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Windows guru uses 19th-century Stirling Engine tech for auxiliary cooling on AMD Threadripper 3970X system — waste heat energy spins the $40 engine's flywheel (tomshardware.com)
2026-07-04 | by Mark Tyson | tags: chipset, engine, heat
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Original Task Manager creator explains why it lies to you about CPU usage — former Microsoft engineer shows unique solution to a seemingly simple, but actually complicated, task (tomshardware.com)
2026-04-20 | by Jowi Morales | get Process Lasso Optimization Software → | tags: task manager, cpu usage, microsoft
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Veteran Microsoft engineer says original Task Manager was only 80KB so it could run smoothly on 90s computers — original utility used a smart technique to determine whether it was the only running instance (tomshardware.com)
2026-04-12 | by Jowi Morales | get Microsoft Windows Task Manager → | tags: windows task manager, dave plummer, microsoft
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Legendary Windows dev codes demos and games for ancient ‘War Games’ monitor — interfaces with the HP1345a vector display using an ESP32 microcontroller (tomshardware.com)
2026-02-07 | by Mark Tyson | get Vector Display → | tags: code, display, lines
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Why Windows sucks and how to fix it, according to a former Microsoft engineer (zdnet.com)
2025-11-13 | by Lance Whitney | get Windows → | tags: account, microsoft, mode
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Legendary Windows Pinball developer rescues 200lb magnetic disc drive from the 1980s – requires a scissor lift to move it, only has 622 MB of storage (tomshardware.com)
2025-11-06 | by Ben Stockton | get Magnetic Disc Drive → | tags: drive, plummer, storage
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