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Although computers don't absolutely require hard drives to work properly, almost everyone has at least a hard drive. Mainframes and servers may have several hundreds of such devices on which they store terabytes of information at a time. Before the appearance of hard drives, computers used magnetic tapes to stor... |
5 April 2008
05:39 GMT |
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Your life is made of web chatting, navigation, PC games and the list is endless. Some spend hours and even days without moving from the front of the computer; shower and food are skipped and only physiological needs force them for a few seconds out. But do you think that so much staring at a computer screen does not ... |
19 March 2008
15:51 GMT |
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Men around the world can now start celebrating the creation of the world's smallest diamond ring! Now everybody can afford a diamond ring. Too bad it is only 5 millionths of a meter in diameter and bears five-billionths of a carat of diamond, this meaning it can only be viewed through a microscope. The proud inv... |
15 March 2008
04:52 GMT |
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If you have problems remembering where you lost your 45 million dollar laptop, you should probably consider buying a pair of these weird-looking glasses. The Smart Goggles have the ability to remember where you last saw a particular lost item. This way, you can behave like a borg, have the memory of a borg and look l... |
14 March 2008
11:51 GMT |
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Stop looking for the most powerful computer in the world, you've already found it long ago, but are just not aware of it. We might not have the greatest memory to help us, however when it comes to processing power, our own brain is the ultimate computational machine. No wonder that computer processor designers a... |
11 March 2008
10:30 GMT |
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We have extremely powerful electronic computers these days and it's great, but scientists fear that we might not be so fortunate in the near future, as microchip minimization cannot go forever in order to supply the required computing power. Photonic crystals are just one of the solutions we could imply to creat... |
4 March 2008
06:01 GMT |
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This wonderous material called graphene was discovered in 2004 and quickly became one of the top contenders for the development of future ultrafast computer chips. It has an extremely good electrical conductivity, is a semiconductor and, last but not least, can be fashioned into very thin membranes. Recently, US rese... |
28 February 2008
06:39 GMT |
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MS developers admit using Macs. A certain blog post of a certain Microsoft developer has revealed what some people may consider shocking, upsetting or downright hilarious, or all. Brandon Paddock, who works on Search technology for Windows at Microsoft, says that Microsoft guys use Macs. Ok so...?Does anyone honestly... |
26 February 2008
04:04 GMT |
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After spending millions and even more into software that would protect the computers from vicious attacks with ever new viruses, loggers and whatnot, the simplest method is the one that works best, provided access to the PC is granted. It's simple and everybody can do it, but only somebody more experienced can a... |
25 February 2008
15:46 GMT |
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We've stumbled upon yet another piece of evidence that, instead of turning us into snobs, Macs "bring science down to Earth" for everyone to understand and appreciate. Recent Apple Science news say that when producers at the American Museum of Natural History needed a next-gen environment to create high-definiti... |
21 February 2008
03:28 GMT |
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The computers will become more intelligent than the human beings within the next 20 years, if the computer industry keeps up with the actual progress. Scientific futurologists claim that the next 50 years will bring 32 times more technical progress than the entire 20th century. One of the most important achievements ... |
16 February 2008
05:58 GMT |
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The ever-powerful computing devices need more and more circuit connections, which ultimately translates in longer links between individual electronic components, fact that determines frequency loss and an overall drop in performance, partially canceling the technological advancements obtained over time. In computer m... |
12 February 2008
08:39 GMT |
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Prepare to throw you cooling fans and heat sinks out the window! Scientists say they won't be powerful enough to cool your future computer processors anyway, and liquid cooling techniques will be implied in just a few months or years. However, cooling computer chips with liquids are not as efficient as they migh... |
24 January 2008
08:54 GMT |
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Tuesday marked a turning point in HBO's long-term strategy: it just rolled out a service to deliver to its subscribers the programs, movies and sports shows that until now were only for TV, the Associated Press reported. I cannot imagine a better prolonged lunch break other than "tuning" in on your laptop in the... |
23 January 2008
11:26 GMT |
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In the end, your personality is made of thoughts. But how do thoughts look like? A team of researchers of Carnegie Mellon University has just tried to answer to this is in a research published in PLoS One. The study was made on 12 subjects enveloped in an MRI scanner, who were presented line drawings of 10 different ... |
7 January 2008
05:06 GMT |
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I think we have had enough of computers packed with tens of fans, all blowing air around like it's some kind army experiment to develop a new air turbine engine, and of worrying all the time about the possibility of the microprocessor fan dying on us, and ruining the chip. Most people think that the microproces... |
20 December 2007
06:48 GMT |
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The slightest error during a surgery can kill a patient or induce severe effects. But what if the surgeon would undo the error and try again? By now only in science fiction movies you have seen this happen, but in the future it could turn real. Practicing on your "digital double", a perfect virtual copy of you, a sur... |
27 November 2007
03:30 GMT |
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Bluetooth represents a technology of short-range wireless communications, to replace physical connection between certain electronic devices, such as connecting a personal computer to a wireless keyboard or mouse. It works as a radio frequency transceiver, on the ISM band operating at the 2.4 gigahertz, the same range... |
6 November 2007
04:34 GMT |
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You may not be eager to blow yourself up to "get" 72 virgins, while murdering tens of innocent people around you. But others will do it, in the name of religion, justice and so on. A recent computer simulation has assessed just how the crowd's behavior influences the number of victims a pedestrian suicide bomber... |
31 October 2007
07:38 GMT |
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A movie does have image, does have sound, but you cannot ... smell the action. However, this 'problem'could soon be solved. Maybe not so soon, but the first step has been made: computer-controlled aromas. (After that happens, not many people will want to watch wildlife documentaries...). If the image of a r... |
19 October 2007
07:18 GMT |
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After the announcement of the new P series of mobile computer systems, Gateway now launched a new range of desktop computers that are aimed at various users while being extremely customizable and feature rich. The advanced technology found integrated into these new desktop computers from Gateway means that users can ... |
16 October 2007
04:03 GMT |
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Most personal computer systems that are not aimed at the portable market segment are coming packed in full ATX casing that is pretty bulky and takes up some space on or around your desk. While there are a few barebone computer system offerings out there, they are coming as reduced size desktop computer systems while ... |
15 October 2007
05:48 GMT |
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A recent study showed that security breaches aren't growing in number, but they are more and more severe. It appears that companies have noticed this as well and they are spending more on security technology, training, assessment and certification than they were before. A study from the Computer Technology Indus... |
11 October 2007
08:39 GMT |
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I just can't believe it! More and more old people are resorting to cyber-crime! I don't get it - aren't they fearing that jail at their age might just kill them? I don't know what they're thinking! Furthermore, this is the case of a 60-year-old policeman that committed computer-crime and now ... |
11 October 2007
04:12 GMT |
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Shuttle just announced the launch of its latest and greatest small form factor desktop computing system, the Shuttle XPC Prima SX38P2 Pro, that is aimed at providing high performance levels in all computing applications, while keeping the noise down and its spatial footprint at a low level.The new mini personal compu... |
9 October 2007
09:12 GMT |
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Asustek Computer, better known as Asus, just announced the launch of three brand new LCD computer monitors that come as one 19-inch widescreen and two 22-inch displays. The new LCD monitors are coming with pretty high technical specifications and they are also priced at an affordable level, while being capable of WSX... |
3 October 2007
05:51 GMT |
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Just like most industries, the computer and general electronics consumer ones are expected to post lower sales during the summer and high figures in the winter period when the Christmas shopping spree acts as a global catalyst increasing sales across the chart. This time, something went a little different as various ... |
2 October 2007
11:09 GMT |
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One day, your computer will empathize with you. It will know if you're too tired (too much work) or bored (nothing to do/no work no nothing). A non-invasive and easily portable imaging technology developed at Tufts University will deliver the computer with real-time insight into a subject's more subtle emot... |
2 October 2007
06:09 GMT |
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Evesham just announced the launch of a new gaming intended series of desktop computers after the company released not so long ago the ''Oxegen'' line of products that are aimed at the same market segment. The new range is called Cosmos and it comes as a higher end option for gamers, as it offers f... |
27 September 2007
11:17 GMT |
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This is a huge step towards the ultra-powerful quantum computers of the future: a team at the National Institute of Standards and Technology has transmitted information between two "artificial atoms" through electronic vibrations on a microfabricated aluminum cable, like a miniversion of a TV cable, but with powerful... |
27 September 2007
04:13 GMT |
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The computer hardware manufacturing market is one of the most volatile segments of the entire industry and this is especially true for the branded computer systems that are made in big quantities while providing users with a rather limited set of options and customizable features. One of the companies that try really... |
26 September 2007
10:19 GMT |
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High performance computer cases are hard to come by as there are only a handful of manufacturing companies around which are specialized in such product lines. One of those companies in NZXT just announced the launch of a new gaming chassis, the Alpha Classic Series.This new line of computer cases from NZXT is accordi... |
25 September 2007
04:52 GMT |
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Arima Computer announced that it will soon sell its computer manufacturing business and all related assets to the Flextronics company that will become one of the largest and most important contract manufacturers in the world. Not only the desktop assembly lines will be sold but the notebook ones will share the same f... |
24 September 2007
10:58 GMT |
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Ever wondered just how green is a green computer system? Well, in fact it is not even green, it's more like silver, but the newest addition from the small computer manufacturing company Very PC was tested and it came on the top of the most environment friendly computers as it has an energy footprint of only 29W.... |
24 September 2007
10:24 GMT |
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While various branches of the computer manufacturing industry are facing problems like falling prices or critical parts shortage, the demand for computer central processing units is high and rising, translating into good news for the two most important chips in the world, Intel and Advanced Micro Devices. According t... |
24 September 2007
05:32 GMT |
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It looks like computer systems packed away in a small form factor are increasingly popular these days as the technical advances allows them to deliver quite a computational punch even in their miniaturized state. Apart from their small size and equally small energy footprint, this new generation of computers is usual... |
21 September 2007
09:12 GMT |
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Computer Dynamics, a hardware manufacturing company that is known for its rugged computing solutions designed for the harshest operating environments, announced the launch of a new system that takes notions like ''rugged'' and ''rugged'' to a new level. The Ruffneck Zone 1 Expl... |
19 September 2007
09:19 GMT |
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Sandio's 3DGame O' is a computer mouse that goes beyond the ''point and click'' function of a traditional mouse as it comes with advanced 3D functions that will make gamers tremble with joy. Because the typical computer mouse is normally working in a 2D environment and because in most m... |
19 September 2007
05:29 GMT |
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VIA Technologies announced that it will actively participate in the Embedded Systems Conference that takes place in Boston where the company plans to showcase it latest innovations like very low power consuming x86 compatible chips and mainboards which are especially designed and manufactured for use in various embed... |
18 September 2007
10:06 GMT |
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Fujitsu Siemens Computers just announced the launch of a new professional and business oriented desktop computer system that comes packed in a small form factor in order to save space while allowing users to experience all the benefits of the latest technological achievements when it comes to computer hardware compon... |
18 September 2007
08:26 GMT |
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AOL has recently announced that it will begin to install some software applications on HP's computer systems, both mobile and desktop models, as the two companies signed an agreement concerning this software bundle. Among the applications that will appear from now on all HP branded computer systems there are loc... |
18 September 2007
02:55 GMT |
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Themed computer mice are not something new, but most of them are more in the lines of penguins, hearts and so on. Well, if you just got tired of looking for a more out of the ordinary computer mouse, here it is. In fact two of them. Hawaiian themed computer mice, one with a red and one with a blue theme that will say... |
17 September 2007
10:29 GMT |
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GlacialTech announced the launch of a new line of computer cases which are especially designed to be used in systems aimed at the role of Media Centers. The two models from GlacialTech are part of a bigger collection of products, the A380 range and they are now available under the commercial name Adularia while comin... |
17 September 2007
10:03 GMT |
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Razer announced the launch of a new computer mouse named Razer Pro|Click Mobile which comes as a continuation of the company's line of high quality products designed for the ultimate gaming experience. Unlike most computer mouse models available today on the market, the Razer Pro|Click Mobile sports an ambidextr... |
15 September 2007
03:48 GMT |
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After some months that saw problems in various branches of the computer manufacturing industry encounter supply or very low market prices that drove hardware component shipments to very low levels, the market research firm IDC predicts that the current market trend and increasing demand for customers will drive the e... |
14 September 2007
08:36 GMT |
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HP announced the availability of a new laptop from the Pavillion series of mobile computer systems, the model dv2500t, which is intended as a multimedia machine for home and office use. The system is based on Intel Centrino mobile technology and it comes with a wireless networking card included, allowing users to con... |
13 September 2007
10:51 GMT |
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Most users that decide to replace their older machines with new computers are going to some dedicated system integrator and choose from a wider or narrower selection of products that, when it comes to price and performance, may range from low end systems that are available for petty change to state of the art gaming ... |
13 September 2007
05:00 GMT |
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Shuttle announced the launch of a new barebone computing system from the XPC product family and this time it is based on the Intel G33 Express chipset and it comes packed with advanced design lines, lots of features and it is based on the latest technologies available. The new Shuttle XPC comes with the same metal ca... |
13 September 2007
03:53 GMT |
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AOpen announced the official launch of a new barebone computer system that is aimed at home users that wish to enjoy a rich multimedia experience. The new XC Cube EX945-GC is the latest addition to the AOpen XC Cube product family and this mini computer system comes with the latest and most advanced hardware componen... |
13 September 2007
03:13 GMT |
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Humans are tricky drivers, that's why a team at Sandia National Laboratories outside Albuquerque, NM, created by the Pentagon and a major auto maker is going to develop the smart cars of the future, primarily with military applications, for transporting troops and equipment. The next stage is to test the system ... |
12 September 2007
08:50 GMT |
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