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From Wired News: Flash-memory-aided hard drives and software that harnesses the full power of multi-core CPUs will make PCs speedier and more convenient in 2007. Next-gen computers will boot up and load applications more quickly as speedy flash memory helps alleviate the bottleneck caused by the slower rotations of a traditional hard disk’s components. “You …
From TechRepublic: Last year, Hitachi Global Storage Technologies predicted hard-drive companies would announce 1 terabyte drives by the end of 2006. Hitachi was only off by a few days. The company said on Thursday that it will come out with a 3.5-inch-diameter 1 terabyte drive for desktops in the first quarter, then follow up in …
Ever wanted to test your website in various versions of Internet Explorer? It is possible to run Internet Explorer in standalone mode without having to over-write previous versions thanks to Joe Maddalone who came up with a way of achieving that in November 2003. Basically, Internet Explorer is run by exploiting a known workaround to …
With the beginning of each new year, I do a little clean up of the previous years loose ends set myself up for the coming year. This includes non photography related items such as creating new folders in my filing cabinet for receipts, invoices and bills and ensuring the same folders from last year are …
My wife is really into using a lot of different fonts when she types up different documents. Perhaps she’d be interested in this: Fontifier lets you use your own handwriting for the text you write on your computer. It turns a scanned sample of your handwriting into a handwriting font that you can use in …
From the New York Times: While entertaining viewers with tales of galactic voyaging and hostile aliens, the “Star Trek†franchise also preached the virtues of interracial (and interspecies) harmony, endearing it to millions. But according to Guido Ooms, a Dutch product designer, “Star Trek’ also warped the minds of consumers and product designers by portraying …
Another one from DownloadSquad: With a new year comes a new release of Software for Starving Students‘ CD of free (as in beer) software. The 2007.01 edition includes a wide gamut of programs to do everything from editing images and creating web pages to playing media files and video games. In other words, you can …
From CBC.ca: With another year of gadgets, games and gizmos come and gone, it’s only natural to ask: What hath technology wrought? This year’s crop of prominent mainstream techno-goodies revolved around one common theme: Entertainment. Videos, games and music were at the top of consumers’ minds. A roundup of the best and worst of 2006 …
From the New York Times: Jared Seltzer faced more than the usual megabyte headaches recently while shopping for a desktop computer for his office in Takoma Park, Md. As the information technology director of the Center for a New American Dream, a small environmental group, he wanted to buy a computer that would be relatively …
From USA Today: Imagine coming home and, with the push of a single button, turning on the lights, turning up the thermostat and flipping on the TV. Another button might shut off all the lights and turn down the thermostat when you leave. Starting next month, Best Buy will sell a “ConnectedLife.Home” package that features …