Archive for September 19, 2006

TDK’s 32GB Solid State Disk

Samsung’s been hogging the Solid State Disk limelight for months with their 32GB SSD first peeped at CeBIT. So it does our invisible hand some good to hear TDK launch their version of the 32GB SSD, albeit in sample quantities only for the time being.

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How Modern Computing All Began

Supercomputers can handle absolutely enormous processing tasks these days and some will be approaching 1 PFLOPS (1 Peta Floating Point Operations). After a little research I found IBM’s Naval Ordnance Research Calculator (NORC) to be considered the first supercomputer. Taking a look back to the beginning of modern computing…

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How Elecom’s “gear drive” keyboard prevents typing errors

f you’re a connoisseur of keyboards then check the latest from Elecom of Japan. Featuring a new “gear drive system”, the TK-U09FG is said to prevent typing errors. Available October in black and white just like Stevie and Paul for a cool Â¥5,040 or about $43 when these hit Stateside.

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