Most of you probably haven’t seen the insides of your hard drive. This one recently died and I thought I would do an autopsy for you. The real shiny disks you see are the actual hard drive platters. These are what hold data for you. You will notice that this particular […]
eDimensional provides an array of interesting products. They offer 3-D visual imaging, speech recognition, motion tracking, and the product I want to spotlight today - the AudioFx gaming headset. Here are some highlights of the headset. It provides aural sensation. When you are playing a game, the sounds that come from […]
The IBM Blue Gene is currently the world’s most powerful supercomputer. This supplanted NEC’s Earth Simulator past record this past November. The Earth Simulator is capable of 35.86 teraflops, while the Blue Gene is capable of an astounding 70.72 teraflops. One teraflop equals one trillion mathematical operations per second. Wrap your […]
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December 21, 2005 | 3 Comments
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I helped my brother run wire when he was building his house. It was all for his structured wiring. All these cables feed to 3 large patch panels, which you see above. He is still in the process of punching them down. But it will be very impressive when he is […]
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December 19, 2005 | 1 Comment
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I had read up on adding a high gain antenna to my linksys bluetooth device - I just hadn’t done it yet. So, this weekend I took the plunge and hoped I wouldn’t kill the little, blue fella. It worked like a charm.
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December 14, 2005 | 9 Comments
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I have wanted to post about this for a while now. Last month I purchased a Memina Rocket, 2 GB version. There were a number of reasons that I went with the Rocket. The Memina Rocket looks cool. I love the slim line design. But the Memina is also really […]
NEC announced that they have come up with a 300 micron, flexible battery. It charges in 30 seconds and doesn’t contain any harmful materials like existing batteries. Obviously, people are abuzz with notions of what the battery could power. Synergy, synergy…
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December 12, 2005 | 1 Comment
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It’s Monday morning, you fire up your computer and are greeted by a wonderful message, “NTLDR corrupt or missing.” Very nice. So, what the heck do you do now? Here is a list of possible causes. Methodically go through these and you will have solved your little riddle.
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Remember way back when people were decrying the possible security issues with installing Google Desktop? Remember how folks were saying that if someone could hook into that process that it would be a great remote search tool? Yeah, I remember that too. Google shooed them away. Remember how everyone, it seems, […]
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December 8, 2005 | 1 Comment
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Jennifer Granick, of Wired, has a good article entitled “Face It: Privacy is Endangered.” In the article, she highlights the technology of the Ojos company - called Riya. Riya is face recognition software for photos. They have a program that you can use to recognize and organize your own photos. You […]
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