Back in November, we donated an XO Laptop to a child in a developing country as part of the One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) project. The concept was to give one – get one free allowing us the opportunity to take a close look at this revolutionary PC. The ultimate goal is to get a…

Watch for the emergence of the new USB 3.0 standard to unfold in 2008. Intel and partners plan to release a new version of the Universal Serial Bus technology in the first part of 2008 with a data transfer rate of 10 times as fast as the current USB 2.0. The third-generation USB interconnect will…

Are reports of its demise greatly exaggerated? …Um … NO! Now ask yourself, when was the last time you used a floppy? Floppy discs have been around since the 1970s and remain the oldest form of low cost removable storage still around. In a sense, it’s amazing they have hung around for this long. They…

Here’s a flashback of a very popular product we used to build in the 90’s. It was a clone of the original Compaq machines that were everywhere and kept the chiropractors busy. The Stealth Transportable PC featured a monochrome mini CRT (optional color) and the Intel 80386SX Processor which ran a blazing 16MHz. This portable…