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2008 March

A Requiem for Creative Labs and Soundblaster

It’s a sad day for me.
See, I’ve been the proud owner of Soundblaster sound cards since my IBM-compatible 286 days. I’ve owned every card that Creative Labs released under the Soundblaster banner, with my current card being an XFi.
As an owner, I put up with what can best be termed as a substantial increase [...]

The Name of the Game

The case continues to be argued that studies have not been able to connect the dots between violence in video games to real acts of violence in young people. But is that really the argument that we need to be debating? Is it really as clear-cut as that?
In other [...]

The Power of Three: Protecting Your PC, Protecting Yourself, Protecting Others

It’s become too easy to buy a PC.
Now, before you respond by saying “That’s about the stupidest thing I’ve ever heard,” stop and think about it for a moment.
Today, you can buy a PC from pretty much anywhere, from specialized computer stores to Walmart to [...]

Microsoft Windows: How Far Has It Come, Really?

My introduction to the Windows operating system came in the form of Windows 3.0. It arrived on four 3.5″ diskettes and weighed in at a whopping five megs before install, not to mention it needed around 6 to 8 megs of hard drive space post-install (depending on what you opted for installation). It even ran [...]

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