Marcus Yam

Marcus Yam

Marcus Yam served as Tom's Hardware News Director during 2008-2014. He entered tech media in the late 90s and fondly remembers the days when an overclocked Celeron 300A and Voodoo2 SLI comprised a gaming rig with the ultimate street cred.

Articles by: Marcus Yam

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Intel Promises Sub-10 Watt PC Operation with Ready Mode

By Marcus Yam published

Intel wants your PC to consume less power than most of your appliances.

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Intel Sees Big Future in Tiny PCs

By Marcus Yam published

Mini and tiny PCs are taking over the enterprise space. Will they find a place in your home?

12 New Apps Announced for Multi-User, Multi-Touch pAIO PCs

By Marcus Yam published

Software for giant touch screen computers is growing in popularity.

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How to Switch Default Image Viewer in Windows 8

By Marcus Yam published

How Do I Switch the Default Image Viewer in Windows 8 to Make it Like Windows 7?

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How to Fix 'USB Device is Not Recognized' Issue in Windows 8

By Marcus Yam, Tom's Hardware Community published

What Do I Do if My USB Device is Not Recognized by Windows 8?

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Enter to a Win Gigabyte Windforce 3X GTX 780 Graphics Card

By Marcus Yam published

Check out our latest sweepstakes to win a new GPU!

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How to Fix Windows 8 Update Freezing Issue

By Marcus Yam published

Windows 8 Update is Stuck at Updating. How Do I Fix This?

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How To Start Windows 8.1 in Safe Mode

By Marcus Yam, Tom's Hardware Community published

Learn how to get into Safe Mode in the latest version of Microsoft Windows.

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Tom's Hardware Charts Update Late February 2014

By Marcus Yam published

The focus of our latest charts update is on flash storage.

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How to Fix Slow Internet Speed in Windows 8

By Marcus Yam, Tom's Hardware Community published

Is your Internet slowing down to a crawl? Try this fix.

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Find'Em Tracking Keeps Tabs On Your Goods With Bluetooth

By Marcus Yam published

Here's how you can set a proximity alarm with your smartphone.

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Why Xperia Z2 Phone and Tablet are Sony's Best Mobiles Yet

By Marcus Yam published

Sony's best efforts yet culminate in its Xperia Z2 series.

Enter to Win a Gigabyte G1.Sniper 5 Motherboard

By Marcus Yam published

Now's your chance to win Gigabyte's flagship motherboard for your gaming PC.

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Tom's Hardware Best Of Mobile World Congress 2014 Awards

By Jane McEntegart, Marcus Yam published

We covered a ton of upcoming products and technologies at this year’s Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. With the trade show officially drawn to a close, we’ve had a chance to discuss the various reveals and select our picks for the Best Of MWC 2014.

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Roamer: Use Your Phone Abroad Without Crazy Roaming Bills

By Marcus Yam published

How to avoid roaming charges and bill shock when going away for business or pleasure.

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Nvidia Tegra 4i Wiko Wax Hands-on (Update: Benchmarks)

By Marcus Yam published

We go hands-on with the Wiko Wax, a Tegra 4i-based LTE phone for Europe.

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Nvidia Tegra Note 7 with LTE and HSPA+ (Update: Hands-on)

By Marcus Yam published

The Tegra 4-powered Tegra Note 7 can now grab data when not near Wi-Fi.

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Tech21 Shows Off a New Type of Device Protection Material

By Marcus Yam published

Tech21 develops an alternative to D3O to protect your MacBook.

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How to Use the Samsung Galaxy S5 Fingerprint Scanner

By Marcus Yam, video by Jane McEntegart published

The Samsung Galaxy S5 features a biometric fingerprint reader on the home button, and here's how it works.

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Colorful HP Slate 6 VoiceTab Includes Free 2-year Data Plan

By Marcus Yam published

HP's back in the smartphone game with Android.

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HP Slate 7 VoiceTab Looks Hilariously Huge Against Your Face

By Marcus Yam published

This thing redefines phablet.

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Sony Xperia Z2 Keeps Waterproof Design, Adds 4K Video Recording and Noise Cancelling

By Marcus Yam published

The Sony Xperia Z2 is the new flagship phone that's still waterproof and dust resistant.

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Xperia M2 is Sony's Mid-range Phone With Dual SIM 4G LTE

By Marcus Yam published

An affordable phone with very specific important features.

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Sony Has Slimmest, Lightest Waterproof Tablet With Z2 Tablet

By Marcus Yam published

Sony updates its Xperia waterproof tablet with the new Z2 at MWC.

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SanDisk Dual-core iNAND Extreme is for High-end Mobiles

By Marcus Yam published

SanDisk beefs up its storage offerings for next-gen smartphones and tablets.

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