Regular readers will recall a few months ago we reviewed the Penguin Wee – a compact PC that packed a powerful components into a tiny body. The Zotac Zbox Nano ID68 Plus is a similarly small-form PC – in fact it’s quite a bit smaller than the Wee. But while the Zotac ZBOX Nano ID68 … Read more
Nest Protect Nest’s Protect follows in the footsteps of its groundbreaking Learning Thermostat. The Protect uses lights and audible alerts to warn you of dangerous smoke and carbon monoxide levels, and features an early warning system, a motion detector for easily silencing the alarm, a self- check mechanism, and iOS, Android, and Web browser support. … Read more
Pebble Steel Without ever setting up shop at this year’s CES, Pebble stole the show with its boardroom-ready refresh: the Pebble Steel. Since the original Pebble’s launch, we’ve seen flashy new entrants like the Samsung Galaxy Gear and Sony Smartwatch 2—brimming with features, but ultimately flawed as full-time wrist mates. The first Pebble succeeded by … Read more
Inspired by Nissan’s Skyline GT-R R34, Ronnie Hara built this amazing case mod, based on Cooler Master’s Cosmos II chassis, and incorporating rigid tubing and original car accessories. CPC: What inspired you to build Skyline GT-R? Ronnie: The design of Cooler Master’s Cosmos II case, and Nissan’s Skyline GT-R R34 car. I’ve always thought the … Read more
Ben Hardwidge reminisces about id’s early 1990s action blockbuster In February, id released a trailer for the new Wolfenstein game. It’s full of the robot Nazi alt-history nonsense you’d expect from the franchise, but there’s a hint of something else right at the end. If you pre-order Wolfenstein now, you get access to the Doom … Read more
Ireceived what could well be the most expensive item I’ve ever bought in terms of pounds-per- square-inch this month: an active heatsink and fan assembly for the Raspberry Pi. One of the biggest advantages of embedded CPUs against mainstream chips is that they generate a very small amount of heat, which is only natural considering … Read more
AFTER THREE DECADES, THE AGING BIOS HAS FINALLY BEEN USURPED BY EFI, BUT IT WASN’T AN EASY JOURNEY. GARETH HALFACREE CATCHES UP WITH UEFI FORUM PRESIDENT MARK DORAN, TO FIND OUT WHAT WAS INVOLVED. Replacing a widely deployed, decades-old lump of legacy code with a system suitable for the modern era is no small task, … Read more
Matthew Lambert investigates the performance of AMD’s new graphics API in Battlefield 4 and Star Swarm. Marred by delays since its announcement in September 2013, AMD’s Mantle API has finally made its debut. It’s available to try now in Battlefield 4 and a demo called Star Swarm, which is freely available on Steam. It was … Read more
DEVELOPER Young Horses / PUBLISHER Young Horses / WEBSITE www.octodadgame.com In one the strangest game premises we’ve encountered in a long time, Octodad: Dadliest catch casts you as an Octopus masquerading as a human, trying to live a peaceful suburban life. Despite plainly being an Octopus wearing a suit, Octodad’s ruse has so far gone … Read more
RELEASE DATE 4 April, 2014 / DEVELOPER Zenimax Online Studios / PUBLISHER Bethesda Softworks / WEBSITE http://elderscrollsonline.com. The Elder Scrolls Online has endured a bumpy road to launch. When it was unveiled last year, the decision to build the MMO around the World of Warcraft model and then drape it in Elder Scrolls lore, rather … Read more
You’ll need this windows Any version of Windows from the last decade will have the features used in this article. Utility bills are always on the rise, and we’re all becoming more aware of the power used by our devices in and around the home. Indeed, many utility providers now give away monitors that enable … Read more
Two months from now Microsoft will withdraw all support for Windows XP. We explain how to keep XP running safely beyond that point W indows XP is a fast, dependable operating system (os) that runs on a third of the world’s PCs and is the most popular operating system after Windows 7. We know many … Read more