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The Asus with Nvidia 940M should be a stronger graphics performer than the Lenovo with a R7 M260.

If sites like Tom's will let themselves be held financially liable for any harm incurred to my PC when a malware ad from their advertising networks infects it, then sure, I'll put them on a whitelist. Also love the use of the specious argument - "Every time you block an ad, what you're really...

Any laptop that can support 8-16GB of RAM and that also supports Virtualization technology (like VT-x and perhaps VT-d). On the Intel side, you usually only get that in certain i5 and i7 processors. A SSD would also help to keep each virtual machine responsive (remember, those VMs are sharing...

Check out this Ars Technica article for more info on hashing - http://arstechnica.com/security/2012/08/passwords-under-assault/

The Backlight strobing (or Blinking, as you say) is usually meant to improve motion resolution. However, sometimes you may get some visible flickering from it. That being said, Panansonic is usually well-regarded with their TVs. That model you looked at is highly rated. Don't worry about the...

I remember a friend had a watch with an IR blaster. It was fun to change the channels/volume on TVs in big box stores or even restaurants. Nothing too offensive then.However, can you imagine what pranksters could do if they had full control over what was displayed on a TV at BestBuy? That...