Building gaming PCs is now all the craze! As much as DIY enthusiasts don’t want to admit, the still-insatiable demand from gamers remains one of the bigger driving forces for the current GPU crisis. If you are new to the custom build game and thinking of building your own gaming PC, here are some of the […]
PCs today are fast and powerful. Compared to older cans of the last decade, they can boot up in a matter of seconds, launch programs pretty much instantly, and play drop-dead gorgeous-looking games at high resolutions and high frame rates. If your PC is sluggish, you may want to upgrading it instead of spending on […]
Once, the statement ‘I have nothing to hide’ was considered a standard statement when confronted with law enforcement agencies as the world was relatively a peaceful paradise for humans. Several developments in the last two decades like Edward Snowden’s whistleblowing, UK’s Snooper Charter and Barrack Obama expanding surveillance powers on his way out, or even […]
Android is perhaps the most widely used mobile OS in the world today with more than 2.5 billion active users. Android is an open-source operating system that rivaled Nokia’s Symbian OS and eventually ousted it from the competition and was acquired by Google for a what might seem a paltry sum today of just $50 […]
Part 2 in our series on how to optimise your PC, this time we look at how to stop services to free up resources in your computer. Discover actual tips and tricks you can apply on your PC to boot the speed of your computer.
Got to admit that most of us have seen our computers and laptops slouch. We have tried defragmenting disks, running clean-ups and stopping resource hoggin applications from Task Manager but to no avail. In this series, we look at how to optimise your PC with actual tips and tricks to apply to your PC to […]
If we consider the number of images shot worldwide using different cameras on mobile phones alone, they amount easily exceeds photos taken with ‘proper’ cameras. Today, it is a fact that more images and videos are shot using mobile phones than with DSLRs and mirrorless and other proper cameras in existence. Shooting with what you […]
If you are like me, someone who prefers to shoot with a smartphone you would have faced the same problem that I faced when I started – stabilizing my smartphone for a blur-free shooting experience. Smartphones are light but that very fact works two-ways, as an advantage as well as a disadvantage.
Laptops are nice to have for their portability and quick setup alone. But, such advantages come at the cost of reduced performance, more heat management requirements, and of course, worse component swap-ability than traditional desktops. That is, until the arrival of the Framework Laptop.
Sam Mendes’ ‘1917’ was made to look like it was shot with a single take giving the viewers a close-up view of the action as it happens. With the camera running alongside the actors and so close to the action, it would be completely impossible to watch had it not use stabilisers (remember The Blair […]
At this point in time, enthusiasts are probably already tired, exasperated, and disillusioned at the current GPU market. Even with the downward trend in prices over the last two months, normalcy is still nowhere in sight. Despite relative availability, the retail costs never really came down to what they should be. In the face of […]
Intel’s very first foray into the discrete GPU market within the last two months was… quite weird, to be honest. Official product availability aside, its reviews and benchmarks were received with mostly mixed opinions. One side championing its surprisingly robust productivity potential, while others see it as no different than the current go-to stop gap […]
Let’s not get into why you wish to delete your web history, just how. How to completely remove your web searches and a lists of sites you visited from your browser. I am sure there are legitimate reasons for wanting to do this, such as when you are sharing your computer or accessing a public […]
Last time, gamers all around the world groan at the announcement of the 6700 XTs official MSRP, which was $479, a price that brought it awfully close to the RTX 3070. So is it worth the money it is asking for?
Most gamers would think monitors are for PCs and a TV is more suited for gaming on consoles. However, for a PC user who likes to game on consoles, the monitor is a must-have component. The latest generation of consoles like the Sony PlayStation 5 and Microsoft Xbox Series X and S have changed the […]
There are tons of articles on the Internet on Gaming PC builds. Even we have some articles on gaming builds for various budgets. These PCs are an amalgamation of the latest high-performance components that let you churn out a high number of frames every second for smooth gameplay.
In the fight for mid-range mobile chipset supremacy, Intel’s Tiger Lake lineup seems to have won the battle against AMD as a lot of laptop manufacturers have relied on the higher mid-range Intel 11th Generation Core i7-1165G7 processor in their latest offerings. The Acer Aspire 5 is a prime example from the segment offering both […]
There are some not so obvious tricks like hold the shutter button and slide up in Photo mode to start recording video. Or when recording a video, tap on the white button to take a photo. Even choosing to take close-up with the telephoto lens versus the out of focus main wide camera. Check out […]
If you think landscape photography is an easy genre and anybody with a camera can do it think again. Landscape photography is one of the most difficult photography genres. Your success will depend on several factors, not just your photography skills, but also the kind of equipment you use, the kind of planning that goes […]
There are so many different varieties of lenses out there. Not to mention all the different focal lengths, maximum aperture and special purposes for which they are manufactured. It is easy to get confused in this myriad of choices. Then of course there are OEM vs third-party lenses which make it extra difficult to make […]