Hardware
Asus to launch desktop Eee PC
Thursday, January 31st, 2008Asus is expanding its low-budget Eee PC range with three new models. The first machine to be launched by the Taiwanese manufacturer will be the E-DT, a desktop PC.Set to be released later this spring, it will initially run on Intel’s Celeron processors, but will move to Intel’s new Shelton platform towards the end of [...]
Criminals to be Microchipped
Tuesday, January 15th, 2008Injected chip plan to track offenders
Source: http://www.nzherald.co.nz
Britain is planning to implant “machine-readable” microchips – like those used on pets – under the skin of thousands of offenders as part of an expansion of electronic tagging.
Because of concerns about the security of existing tagging systems and prison overcrowding, the British Ministry of Justice is investigating the [...]
Bring back the Iomega Zip Drive?
Thursday, January 10th, 2008Well apparently Iomega are bringing back their Zip drives that were only mildly popular in the 90’s. Well I know I for one was no big fan of them, as the hardware was bulky, and expensive compared to CD and later DVD technology.
Iomega has decided to drop the name Zip, and call it the [...]
Comcast Wideband is coming
Wednesday, January 9th, 2008Wow this is exciting news!!
I just heard the launch of Wideband (or at least the announcement about it), by Comcast’s CEO Brian Roberts. What is it and what does it mean?
Well basically, Robert’s did a demo by downloading a 300MB file using a standard cable modem, which he downloaded in 17 seconds!! How cool [...]
ASUS EEE PC Hacks
Saturday, January 5th, 2008The all new Asus EEE Pc is a stunning new Laptop for anyone who wants an ultra portable laptop. The screen is 7″, and the EEE PC uses the Linux operating system.
The great thing about the EEE PC is that it is very easy to hack and to do a whole lot of mods [...]