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Gaming laptops are getting more powerful all the time, even as their prices continue to drop.
A perfect case in point is the awesome new CUK MSI GT72VR Dominator Virtual Reality Gaming Laptop.
To be blunt and straight-to-the-point, this machine has just about everything a serious gamer could want in a laptop. It’s even VR-ready right out of the box!
This is quite simply one powerhouse of a machine. Let’s take a quick look at the specs: [Read more…]
AOL Instant Messenger (aka AIM) is probably the oldest Internet instant messaging service still in existence today, but that will soon change.
If you’re one of the millions of people worldwide who still use AIM to chat with friends and relatives you’ll need to migrate to something else before the end of the year.
I’ve had a feeling this day was coming for some time now since so many AIM users have switched to Facebook Messenger, WhatsApp and SnapChat in recent years.
For what it’s worth, AIM outlasted both the once hugely-popular Yahoo Messenger and MSN Messenger services, but now AOL has succumbed to the Facebook/WhatsApp/ShapChat steamroller as well.
AOL released a new help article this morning with the details of the impending shutdown. Here are the five most important takeaways from that article: [Read more…]
Sometimes it can seem like your PC’s volume control has a mind of its own.
For example, have you ever turned the volume up to a comfortable level while listening to music only to have your ears blasted to oblivion the next time an ad started playing in your web browser?
That’s happened to me more than once, and I almost jumped out of my skin of every time!
But it doesn’t have to be that way. You can take control of the sounds emanating from your computer’s speakers and avoid unpleasant surprises. [Read more…]
Question from Travis: I’ve been wanting to build a gaming PC for a while and I’ve finally saved enough money to build one as long as I can keep the cost of the CPU and motherboard to around $400 total.
I’ve found several combos in that price range but I’m most interested in this Intel Core i5 CPU and ASUS ROG motherboard.
Do you think these will make a good gaming computer if I install 16GB of RAM and a good video card?
Rick’s answer: [Read more…]
Question from Vicky J:.