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Posts Tagged ‘pc’

XGene Multimedia Mini Keyboard

In Computing on 10 August 2010 tagged Computing, gadgets, gear, input, keyboard, pc, windows with no comments

Now that I’ve got hibernation working again on my machine, I’ve turned my thoughts to making it more comfortable.
I’ve longed for a decent small keyboard for many spins round the sun now. It seems like a simple thing. Make a keyboard with no number pad with a bunch of keys on it suitable for a [...]

The very best technology 2008 had to offer

In Computing on 3 August 2010 tagged Computing, Hardware, pc, windows with no comments

Between barbecues and golfing this weekend, I took a few minutes to drop some new hardware into my criminally-neglected PC. It’s been some time since I’ve added any parts to it and I’d gotten the bug recently when prod and I started playing Dawn of War II. StarCraft II got released last week and, better [...]

Windows 7 Wake From Sleep

In Computing on 2 September 2009 tagged 7, hibernate, howto, pc, problems, sleep, tips, wake, windows with 3 comments

Since installing Windows 7 I haven’t been able to put my PC to sleep either in hybrid mode or hibernate. So I did a little digging and found some useful tips on INTERNET.
If you put your computer to sleep in one of these modes and find it immediately wakes back up again, fans whirring, login-screen [...]

CliffyB on Gears of War 2 for PC

In Entertainment on 30 September 2008 tagged Games, gears, Microsoft, pc with 2 comments

Bleszinki told the website that there are no plans for a PC version. “Here’s the problem right now,” he said, “the person who is savvy enough to want to have a good PC to upgrade their video card, is a person who is savvy enough to know bit torrent to know all the elements so [...]