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PC components, gaming hardware, upgrades and practical buying guidance for desktops, laptops and home setups.
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ZION XTREME DDR4 2400 MHz RAM Review
It’s been awhile since DD4 RAM’s have been out in the market now. The rapid development of the CPU processors has brought the industry to push its development for products that work better with new hardware. DDR4 has been actively become popular in the last year with cost for the DRAM becoming cheaper than ever…
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How to disable ads on uTorrent
Let’s admit it, one of the first softwares we install on a PC is a torrent client. It is either uTorrent or bitTorrent. We always look for the easiest method to obtain files. uTorrent has for long had options hidden deep into the settings menu that lets the end user get rid of ads without…
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The Free Software Foundation’s Statement On Windows 10
The Free Software Foundation (FSF), a non-profit organisation, which actively supports the free software movement has put out a statement on Windows 10. They have urged everyone to reject windows 10 amind growing privacy concerns. The entire statement is as follows The Free Software Foundation urges everyone to reject Windows 10 and join us in…
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How To Control Arduino Pins Through Ethernet
If you are short on money and cannot afford a Raspberry Pi for your Internet Of Things project you can use the Arduino with an ethernet shield to control the pins and read the values Follow this short tutorial to create a project to control a few LED’s with the GPIO pins and read Analog…
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Build Ethernet Controlled Home Automation using Arduino
This project has been implemented for quite a while and lot of improvements have been made since the original demo which has a lot of functions at Arduino Day 2014 at Chennai. I decided to make this code open source after a lot of requests came in after I opened up my room up to…
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Corsair Vengeance M95 Review
Corsair Vengeance M95 has been on my table for quite a while, It’s been an actual replacement to the trackpad. My primary computer is a MacBook so the trackpad is just so good that you’ll probably wouldn’t need a mouse. This device came in for review, so I had to try it out. For the…
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How To Build an Airplay Receiver using Raspberry Pi
Back in 2011, Steve Jobs introduced the AirPlay on iPad 2. It was amazing and could mirror the whole iPad screen to a HD TV. But, you’ll need a $100 Apple TV. It is a bit expensive if you want to use only the AirPlay services and not anything else like Hulu and Netflix. It…
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Microsoft gives a good reason to buy Xbox One over Playstation 4
Earlier this week, Microsoft had announced the partnership with EA which would allow gamers to buy a subscription for EA games. It would cost $5 a month or $30 a year and it includes games like Battlefield 4, Fifa 14 and Peggle 2. Microsoft also promised subscribers more games will be added soon and the titles will…
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Choose between OS X or Windows for your next desktop
So you’re planning on buying a new desktop ? Stuck with confusion to choose between OS X or Windows? We’ve decided to take a look at both of the operating systems so that you can decide what you’d want to buy. Interface Mac OS X Yosemite Apple unveiled its new version of Mac OS X…
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HummingBoard Development Board – Raspberry Pi Alternative
A TV system running on android, a virtual DJ mixer or even running a custom-made Android phone. Since the advent of development boards there has been no limits on the imagination of electronic enthusiastic’s. Until now Raspberry Pi was synonymous with every entry-level and amateur students and professionals. Then came a plethora of stand alone development…
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Windows Powered Smartphone Launched by Micromax
Little over a week, Xolo launched its first windows mobile based smartphone. Micromax has now followed suite and has launched two devices priced under 10,000 INR. Microsoft made the announcement on the launch of two devices powered by its Windows Phone 8.1 OS. The reason for such cheap priced Windows Phone is because Microsoft removed…
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Everything Microsoft at E3 2014
What does Microsoft at E3 2014 have to offer the gaming community ? Let’s have a look. At E3 2013, it was a massive downfall for Microsoft in promoting Xbox One. It was Sony’s Playstation 4 which had taken all the fame and trust overthrowing Microsoft’s Xbox One. The question still remains, has Xbox One…
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Make a Blinking LED Project with Arduino
As a first project, making sure everything works as intended and just to show how simple it is to create a working program, we will make a microcontroller version of “Hello, World!”: A blinking LED light. Depending on what board you have, you may need an additional LED if one does not come along on…
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How to Build a Raspberry Pi Radio Transmitter
Learn how to build a FM Radio Transmitter using a Raspberry Pi. This little hack doesn’t need anything much other than the Raspberry Pi and a Jumper cable. It allows you to transmit any audio content through the Raspberry Pi. Building this Raspberry Pi Radio Transmitter wouldn’t take more than 15-20 minutes to set up…
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Enable Cortana in Windows Phone 8.1 Outside US
If you are outside of the US you probably don’t have Cortana after you updated to Windows 8.1. The majority of the Windows Phone features work worldwide but Cortana is restricted to US Windows Phone’s because most of the features are restricted to the US environment. Well there is always a workaround, This simple trick…
