicks have something in common – starting soon, you’ll be able to download them directly to your TiVo.  TiVo has struck deals with Disney, CinemaNow and Jaman.com to get new downloadable content to TiVo boxes everywhere.  The content will be rolled out over… Continue Reading »

Brazil hates Windows: pushes free OS

by JG Mason on Oct 9, 2008 at 12:30 PM

When I was in Sao Paulo last April, a free Linux based OS was the furthest thing from my mind as I surveyed the Favellas (slums) as well as the metropolitan parts of the city.  In this country of new hope, the government has taken an interesting tack: computers for… Continue Reading »

Netgear’s new “green” machines

by Jodie Andrefski on Sep 30, 2008 at 07:48 PM

With the number of home-based entertainment and productivity applications that are running over home networks growing by leaps and bounds, some Wireless-G routers just can’t handle users’ demands. Netgear saw this problem, and as a result, developed a new Wireless-N technology, which they feel is leaps and bounds above anything… Continue Reading »

Claustrophobic computer parts rejoice! The Antec Skeleton is coming

by Jodie Andrefski on Sep 24, 2008 at 09:28 AM

We’re always being told to “Think outside the box.”  Well, Antec is putting their money where there mouth is with their upcoming “Skeleton” case.  And they aren’t offering the bare bones minimum with it either.  There is plenty of room for expansion with 7 expansion slots and 4 drive bays. … Continue Reading »

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