All the stories tagged with: Computers

CPU Cooler Case Mod

03/07/2008, Having a PC with fancy parts inside is good and all, especially when you’re a hardcore gamer. Cooling is one aspect where you will need to be familiar with though, as all that heat emanated is probably too much for [...]

Floppy Drive Takes In CDs Now

03/07/2008, How many of you still remember the good old days where 5.25″ floppy disk drives used to rule the roost? Well, how about taking one of those antique pieces of technology and converting it into a CD-ROM drive? All you [...]

Gigabyte M704 UMPC

03/06/2008, I like Gigabyte’s M704 UMPC that made its rounds during CeBIT this year, as it brings together a computer with a sliding form factor of a cell phone. From the specifications below, this is perfect for the most basic of [...]

BenQ Joybook A53

03/06/2008, BenQ seemed to have missed the memo with its Joybook A53 that does not ship with any of the new Penryn processors, relying instead on a traditional Core 2 Duo T7250 processor to run the proceedings. Features include :- 512MB [...]

Download Movies In A Flash

03/06/2008, A group of engineers at a British university claim to have constructed a device that offers broadband speeds of up to 100 times faster than what we have today, despite costing 75% less. It does so by channeling data more [...]

Asus Lion Square CPU Cooler

03/06/2008, Asus has just rolled out its Lion Square CPU cooler that looks bad-ass, featuring the face of a lion totem borrowed from the Sword Lion shield. I always thought that male lions, flowing mane and all were just lazy buggers [...]

Memory Mouse Concept

03/06/2008, The Memory Mouse doesn’t look too comfortable to hold, coming in your typical hockey puck style. What it does carry though, is 4GB or 8GB of built-in memory and a touch scroll wheel. Well, at least it frees up an [...]

Real-Time 3D using Cell-Based Rendering… in Excel

03/06/2008, It is not a new 3D rendering technique, but the idea is fun: render vector graphics using excel cells as “pixels”. It reminds me of the old good time of ASCII demos. This was spotted by my friend Andrew L. [...]

GeCube Does The Unexpected

03/06/2008, 7″ display. 2GB of flash memory. A Linux-based operating system. Chances are, you’re going to guess the Asus Eee PC only for the answer to give you a shock – it is actually a GeCube laptop that goes one up [...]

Internet Explorer 8 Beta Now Out

03/06/2008, Microsoft is slowly but surely losing the browser battle, although it still holds a huge chunk of the browser market with its Internet Explorer. Microsoft won’t be resting on its laurels though, having just released Internet Explorer 8 Beta that [...]

Seagate Cheetah 15K.6 Hard Drive

03/06/2008, Seagate will begin to ship its new Cheetah 15K.6 hard drive later this month, and it holds the honor of being the highest performance hard drive ever to come in a 3.5″ form factor. Claimed features include a 28% increase [...]

Thermaltake Branded LED Lights – Wait… What?

03/06/2008, If you are interested in PC accessories, you probably know Thermaltake, but did you know that they also make LED light bulbs? Yes, that’s right, but not only fancy lights, of course. They all come with high finish, and some [...]

Lenovo M57 May Be Green, but Super-Small? Huh?

03/06/2008, Lenovo has announced a “green” computer that sounded like it’s ultra-small, until you see the photo. “Lenovo today announced the ThinkCentre M57/M57P “Eco” ultra small desktop PC, the first desktop PC from any manufacturer to receive GREENGUARD certification” Unless the [...]

Team 64GB ExpressCard Solid State Drive

03/06/2008, While many Solid State Drives (SSD) come in 2.5” to replace the internal hard drive, some use the ExpresCard format. Team is not the first company to release an ExpressCard SSD, but I think that they are the first, or [...]