Tag archive: PC Stats

Quote from the article at PC Stats: “If you though Pop-ups were annoying, just wait until your web browser is hijacked! In this guide, PCstats shows you how to regain control and kick out the hijackers, kung-fu style. Browser hijacking is one of the web's constant dangers. Whether it arrives in the form of a flood of obscene pop-up windows assaulting you after a mistyped URL, or malicious code taking over your browser… Read More

Quote from the article at PC Stats: “From MP3 sharing vs. theft and RIAA lawsuits to the ease and convenience of carrying your entire musical library with you wherever you go, MP3 has got people's attention. Ask anyone off the street about MP3s in the news, and you will no doubt get a knowledgeable nod and an opinion, but ask them what MP3 files really are and how they are made, and you would be more likely to get a shrug than… Read More

Quote from the review at PC Stats: “I bet this holiday season quite a few of you out there are going to be getting new videocards. After all only videocards (aside from maybe a new processor) can dramatically increase your gaming enjoyment. While Crucial is not a name you'd think of when purchasing a videocard, they've been selling their own branded cards for the last year or so. After some initial teething problems,… Read More

Quote from the guide at PC Stats: “There is still something besides price that is holding back recordable DVDs however; a standards war is still raging, as it was two years ago, in the writeable DVD market. Any time there is no clear standard, customers are confused, and confused customers don't waste their money on potentially obsolete technology. In this article, PCstats will attempt to clear away some of the fog from the… Read More

Quote from the article at PC Stats: “Ease of use and security tend to be mutually exclusive. So for wireless manufacturers, the reasoning goes that while the average Joe or Jane Smith at home has nothing they'd really care to hide from the world, or that the world would really care to find out about them, they will get very peeved if they cannot get their new wireless router up and running quickly and without help.… Read More

Quote from the review at PC Stats: “So long as your PC is running Windows2000 or higher, you will need no drivers, and installation will only take but a second before you can access and transfer files to and from the USB hard drive as you would any other such device. If your computer is running Win98/98SE, there are drivers at Crucial.com you can download to get the Gizmo up and operational. Drivers are not included in the package… Read More

Quote from the review at PC Stats: “What, then, is the Pentium 4 Extreme Edition that is purportedly giving AMD's long-anticipated Athlon 64 a run for its money? Well, if you found a lot in common between AMD's Opteron and its Athlon 64 FX, then you're sure to see the similarities between Intel's Xeon and the Pentium 4 Extreme Edition. There are some obvious adaptations, of course. To begin, the core is fitted… Read More

Quote from the review at PC Stats: “It looks like a car stereo and performs some of the same functions, but is far from that. The M1600A from Gigabyte is both DVD player and audio console combined, and what's more, it will run with the rest of the PC turned off. Dial in your favourite FM radio station while slugging it through a long word document, or after a hard day when the last thing you want to do hear is noisy cooling… Read More

Quote from the review at PC Stats: “Running on a single AAA battery (included) the MSI MegaStick1 stores up to 128MB of data, allows you to listen to the radio when you run out MP3s, or even just to make a quick verbal note. An electroluminescent backlight enables the LCD to be seen even in the dark, and a Jog-dial helps with file navigation. The controls are moderately good, but the LCD text a little too small, and the… Read More

Quote from the review at PC Stats: “Introduced late last year, the Samsung Tantus LTM405W flatscreen television literally blew the scale off the LCD TV industry and laid claim to the title of 'largest screen size' with ease.The aptly named Tantus measures 40″ diagonally, making it currently the largest LCD HDTV compatible television on the market. The next closest LCD TV on the market is 37″ across… but… Read More

Quote from the review: “Burning Blue Audio produce a $149USD USB Headphone Amplifier that in their own words “uses a digital-analog converter (DAC) designed explicitly for high quality headphone amplification,” so we want to assure you that we're testing with headphones capable of distinguishing between shoddy sound, and the good stuff we all crave. Now that you know what equipment is involved in the testing lets… Read More