Archive for December 2006

Picture of a 5MB Hard Disk in 1956

Look how a 5MB Hard Disk was like 50 years ago!!!!

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How Motherboards Are Made: A Gigabyte Factory Tour

Without a doubt, motherboards are the most complex and essential part of the modern PC. Take a look at how one is made and all the steps it goes through.

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Install ATI desktop video drivers on notebooks with this free tool.

ATI does not support drivers for many mobile video cards in laptops (they rely on the laptop manufacture to make the updates, which are rarely released), so a single programmer wrote a tool that lets you install desktop drivers on mobile cards. This keeps you up to date so your laptop can actually play the latest games.

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Why does a wireless mouse need batteries?

Tired of you mouse going dead in the middle of an intense firefight? Here are some interesting ideas on how to make a wireless mouse that does not need batteries.

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Antec P180 brings silence to your Home theater

Review on Antec’s P180 from a home theater perspective. While not your average form factor for a stereo, the silver & black still looks slick & does a great job of quieting your system down.

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Microsoft bribing bloggers with free high-spec laptops

W…T…F… Microsoft has been sending out free top-of-the-line laptops pre-loaded with Vista to bloggers. “No strings attached”. This is of course right before the launch of Vista to consumers. Make no mistake — these weren’t loans, they were ‘gifts’.

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The Razer Tarantula Gaming Keyboard Review

Adding to a list that already includes names like Diamondback, Krate, Copperhead, and Death Adder….Razer, the king of creepy names, introduces yet another gaming peripheral that promises to catch the eye, if not the heart of the diehard gamer. Today, HL takes a close look at Razer’s Tarantula Gaming Keyboard.

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IBM Takes Step Toward Light-Powered Chips

IBM says its researchers have built a device capable of slowing down the flow of light, opening the door towards faster computing chips in the future.

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I am running out of disk space for every 4 months. Suggestions?

I am running out of disk space for every 4 months, I need more storage. This has happened 3rd time in this year alone. This year I downloaded so much webcast, podcast than ever. I watch webcast frequently

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Top Ten Geek Quotes…plus more

1.There are 10 types of people in the world: those who understand binary, and those who don’t.
2.If at first you don’t succeed; call it version 1.0
7.I would love to change the world, but they won’t give me the source code
12. Roses are #FF0000
Violets are #0000FF
All my base
Are belong to you

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