If you head over to your Facebook Apps Settings page, you’ll be shocked to know how many useless apps you’ve got attached to your account. My account, for instance, is hooked up to 448 apps (there’s something called ” are u in love?!?!?
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Facebook’s Revamped App Settings Page Makes It Easy To Unhook Apps
If you download Kindle ebooks from dubious sources aka anywhere other than Amazon, watch out. A security researcher has discovered a security hole in the “Manage Your Kindle” page on Amazon’s website that outs your Amazon credentials to hackers when you upload a malicious ebook. Read more…
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Your Amazon Account Can Be Hacked Via a Malicious Kindle Ebook
Alienware is famous for two things. One: selling ever more powerful gaming computers. Two: making them look like they were designed by aliens. But its latest full-size desktop gaming PC isn’t just another box sculpted to look like it’s out of this world. In fact, the new Alienware Area-51 is trying to challenge the assumption that PC gamers need a “box” at all. Read more…
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The New Alienware Area-51 Is the Weirdest Gaming PC I’ve Ever Seen
A specific number of variables need to be in place so I can shrug off procrastination and get some real work done. Chief among them is setting the right aural mood. Read more…
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Slip Into the Sweet, Ambient Sounds of Science Fiction
The unstylish but ultra-compatible console promises a nostalgic treat for casual and committed gamers alike, writes Brian Easton . Read the rest
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With 10 consoles in one, does the Retron 5 have what it takes?
In the extreme world of bacteria, stunts such as living in hot springs or without oxygen are, like, totally unimpressive. But then there are bacteria that live off electricity, feeding directly on naked electrons. Even more surprisingly, scientists are finding that these bacteria are not even that rare . Read more…
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Electricity-Eating Bacteria Are Real and More Common Than We Thought
Windows: If your mouse is lagging in your favorite PC games, Microsoft has a free tool that can fix it. Read more…
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Banish Mouse Lag in Video Games With Microsoft’s Fix It Tool
A product’s packaging is usually nothing but the last obstacle between you and a shiny new gadget, but often there’s as much thought that goes into the design of a cardboard box as the device inside. For instance, LG put a remarkable amount of design effort into the box its OLED TVs ship in, and most consumers will never even notice. Read more…
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LG’s Glueless Packaging Is Almost as Impressive as the OLED TV Inside
Vigile (99919) writes “Since the introduction of Intel’s Ivy Bridge processors there was a subset of users that complained about the company’s change of thermal interface material between the die and the heat spreader. With the release of the Core i7-4790K, Intel is moving to a polymer thermal interface material that claims to improve cooling on the Haswell architecture, along with the help of some added capacitors on the back of the CPU. Code named Devil’s Canyon, this processor boosts stock clocks by 500 MHz over the i7-4770K all for the same price ($339) and lowers load temperatures as well. Unfortunately, in this first review at PC Perspective, overclocking doesn’t appear to be improved much.” Read more of this story at Slashdot.
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Intel Core i7-4790K Devil’s Canyon Increases Clocks By 500 MHz, Lowers Temps
Yesterday, Steam released its In-Home Streaming feature to everyone. The feature allows you to install games on one PC and stream them via your home network to any other machine. Here’s how to get it set up (and fix some of the quirkier problems). Read more…
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How to Set Up Steam In-Home Streaming and Fix Its Quirks