January 22, 2008
Thirty million transistors on the head of a pin!
Thirty million transistors on the head of a pin. Think about that for a second. Intel’s new revolutionary 45nm processors seem to defy the laws of physics. Yup – its rocket science and beyond folks. When it comes to processors comprised of 800 million+ transistors, every fraction of a micron counts. Whether you fancy yourself…
January 19, 2008
USB 3.0 coming down the track in 2008
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…
January 17, 2008
Stealth’s Industrial Grade TuffTouch LCD Monitor – Redux
We have re-launched one of our popular industrial grade LCD Monitors with improvements. The Stealth TuffTouch LCD was developed about 2 years ago and proudly won some industry product awards Since its introduction it has grown into the LCD monitor of choice for applications in dirty or plant floor environments. The new version still features…
January 14, 2008
The WayBack Machine
Have you ever felt like taking a walk down a virtual memory lane? The Wayback Machine or the Internet Archive, is a cool site that has been archiving web pages since 1996 and has over 55 billion pages in its archive at present. As of 2006 the Wayback Machine contained almost 2 petabytes of data…
January 10, 2008
R.I.P. Death of The Floppy Disc Drive
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…
January 08, 2008
Why should you Defrag your Hard Drive?
Improving system performance by using Disk Defragmenter The hard disk drive in your PC is like a file cabinet and over time it can get pretty disorganized. When programs or files are installed on your computer they are typically broken up over multiple locations, increasing the time required for your computer to find and assemble…