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Find Out if Your DNS Server is Working
It’s relatively easy to configure our router to use an alternate public DNS service, but how do we know that the DNS server is indeed working? In Windows, open a command line prompt, and type: nslookup google.com In Linux, open a...
Google Public DNS – Free Global DNS Resolution Service
Google Public DNS is a free, global Domain Name System (DNS) resolution service, that you can use as an alternative to your current DNS provider. It is similar to what OpenDNS Basic is offering. “Google Public DNS is a recursive DNS res...
Best Bang Per Buck Gaming Processors for August 2009
Choosing the right processor (CPU) proves to be a daunting task. The deciding factor is usually games, since we don’t *really* need a very powerful processor for surfing and creating/viewing documents. Tom’s Hardware makes the task of picking th...
[Game] CrimeCraft Reviewed
CrimeCraft is a persistent online action game from Vogster Entertainment. Story: “It began with a disaster unlike any humanity had ever faced. The details of what exactly occurred remain unclear, but its results were rapid and widespread. In t...
Gigabyte MA770T-UD3P: Budget AMD Socket AM3 / DDR3 Motherboard
Nowadays, DDR3 memory is slowly being the de facto standard of system RAM. One of the major hindrances of building an inexpensive AMD rig with DDR3 is the price of the motherboard. X-bit Labs took a close look at the Gigabyte MA770T-UD3P (US$80) ...
ATI Radeon HD 4890 Graphics Card Reviewed
The ATI Radeon HD 4890 is one of many graphics cards in AMD’s Radeon HD 4000 series. It features: 55nm fabrication process PCI Express 2.0 x16 bus interface 256-bit GDDR5 memory interface Microsoft® DirectX 10.1 support Shader M...

