Computer Hardware Overview and Information

Touchless Mouse Interface...

| June 19, 2010 | 280 Views |

Human touch interfaces have advanced radically in the recent years, so much so that some systems have replaced the touch of a finger tip for the motion of gesture controls. But when it comes to the classic computer mouse, there have been little developments of late – aside from Apple’s cool multi-touch controls, which featured in the unfortunately uncomfortable Magic Mouse....

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Computer Keyboards Pose Security Risk...

| May 4, 2010 | 271 Views |

A new study has shown that the microbes left behind on a computer keyboard form a bacterial fingerprint that can be analyzed to identify the user. While the findings may one day lead to effective new forensic techniques, they also impose further security risks on typists dealing with classified and personal information. Human Fingers Bacterial Fingerprint In the new study,...

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Intel Light Peak High-Speed Optical Cabl...

| September 25, 2009 | 949 Views |

At last weeks IDF, Intel unveiled its Light Peak technology, an extremely high-speed optical cable the company claims will transfer a complete Blu-ray disk in 30 seconds. Light Peak currently promises speeds of up to 10Gb/s, but hopes are that 100Gb/s will possible within a decade or so. In an overview of Light Peak on Intel’s website, the company wrote: “Optical technology...

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The Best Battery Hacks...

| June 27, 2009 | 1,474 Views |

1.Turn C Batteries Into D Batteries This great tip (courtesy of the guys over at LifeHacker), could be a lifesaver in certain situations. Because only a few electronics require D batteries, it’s highly unlikely you’ll have some spare ones lying around. So, in times of need, you can turn the slightly more common C batteries into those hard-to-find- D batteries by using a few...

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Intel Phasing Out Core i7 940 Nehalem Pr...

| May 7, 2009 | 1,358 Views | 2 Comments

According to TG Daily, Intel may be phasing out one of its new Nehalem i7 processors. While the company will still produce the 920, Extreme 965 and the brand new Xeon 5500, Intel plans to begin phasing out the 2.93 GHz Core i7-940 CPU later this year. (To read our original article, ‘Intel Nehalem i7 Processors’, please click here>>>) After less than a year on the market,...

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Solid-State Drive SSD...

| May 3, 2009 | 1,120 Views |

Solid-state drives are the newest form of data storage to hit the consumer market. More durable and efficient, the SSD is set to become the mainstay of data storage in mobile devices and desktop PCs. The SSD is a type of storage drive the uses solid state memory (SRAM or DRAM instead of flash memory) to store data. For this reason SSDs are often called RAM drives. With no moving...

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ATI Radeon HD 4870 X2 Video Card...

| April 29, 2009 | 1,057 Views |

The Best Just Got Better! Believe it or not – the best just got better. For the first time ever, 2.4 teraFLOPS of graphics horse power, 1600 stream processors and 2 GB of GDDR5 memory have been combined to create the fastest and most powerful graphics card available today. ATI Radeon HD 4870 X2 Introduction Dual TeraScale graphics engines work in tandem to deliver blazing frame...

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Girls of The Israeli Army...

| August 5, 2007 | 77,769 Views | 28 Comments

Israeli women play a vital role in the Israeli Armed Forces. All citizens are drafted at the age of 18, the guys are required to complete of 3 years service and the women 2 years. With a whole country of 18-20 year old ladies attending the Armed Forces perhaps the guys would not have to be automatically drafted if some these pictures were used in recruitment campaigns. Here is a...

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