Windows Home Server is Incredibly Awkward

Editorial, Review By Sep 29, 2010 18 Comments

I was compelled to set up a file server because my clients maxed out their Dropbox. Originally, they were only sharing about 100MB worth of documents, so, I figured Dropbox was the ideal solution for them. Of course as they got real comfortable, they started sharing folders and moving enormous PDFs, .wav files and videos into the Dropbox. Needless to…

Flash Video/Games on the iPhone Using CloudBrowse

Editorial By Sep 06, 2010 2 Comments

Many complaints about the iPhone being unable to do what Android devices can do are often unwarranted. Flash doesn’t work on Safari, but that doesn’t mean there aren’t workarounds. There’s always a way. After reading about Flash’s poor performance on Android, I decided to give Flash a try on the iPhone using the free app “CloudBrowse,” (no jailbreaking required) easily…

Livedrive: “Unlimited” Online Backup Review

Review By Aug 27, 2010 7 Comments

Update: See our Top 5 Free Online Storage Reviews (11/1/2010) for more cloud storage goodness. I’ve been in search of truly unlimited online storage for quite some time. I don’t mind paying, as long as it’s really unlimited. In my quest, I’ve come across a wide variety of services that fall short of their claims because they require the use…

How-To Archive Large Files with SkyDrive

How-To, Review By Aug 22, 2010 1 Comment

I have a lot of stuff on my hard drives. Not all of it is entirely necessary. I have dozens of old 3d studio max files and other projects that have long since been completed or abandoned over the years. I like the idea of having an off-site backup of non-mission-critical data. When I heard that Microsoft increased their online…

Gaming How-To: Connect Your PS3 to a PC Monitor

Gaming, How-To By Jun 29, 2010 31 Comments

While VariableGHz is primarily a PC enthusiast sort of site, and by extension its gaming articles primarly focused on PC gaming, I envision a world in which consoles and PCs may live together in harmony. And as a pioneer of gaming equality, I did some research on uniting the two as seamlessly as possible. The primary reason why somebody would…