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Raid explained

Wizard — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 04:49:15 +0000

About 12 years ago I went to work with an international company in Sydney, Australia. I was a young IT guy and had only been in IT for about 6 years at the time and had mostly worked on desktops and...

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History of the Internet

Wizard — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 21:34:35 +0000

Video: YouTube The History of the internet is an animated documentary which outlines the inventions from time-sharing to file sharing, from Arpanet to Internet. The animated video is using PICOL...

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Whatever happened to the BumpTop Desktop?

Wizard — Sun, 04 Jan 2009 21:26:12 +0000

Video: YouTube About 1 and a half years ago the BumpTop desktop was featured on Ted Talks. Now I haven't heard anymore about it, I wonder why it seems to have paled into insignificance. Website:...

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Scientists create first Memristor: Missing fourth electronic circuit element

Wizard — Thu, 01 May 2008 21:26:06 +0000

In an exciting breakthrough, scientists from HP Labs have built working prototypes of a new electronic circuit component called a 'Memristor'. The device may lead to instant-on PC's and analog...

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Weird Microsoft Stuff

Wizard — Sun, 20 Apr 2008 22:29:56 +0000

3 interesting idiosyncrasies re Microsoft that I found while surfing the net recently. 2 out of the 3 worked on my Windows Vista machine with Office 2003. See how they work for you. 1. CON is not...

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Gigabyte Cool Rain - Water Cooled PC Memory

Wizard — Sun, 09 Mar 2008 23:31:57 +0000

Water cooling now available for your computer memory. Image: Geeky Gadgets See the full story here

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Palm Centro released by AT&T

Wizard — Mon, 25 Feb 2008 03:56:27 +0000

"AT&T, the largest mobile carrier in the US, will offer Palm's Centro handset to its subscribers starting tomorrow, 19 February 2008, for $199 with a $100 mail-in rebate and a 2-year...

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Firefox releases Version 3 beta 3

Wizard — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 03:15:50 +0000

Firefox has just release beta 3 of Firefox 3. Confused? Well it is the third beta release of version 3 and its seems not too bad except that some plugins don't work yet as well as some sites not...

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Super computer made from cluster of Apple G5’s

Wizard — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 21:11:50 +0000

Video: Google Video This video shows a cluster of 1100 Apple G5 computers at Virgina Tech. It is the 3rd most powerful super computer in the world and the least expensive system in the top 10.

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Internet Explorer or Firefox ?

Wizard — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 13:02:58 +0000

Video: YouTube It would seem from this small survey, that most computer savvy people prefer Firefox over Internet Explorer. The people who use Internet Explorer seem to do so because that is all...

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How some major computer companies got their names

Wizard — Sun, 27 Jan 2008 23:14:02 +0000

Here are some of the names you would know as the most well known computer companies in the world, but how did they get their names? Apple, Cisco, Hewlett Packard etc See the answers Read more

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Russia buys IBM Blue Gene, one of the World’s most powerful computers

Wizard — Thu, 24 Jan 2008 13:41:08 +0000

Russia's Moscow State University has recently purchased an IBM Blue Gene, one of the world's most powerful supercomputers. "This is the first time that such sophisticated technology has been...

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Customer waits 10 years for Microsoft support call

Wizard — Fri, 18 Jan 2008 23:01:42 +0000

This is a funny story. A guy who calls his blog Bic's Bickerings has a post on his blog about receiving a support call from Microsoft 10 years after the original call was placed. Read more

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Microsoft patents ‘Big Brother’ system

Wizard — Thu, 17 Jan 2008 04:19:12 +0000

"Microsoft is developing Big Brother-style software capable of remotely monitoring a worker’s productivity, physical wellbeing and competence." "The Times has seen a patent application filed by the...

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Vintage Technology Ads, We’ve come a long way

Wizard — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 04:04:05 +0000

I was recently looking at Wired.com and found a post on Best Vintage Technology ads. They are mostly serious ads, but somehow age has seemed to make them a little humorous, I guess it's just funny...

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