Recent content by precariousgray

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    In Pictures: 19 Ways To Recycle Old, Unused Hardware

    Also knon as "nineteen ways to increase advertising revenue."
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    The Game Rundown: Finding CPU/GPU Bottlenecks, Part 1

    I am not certain how practical it would be to do so, but I'd like to see a game such as Final Fantasy XIV included in part two, or three if there is one. Might as well have this be a continuing series and plow through every game people play, eh?
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    In Pictures: Upcoming Technologies We Want Right Now

    Apparently having the option of displaying all of these things on a single page isn't an "upcoming technology."
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    On The Bench: Corsair's HS1 USB Gaming Headset

    "But that capability is there, so if you’re a man who plays female characters in MMOs, you can now sound like one as well." Only good/interesting/informative part of this "review."
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    Dragon Age 2 Gets Release Date, New Trailer

    Hopefully they'll be intelligent enough to include some sort of multiplayer or co-op mode this time around.
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    Radeon 5xxx Owners Report Grey Screens/Hangups

    I noticed my monitor was no longer going into the correct power saving mode after the driver update, so upon attempting to access the advanced power management options in Windows 7, I was greeted with a lovely gray screen with alternating single-pixel green stripes approximately every quarter...
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    The iPad is the Gadget We Never Knew We Needed

    Come to think of it, every person I've known named Steve has been a self-absorbed, loud-mouthed asshole.
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    Microsoft Co-founder Diagnosed With Cancer

    So, I heard that sometimes people get sick, and don't always live forever. Yeah, I know, I was shocked too! Weird!
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    Windows 7 Initial Sales Blast Past Windows Vista

    Looks like Microsoft learned this time around: better marketing, better sales!
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    Blizzard Introduces Buying in-Game WoW Items

    ^buy, TOM: HAHA HEY GUYS, FUCK YOU! NO EDIT BUTTON FOR YOU!
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    Blizzard Introduces Buying in-Game WoW Items

    Blizzard: HEY, GUYS, NOW YOU CAN BY USELESS PIXELS DIRECTLY FROM US! KEEP IN MIND THOUGH, YOU'LL STILL BE BANNED FOR BUYING THINGS FOR REAL CURRENCY FROM OTHER PLAYERS!
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    Report: Windows 7 SP1 Coming Summer/Fall 2010

    CamikaziIf you mean the big button with no text, you can, right-click taskbar, goto properties, check use small icons and put taskbar buttons to never combine. Now you have text and normal icons like in XP. I'm pretty sure you can turn off any Aero feature in Windows 7, just need to look around...
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    Report: Windows 7 SP1 Coming Summer/Fall 2010

    I wonder if I'll be able to disable taskbar thumbnails in SP1. Probably not.
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    MacPadd.com Owner David Free Responds to Us

    Sales guys like this are always enormous douchebags, almost invariably. I'm not surprised at all, he's altogether incapable of realizing he's incorrect.
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    Nvidia Fermi Renders Look Ultra Realistic

    These aren't the renders you're looking for.