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COWL Puts A Firewall Between Your Data And Untrusted Web Code
COWL or "Confinement with Origin Web Labels" is a new type of sandbox for web applications that protects user data from being leaked by untrusted 3rd party code.
Deezer Music Service Coming To America Thanks To Sonos
The second largest music streaming service is coming to America.
What Does It Take To Turn The PC Into A Hi-Fi Audio Platform?
Most hi-fi audio is stored in digital form. With advancements in lossless compression, bit-perfect ripping/streaming, HD audio formats, multi-terabyte storage, and PC-friendly DACs, has the PC earned a place among high-end audio gear? At what price point?
Lenovo Erazer X700 Gaming PC Review: Is It As Fast As It Looks?
Famed for its ThinkPads, data center-oriented servers, and dependable office PCs, Lenovo is looking to carve out a piece of the enthusiast segment with its Erazer X700 gaming system. Can this sexy-looking setup stand up against our SBM configurations?
Fast And Cheap? Five Sub-$160 Z87 Motherboards For Enthusiasts
Intel’s Haswell architecture has mainstream leanings. And yet some of the motherboards out there are really high-end. Today we're looking at five platforms under the $160 mark that hopefully put some value back into being an enthusiast.
Next-Gen Video Encoding: x265 Tackles HEVC/H.265
Last month, the HEVC/H.265 standard was officially published. We recently got our hands on a pre-alpha build of x265, an HEVC encoder project from a company called MulticoreWare that's going to be licensed in much the same way as the famed x264 library.
Five Z87 Motherboards Under $220, Reviewed
Intel’s Haswell architecture displaces Ivy Bridge in its desktop line-up, bringing with it yet another new CPU interface. We tested six motherboards that claimed to be ready for your overclocking efforts, and included the five survivors in today’s review.
Marvell Intros Quad-Core SoC With Auto Roaming
Marvell's new quad-core SoC supports all global broadband standards.
Windows 8: Clarifying Codecs, Compiling, And Compatibility
There were two major questions that came from readers after we published our comprehensive Windows 8 review, and we want to expound on what you get with the Media Center/Pro packs regarding media playback, and Windows 8 and RT app compatibility.