by Joseph Forbes | Jan 17, 2017 | ENTERTIANMENT
There has never been a better time to cut the cord. Just a few years ago, dropping cable meant going without some of the shows you may have wanted to watch. But these days, it’s easy to cancel your cable subscription, watch all of your favorite shows, and still...
by Joseph Forbes | Dec 27, 2016 | Blog Entry, ENTERTIANMENT, HACKING, HEALTH, Internet Scam Notices, PRIVACY, SECURITY, SOCIAL ENGINEERING
[ALERT] Scam of the Week: George Michael Dies at 53. Watch out for Phishing Attacks Yesterday, news broke that George Michael was found dead on Sunday at his home in Goring in Oxfordshire, England. He was 53. A police statement said: “Thames Valley Police were called...
by Joseph Forbes | Jul 7, 2016 | ENTERTIANMENT, HARDWARE, NERD NEWS
The Coming of General Purpose GPUs Until the advent of DirectX 10, there was no point in adding undue complexity by enlarging the die area, which increased vertex shader functionality in addition to boosting the floating point precision of pixel shaders from 24-bit to...
by Joseph Forbes | Jul 4, 2016 | Blog Entry, ENTERTIANMENT, HARDWARE, KnowledgeBase (KB), NERD NEWS, Technicals, TECHNOLOGY
The evolution of the modern graphics processor begins with the introduction of the first 3D add-in cards in 1995, followed by the widespread adoption of the 32-bit operating systems and the affordable personal computer. The graphics industry that existed before that...
by Joseph Forbes | Apr 20, 2013 | ENTERTIANMENT, HARDWARE, NERD NEWS, TECHNOLOGY
Using two (or more) video cards in tandem—known as “SLI” for NVIDIA cards and “Crossfire” for AMD cards—can get you better performance, sometimes even for less money than you’d spend on a comparable single card solution. However, whether...
by Joseph Forbes | Apr 18, 2013 | ENTERTIANMENT, MONEY, NERD NEWS, TECHNOLOGY
from the indrema-repeats-itself dept. “Results of recent benchmark tests reveal that Ouya is not up to the mark and there are over 70 other ARM devices that perform better than the gaming console. Futuremark, which is known for its benchmarks like 3DMark and...