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After installing FreeNAS recently, I suddenly recalled the horrors from my experience with PC memory errors. Once upon a time, I had been very perplexed by frequent crashes of my Linux server until it finally dawned on me to test ...
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The Republic of Gamers, or ROG, is a brand created by ASUS in 2006 to cater to PC gamers. The brand has an impressive catalog of products, but for the first time ever, ASUS has launched a ROG branded router, the ROG Rapture ...
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Microsoft confirmed last week that a portion of Windows 10 source code had leaked online, according to a report from The Verge. This is part of a massive leak of some 32 TB of data that includes private internal builds and other ...
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While researching parts for building a new NAS box recently, I was looking at processor choices and came across the Intel Pentium G4560 processor. This is a 7th generation “Kaby Lake” desktop processor, and while ...
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I’m completely disappointed about the stunt pulled by the four public transport operators to offer free travel to national servicemen on 30 June. It may have seemed like a good move on their part to commemorate 50 years of ...
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I read with interest a letter to the Straits Times forum page today. A Ms Maddy Lim Kah Hoe complained about sub-standard work from IT firms in building her websites. I can fully understand and appreciate the problems she faced. ...
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I am a strong proponent for buying a good power supply unit (PSU). Even if it may cost more capital outlay initially, you will save money from utility bills in the long run, especially when you are running a 24×7 sort of ...
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High-end routers have, by now, decidedly all come fitted with eight legs, erm, antennas. Joining their ranks is ASUS latest high-end router designed for extreme gaming, the ROG Rapture GT-AC5300, which was launched earlier this ...
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If you’ve been following my posts of late, you know I’m building a NAS, and after trying FreeNAS, have developed a preference for NAS4Free. I’m a bit fickle, but as one should really do, I tried both in a VM ...
| Lifestyle & Family
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A year or two ago, wireless headphones meant having no wires connecting to your music source device, but there would still be something connecting between the left and right-side earpieces. Now, however, the era of truly ...
