It’s been some time since we last saw a major step forward for laptops in the 12-13″ range. Initially the form factor was the sole territory of low-powered netbooks, but then in 2009 Intel and NVIDIA teamed up for a one-two punch with the Atom and ION chips, offering then-unparallelled performance for such small packages, and soon after Intel joined the graphics game with their own Intel HD chipsets. In the years since we’ve seen upgrades only trickle in, with each successive model being an ...

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Sometimes it feels like there's always more that can be done with display scaling. Just when Edge Display Scaler got its first major update to 1.2.0, 1.2.1 is already a thing and out in the wild! The new update adds just one new feature: edgeds_set_screenres, an alternative script to the default edgeds_set_scale that gives the developer a bit more control over the display while still utilizing the 1:1 scaling Edge DS is designed for. To be more specific, edgeds_set_scale runs with each CPU cycle to check ...

Edge Display Scaler Gets Another Minor Update (v1.2.1)

It's no April Fools joke! There's a new one for the Marketplace: Make Color Hex! While this script itself is nothing new (it's been around since the first release of Edge VN) it represents the start of a new addition to the Edge Engine family: Edge Utils. Edge Utils will not be a product of its own, but rather a broad term for any handy Edge Engine scripts that get independent releases such as this. So what makes Edge Utils special? Well, put simply: it's free. Yup, anything released under the 'Edge Utils' ...

FREE - Make_Color_Hex Released as Standalone Script!

When it comes to choosing a pair of headphones of any form factor, it can be difficult to sort through product opinions to come to any solid conclusion about the product at hand. Some audiophiles base their purchasing decisions solely on brand or just assume that higher price equals better sound, while less knowledgeable customers will struggle to find any noticeable difference between the audio quality of a $30 pair of cans and a $300 pair. In other words, both the high-end and low-end camps have their ...

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While it may not be the oldest Edge Engine module, Edge Display Scaler was the first to be published—in fact, it predates the name 'Edge Engine'! And ever since that first critical release it has been far and away the most popular Edge Engine module, a cornerstone around which other modules are built. And now it has reached its third major milestone: Edge Display Scaler 1.2.0! This new release is a pretty hefty overhaul, so updaters be warned: things will look a bit different, and you will have to edit ...

Edge Display Scaler Major Update 1.2 Released!

Ok, quick history lesson: the date is May 8, 2006. The event: the annual Electronic Entertainment Expo, or E3. In many ways, it was a different world from the one in which we live to day. Tablets were just a failing experiment of Microsoft’s, the iPhone wouldn’t be released for another year, and high-definition TV was a new concept for consumers. YouTube was only just learning to crawl, and Facebook wouldn’t open to the public for another four months. Yes, it’s hard to believe, but we’ve very ...

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