Do you remember where you were on Sunday, April 11, 1954? Programmer William Tunstall-Pedoe’s “True Knowledge” computer program has branded that day as the most boring in history, according to the Telegraph.
The program was loaded up with around 300 million historical events that took place between 1900 and present day, and used …
Apple intends to remind us all today that it still makes computers. Remember Apple computers? They’re like the iPhone but much, much bigger and faster.
We’ll start the showcase off with the new 27-inch LED Cinema Display at $999. It’s got a 2560×1440 resolution, built-in iSight camera, microphone, and speakers, a built-in USB …
– AMD Athlon II Neo CPU at 1.7GHz
– Windows 7 Home Premium
– 2GB of DDR3 RAM
– 250GB hard drive
– Up to 5.5 hours of battery life
– ATI Radeon HD 4225 GPU with up to 384MB of shared system memory
– 11.6-inch 1366×768 LED-backlit display
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There are thousands upon thousands of step-by-step guides that’ll show you how to de-gunk your PC in the event of system slowdowns, crashes, and viruses. This one’s built for speed and can be done on a semi-regular basis if you just want to tidy things up a bit.
You’ll need to download, install, and run these three programs in this …
Expected to be available in July with a starting price of $399, Samsung’s 10-inch N230 netbook weighs in at just 2.2 pounds and is capable of 7 hours of battery life with the standard battery. Opt for the bigger, long-life battery and the company is claiming that the N230 “can be extended up to an amazing 13.8 hours” before needing to be …
Remember the Mac Mini? It’s back! It was never actually gone, but there’s a newly updated version now. Apple promises that it’s been “completely redesigned” and although it looks similar to previously available models, the new line gets HDMI output, an SD card slot, a better graphics chipset from NVIDIA, and a cool …
Sony is getting ready to sell its “entry-level” VAIO J touchscreen all-in-one. It’s priced somewhat aggressively at $1100 and up for what you get—Intel Core i3 CPU, Blu-ray drive, 21.5-inch multi-touch display with 1920×1080 resolution, 4GB of RAM, 500GB hard drive, and Windows 7 Home Premium.
The press release mentions that …
Is the M11x the most powerful 11-inch gaming laptop in the world? Yes. What about the galaxy? Also, yes. What about the universe? Believe it or not, yes, according to Dell’s product page. We’re dealing with aliens here, so the story checks out.
The 11.6-inch, 4.4-pound notebook is available starting at $799 with an Intel Core 2 …
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Please note that in the above video I state that the VAIO P will start at $800 and be available June 8th, but Sony’s site has recently listed the price for this model at $899.99 and a shipping date of “on or about 6/25/2010” which is a change since I made the video back in late May.
Since the introduction of …
AMD is getting ready to put its 2006 acquisition of graphics company ATI to good use with the 2011 launch of what it’s calling the Fusion APU. The Fusion APU (accelerated processing unit) combines both the CPU (central processing unit) and the GPU (graphics processing unit) together onto a single silicon die. The end result will be …
It’s been nearly two and a half years since Willy Yonkers introduced his iPholio concept. It’s a simple idea wherein a touchscreen smartphone—in this case, an iPhone—snaps into a netbook-size chassis right where you’d ordinarily find a trackpad. The phone would act as the computer’s trackpad and would run the phone’s …
With floppy disk drives long gone, someone on Reddit poses an interesting question: How much longer will the 3.5-inch floppy disk represent the “save” icon in most computer programs?
You have to think that eventually it’ll get to the point when little kids using computers during their formative years will ask what the hell that …