The new ATI 4800 series is nearing its release, and more and more information is leaked on the whereabouts of the new NVidia 9900 series GPU, so the issue now is: which one will be better? Well, unfortunately, there are no credible benchmarks on either of these cards, so I will have to talk from [...]
:: Environment requirement on outdoor fiber optic cables
Outdoor fiber cables must endure harsh environment factors such as UV radiation from sunlight, storms, snows and 80 mph wind, so outdoor cables must be strong, weatherproof and UV resistant. The outdoor cable should also be able to endure the wild temperature variations both during installation and throughout [...]
If your number one reason for building a computer is to save money, than you need to Plan to Save. An old Indian proverb says “All the flowers of all the tomorrows are in the seeds of today.” The flowers that you seek are a highly functional computer that by building it saves you money. [...]
The Asus EEE PC is hot, hot, HOT! Who would have thought that a sub-compact laptop would become so popular in a world where “bigger is better”? Everyone wants more storage and bigger screens and more features - and yet these small computers grow in sales every month!
The first surprise is that the Asus EEE [...]
Microsoft Windows has a feature which enables the operating system to record information about why the machine is going to be shut down or in the event of an unexpected shut down; why it was shut down.
This functionality is called the Shutdown Event Tracker. The feature is turned off by default in Windows XP Home [...]
SSD (Secured Storage Data) is thought to be the next best thing in hard drive technology for mobile computers. Even though it’s tougher, it doesn’t reach its market appeal yet. Highly expensive and relatively slow, SSD is still on its baby-phase: It might be years before we could see a 320GB SSD that will not [...]
When your PC goes wrong and you have lost all hope the normal final stage is to reformat your computer and start afresh. This will most likely resolve any software issues, remove viruses or any other nasties and give you a clean start. But what happens if you have already reformatted and the problem still [...]
If you get the Sunday paper, and happen to be looking at the sales sections. You may have noticed that LCD monitors have really come down in price. The question is, is now the time to get an LCD monitor.
And I’d have to say yes, for many different reasons.
First off, LCD monitors are getting to [...]
September 2006 marked the 50th anniversary of hard drive storage. When IBM delivered its first hard drive on September 13th, 1956, few could have imagined the impact it would have on our everyday lives. The RAMAC (also known as ‘Random Access Method of Accounting and Control’) was the size of two refrigerators and weighed a [...]
The sound card is basically currently abundant in the form of a PCI card, with a few brands starting to delve into utilizing PCIe x1 as the primary slot on the motherboard. The sound card is basically an upgraded version of your on-board sound that most of us use today. It has more options, some [...]