Monthly Archives: April 2005
HD Recording Media
Hitachi came out with a 500GB hard drive that is fast, as far as hard drives go. It utilizes the new SATA II interface that has an optimum transfer rate of 3 gb/sec. If you don’t have a board with a SATA II interface, the drive is backward compatible with SATA I. And, if you … Continue reading
Free Gaming Systems
The EarnFree Network is at it again. This time they are aiming their sites at gaming. There is some really cool new stuff on this one. For starters, users can do surveys to be entered into a drawing for 6 months free on gamefly. Gamefly is like netflix for games. They have some really cool … Continue reading
WiMax
With little fanfair, Intel pushed the new WiMax chip into production last week. Code-named Rosedale, the new wireless 5116 chip will operate in three bands: 2.5, 3.5, and 5.8 GHZ. It promises to deliver broadband data communications, along with voice, several miles from a delivery station. Though development is still under way for the technology … Continue reading
Car Tracking
SignalTrac is a black box for your car. It allows you to monitor, in real time, car variables. You can track speed, direction, and location. You have access to various reporting features that can give you a snapshot view of historical data. Of course, SignalTrac is marketing their product toward teenage driver monitoring. Afterall, car … Continue reading
Hydrogen Laptop Battery
Millenium Cell is a company that has been working on providing hydrogen based solutions for many things, including cars. Their sights have now targeted laptop computers. Though still in the development stage, a hydrogen cell for a laptop would be able to run for 12-14 hours per fill. I can foresee refueling points in airports … Continue reading
Paper Thin Displays
You are looking at the world’s first e-ink watch. This was a joint venture between Seiko and E-ink. The display is a low power consumption display with twice the contrast of an LCD display. The watch will be available in Japan in 2006. The E-ink technology has been a long time coming, but has recently … Continue reading
Internet2
Do you remember when you switched from dial-up to broadband? It might have taken a while to let all the repercussions set in. Suddenly, having a stand-alone computer wasn’t enough. The internet became integral to your computer. And all of that is about to change, again. The diagram is showing you the times for downloading … Continue reading
Free iPod Stuff
If you want some really cool accessories for your iPod, go check out this website. A friend of mine just opened this site and will treat you right. They have itrips, italks, iskins, headphones, mice, airclicks, PS2 controllers, radio shark, and much more. And the great thing is that he has set up a lot … Continue reading
Transparent Display
Transparent displays seems to be all the rage these days. The concept is simple and really cool looking. Flip down the lid of your notebook, take a picture, and import the picture as your desktop. You can have all kinds of fun with this – especially if it is someone else’s machine. Try flipping down … Continue reading
Command Prompt Time Saver
Do you spend any time at the command prompt? *nix users need no urging to use it. But Windows users sometimes lose time at the command prompt because they don’t know shortcuts. Here are a few related ones to help shave time. Do you have a long folder name? Try using the wildcard to autofinish. … Continue reading
