Archive for the 'Hardware' Category

Apple TV: Not the TiVo Killer We Thought It to Be

Saturday, March 24th, 2007

Finally, after numerous delays and delays and delays, the Apple TV is finally out. So fans of integrated home entertainment wizardry would like to get a crack at this elegant and classy entertainment appliance from Apple. Of course, we do not expect anything less. As far the online press is concerned, it has been a […]

32 GB Flash Drive

Wednesday, March 22nd, 2006

Now this is one big solid state storage device! In tgdaily.com, it reports that “Samsung launches 32GB Flash disk for mobile computers“.
Samsung is first to announce a Flash storage device that aims to completely replace the traditional hard drive in some mass market mobile computers. The 32 GB solid state disk (SSD) drive comes […]

Quad-Opteron 1U Box

Sunday, March 12th, 2006

Pushing the statistic of computing power per square inch, is Supermicro’s new Quad-Opteron 1U server. In the Register article, it states:
Customers can purchase a the H8QC8+ quad server board that holds up to four of AMD’s dual-core 800 Series chips and supports a 1GHz Hypertransport link. Samples of the system have already started shipping and […]

Mobile Emergency Mobile Power

Sunday, February 26th, 2006

Mobile phones will run out of battery power. This is practically a given.
However, there are circumstances when we are low on battery power and are making an emergency call. The worst thing that can happen is loosing battery power before you located or before you can give an address.
Wouldn’t it be nice to have […]