Paul Lilly
Paul is a seasoned geek who was first seduced into the world of computers and technology by the Commodore 64, and through the years he’s courted a number of OSes and platforms from DOS on up to the latest version of Windows. Having joined the HotHardware team in 2011, Paul is now a mainstay of the site covering the news beat and reviews, and resident wiseguy who keeps the mood light. He’s also an experienced freelance technology writer whose work has appeared in a number of online and print publications.
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How high of a DPI do you truly need in a gaming mouse? The answer depends on who you ask and the though the consensus is typically in a range much lower than what mouse makers like to promote, they remain undeterred in pushing the limits of sensor capabilities. Enter Razer's new Basilisk V3 Pro 35K (wireless) and...
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Microsoft announced it has begun a phased roll out of its Windows 11 2024 update, otherwise known as Windows 11 24H2, which the company describes as a "full operating system (OS) swap" containing brand new foundational elements to help usher in the era of artificial intelligence (AI) experiences. Being that's a major...
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Samsung recently unveiled a few new hardware devices, one of which includes the Galaxy S24 Fan Edition (FE), which is now official and available to preorder in several colorways—graphite, gray, blue, and mint (light green). Additionally, Samsung announced some bonus offers for those who decide to pounce on a preorder...
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An alleged car thief who was arrested for stealing a 2023 Ferrari 812 GTS, a sports car that's worth over half a million dollars, must have thought he scored a major haul. However, he was undone by a pair of Apple's AirPods (possibly the new AirPods 4) that the owner left in the vehicle. Police were able to locate the...
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It's totally fair to criticize Sony for artificially limiting production of its PlayStation 5 Pro 30th anniversary edition console to just 12,300 units, which essentially means it's a console for scalpers and not genuine fans. However, Sony Japan deserves credit for how it's handling the limited quantity of themed...
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It's taken a minute, but memory makers are finally starting to approach the DDR5-10000 mark, though they're not quite there yet. They are getting close, however, with G.Skill being the latest to announce yet another overclocked DDR5 memory kit at a blistering-fast speed, the Trident Z5 Royal Neo in DDR5-9000 form...
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A sketchy leak purporting to show a photo of an unreleased 14-inch MacBook Pro refresh touting Apple's custom M4 silicon has found its way to the web, and with it comes possible confirmation of an upgrade to a key baseline specification. Namely, the system memory. If the image is to be believed, then Apple may indeed...
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Floor 84 Studio has collaborated with Taito on a new smartwatch that tugs at the nostalgic heartstrings of folks like myself who, decades ago, spent hours playing Space Invaders on the Atari 2600 or on an actual arcade cabinet. Launched as Kickstarter campaign, the Space Invaders: My Play Watch is a custom-themed...
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We never did end up seeing a Ti or Super variant of NVIDIA's flagship GeForce RTX 4090 like there was with the previous generation's top SKU (GeForce RTX 3090 Ti). That ship has sailed at this point and instead, all eyes are looking ahead to NVIDIA's next-generation Blackwell lineup. While we wait for the eventual...
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It's taken a minute, but there are finally a handful of earbud options specifically for gamers, and I couldn't be happier about this. While there are a million and one earbud designs to choose from overall, ones that specifically take aim at the gaming crowd are far less plentiful (unlike gaming headsets). One more...
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SK hynix, which notably supplies memory chips to NVIDIA (among other customers), said it has begun volume production of the world's first 12-layer high bandwidth memory 3E (HBM3E) chips in a 36GB capacity, which is the largest capacity of any existing HBM product to date. According to SK hynix, customers will get...
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If the 990 Evo Plus is the last PCI Express 4.0 solid state drive (SSD) that Samsung releases before fully embracing PCI Express 5.0, then it stands as one heck of a PCIe 4.0 swan song, at least on paper. To be clear, we have not tested this drive (yet). But looking at Samsung's rated specifications, the company's...
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There are multiple reasons to think that discrete graphics cards would see a decline in shipments during this time of the year, such as typical seasonality and this being the tail-end of the current generation product cycle for AMD (Radeon RX 7000 series), NVIDIA (GeForce RTX 40 series), and Intel (Arc A-series)...
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A nonprofit digital privacy group called NOYB, short for None Of Your Business, has formally issued a complaint against Mozilla with the Austrian data protection authority (DSB), urging it to investigate the browser maker's "Privacy Preserving Attribution" (PPA) feature in Firefox. According to NOYB, this feature is...
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In case it went unnoticed, two years ago, Sony unveiled its INZONE brand for PC gaming gear, which it kick started with a series of monitors and headsets. It's still not an especially expansive lineup, but it just grew a little bigger with a couple of new high-speed monitor additions, the more interesting of the duo...
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This is shaping up to be a busy month for Sony. First, it introduced an upgraded PlayStation 5 Pro console with a beefier GPU for faster performance and crisper visuals (including ray-traced gaming), then it followed that up with a retro-themed 30th anniversary collection that includes a PS5 Pro bundle. Now it's...
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Alienware is launching what it calls "the best headset we've ever made," a claim it posted during a press briefing for its what's simply called the Alienware Pro Wireless Headset. This is an expansion to its Pro lineup of peripherals, following the recent introduction of its Pro Mouse and Pro Keyboard, and it takes...
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We're well into the back-to-school season at this point, and if you put off buying a laptop in hopes that some better deals would materialize, you're in luck. That is, if you're looking for a relatively cheap workhorse for general purpose computing chores, like researching projects and hammering out reports. For under...
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No, that's not a typo in our headline—we know the difference between "scents" and "sense" and intentionally opted for the former. It's applicable in this case, as ASUS posted an interesting laptop model over on Weibo, a huge social media site in China, called the Adol 14 Air Fragrance Edition. As the model name...
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In just two months from now, Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 will take flight on Windows PCs and Xbox Series X|S game consoles. For those who intend to pilot the gamer on the former platform, we now know what kind of hardware you'll need for your gaming cockpit. The minimum specifications are pretty tame by today's...
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It wasn't exactly a secret that Sony was working on a PlayStation 5 Pro refresh—practically anyone who is plugged into the tech scene knew it was coming, and sure enough Sony unveiled the upgraded console last week. What most people probably didn't see coming, however, was a follow-up announcement of a 30th...
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Minisforum is far from a stranger to the mini PC scene, and is often out there employing the latest silicon in its miniaturized systems. That isn't about to change. To the contrary, the company has taken to Weibo, a massive social media site in China, to tease an upcoming EliteMini AI370 mini PC built around AMD's...
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