Up until now Solid State Disk (SSD) storage was the Porsche 911 of storage technologies – screamingly fast (boot your computer faster than you can read this paragraph), expensive (up to 15X more expensive per gigabyte), and a little tight on the inside for heavy users (not much storage capacity). Now SSD is also more energy efficient than hard disk drive technology (so aside from cost, maybe more like a Chevy Volt)
Read more here: http://www.gadgetopolis.com/posts/7567/all/1
Up until now Solid State Disk (SSD) storage was the Porsche 911 of storage technologies – screamingly fast (boot your computer faster than you can read this paragraph), expensive (up to 15X more expensive per gigabyte), and a little tight on the inside for heavy users (not much storage capacity). Now SSD is also more energy efficient than hard disk drive technology (so aside from cost, maybe more like a Chevy Volt)
Read more here: http://www.gadgetopolis.com/posts/7567/all/1
There’s no question that Apple’s iPod is the dominant force in the mp3 player market. Like Nintendo was for videogames in the late ’80s, the word “iPod” is synonymous with mp3 player for the average American. With numerous models and countless revisions over the past nine years, the iPod shows no signs of loosening its grip on the market just yet.
In this retrospective feature, we attempt to make sense of all the iPods and place them in a concise timeline. From the original iPod in 2001 to the debut of new models like the iPod Mini and iPod Nano to the most recent releases last fall, we break down the history of the iPod from start to finish. Looking back, it’s amazing to see how much the mp3 player industry has progressed in such a short time.
Read the article here: http://gear.ign.com/articles/107/1078271p1.html
There’s no question that Apple’s iPod is the dominant force in the mp3 player market. Like Nintendo was for videogames in the late ’80s, the word “iPod” is synonymous with mp3 player for the average American. With numerous models and countless revisions over the past nine years, the iPod shows no signs of loosening its grip on the market just yet.
In this retrospective feature, we attempt to make sense of all the iPods and place them in a concise timeline. From the original iPod in 2001 to the debut of new models like the iPod Mini and iPod Nano to the most recent releases last fall, we break down the history of the iPod from start to finish. Looking back, it’s amazing to see how much the mp3 player industry has progressed in such a short time.
Read the article here: http://gear.ign.com/articles/107/1078271p1.html
There are millions of websites out there. Many of them are unique, either in small ways or in large ones. But the individual impact of any particular site on the overall Internet is generally negligible, if there’s any impact at all.
Read more: 15 Noteworthy Websites That Changed the Internet http://www.hongkiat.com/blog/15-noteworthy-websites-that-changed-the-internet/
There are millions of websites out there. Many of them are unique, either in small ways or in large ones. But the individual impact of any particular site on the overall Internet is generally negligible, if there’s any impact at all.
Read more: 15 Noteworthy Websites That Changed the Internet http://www.hongkiat.com/blog/15-noteworthy-websites-that-changed-the-internet/
On March 15, 1985, a Massachusetts computer systems firm registered the first .com Internet domain name.
Although Symbolics.com didn’t spark an instant gold rush, the event planted the first seed of a transformation that has changed the world into a Web-fueled digital river of news, commerce and social interaction.
Today, exactly 25 years later, life B.C – Before .Com – is already a distant memory, especially in the tech-centric Bay Area.
Read more: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2010/03/14/BUS61CEVQ6.DTL
On March 15, 1985, a Massachusetts computer systems firm registered the first .com Internet domain name.
Although Symbolics.com didn’t spark an instant gold rush, the event planted the first seed of a transformation that has changed the world into a Web-fueled digital river of news, commerce and social interaction.
Today, exactly 25 years later, life B.C – Before .Com – is already a distant memory, especially in the tech-centric Bay Area.
Read more: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2010/03/14/BUS61CEVQ6.DTL
From: Online Schools
From: Online Schools
Few people understand Microsoft better than Tandy Trower, who worked at the company from 1981-2009. Trower was the product manager who ultimately shipped Windows 1.0, an endeavor that some advised him was a path toward a ruined career. Four product managers had already tried and failed to ship Windows before him, and he initially thought that he was being assigned an impossible task. In this follow-up to yesterday’s story on the future of Windows, Trower recounts the inside story of his experience in transforming Windows from vaporware into a product that has left an unmistakable imprint on the world, 25 years after it was first released.
Read it here: http://technologizer.com/2010/03/08/the-secret-origin-of-windows/
Few people understand Microsoft better than Tandy Trower, who worked at the company from 1981-2009. Trower was the product manager who ultimately shipped Windows 1.0, an endeavor that some advised him was a path toward a ruined career. Four product managers had already tried and failed to ship Windows before him, and he initially thought that he was being assigned an impossible task. In this follow-up to yesterday’s story on the future of Windows, Trower recounts the inside story of his experience in transforming Windows from vaporware into a product that has left an unmistakable imprint on the world, 25 years after it was first released.
Read it here: http://technologizer.com/2010/03/08/the-secret-origin-of-windows/
Be careful if you are buying a new Intel i7 920. It looks like Newegg.com got a fake shipment and several people have reported the issue. Here is the error chronicled on overclockers.com. This would be terrible if you ordered parts for a new build only to have a fake cpu and heat sink. The heat sink was a sticker, I wonder how they weighted them correctly to make it feel like a real box. I guess sand is pretty cheap and I have heard about people selling TV boxes filled with sand bags as fake TVs. It looks like newegg.com is taking the hit for this and continuing their excellent customer service.
Read the forum thread here: http://www.overclockers.com/forums/showthread.php?t=636484
Here is another article with more pictures: http://www.gearlog.com/2010/03/hands_on_fake_intel_core_i7-92_1.php
Be careful if you are buying a new Intel i7 920. It looks like Newegg.com got a fake shipment and several people have reported the issue. Here is the error chronicled on overclockers.com. This would be terrible if you ordered parts for a new build only to have a fake cpu and heat sink. The heat sink was a sticker, I wonder how they weighted them correctly to make it feel like a real box. I guess sand is pretty cheap and I have heard about people selling TV boxes filled with sand bags as fake TVs. It looks like newegg.com is taking the hit for this and continuing their excellent customer service.
Read the forum thread here: http://www.overclockers.com/forums/showthread.php?t=636484
Here is another article with more pictures: http://www.gearlog.com/2010/03/hands_on_fake_intel_core_i7-92_1.php
Tom’s Hardware has the Web Browser Grad Prix: testing out the top five browsers for speed and performance. Some of the results are surprising but my bet was on the winner the whole time. I will not spoil it for you, but be warned there is a lot of material here and lots of technical information.
Be prepared to be bombarded with ads as well.
Read it here: http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/firefox-chrome-opera,2558.html
Tom’s Hardware has the Web Browser Grad Prix: testing out the top five browsers for speed and performance. Some of the results are surprising but my bet was on the winner the whole time. I will not spoil it for you, but be warned there is a lot of material here and lots of technical information.
Be prepared to be bombarded with ads as well.
Read it here: http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/firefox-chrome-opera,2558.html
I have been keeping my eye on Solid State Disks(SSD) for a while and patiently waiting on Western Digital’s first one to come out. The day has finally come and Western Digital has released Western Digital SiliconEdge Blue SSD in three different sizes of 64 GB, 128 GB, and 256 GB.
The performance of the Western Digital SiliconEdge Blue SSD is not up to par with the latest SSD out on the market but this is Western Digital’s entry level SSD and not the top of the line Black label drives they are known for in the spinning disks world. Western Digital has three lines of drives the Green drives which are power efficient drives, the blue label which are mainstream drives, and the black label which are the highest performing drives.
Here are the reviews of the drive that I have found so far.
PC Perspective’s http://www.pcper.com/article.php?aid=878&type=expert
Anandtech’s http://www.anandtech.com/printarticle.aspx?i=3757
Ligitreviews’s http://www.legitreviews.com/article/1233/1/
Hot Hardware’s http://hothardware.com/Articles/WD-SiliconEdge-Blue-256GB-SSD-Review/
Storage Review’s http://www.storagereview.com/western_digital_siliconedge_blue_ssd_review
Tweak Town’s http://www.tweaktown.com/reviews/3172/western_digital_siliconedge_blue_256gb_solid_state_drive/index.html
I have been keeping my eye on Solid State Disks(SSD) for a while and patiently waiting on Western Digital’s first one to come out. The day has finally come and Western Digital has released Western Digital SiliconEdge Blue SSD in three different sizes of 64 GB, 128 GB, and 256 GB.
The performance of the Western Digital SiliconEdge Blue SSD is not up to par with the latest SSD out on the market but this is Western Digital’s entry level SSD and not the top of the line Black label drives they are known for in the spinning disks world. Western Digital has three lines of drives the Green drives which are power efficient drives, the blue label which are mainstream drives, and the black label which are the highest performing drives.
Here are the reviews of the drive that I have found so far.
PC Perspective’s http://www.pcper.com/article.php?aid=878&type=expert
Anandtech’s http://www.anandtech.com/printarticle.aspx?i=3757
Ligitreviews’s http://www.legitreviews.com/article/1233/1/
Hot Hardware’s http://hothardware.com/Articles/WD-SiliconEdge-Blue-256GB-SSD-Review/
Storage Review’s http://www.storagereview.com/western_digital_siliconedge_blue_ssd_review
Tweak Town’s http://www.tweaktown.com/reviews/3172/western_digital_siliconedge_blue_256gb_solid_state_drive/index.html
Here is Western Digital’s press release about the drives: http://www.wdc.com/en/company/releases/PressRelease.asp?release=72d72e65-f4d1-4054-858d-e65ffc5d9ae8
Newegg.com has all three sizes 64 GB, 128 GB, and 256 GB for sale here: http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.aspx?Submit=ENE&DEPA=0&Order=BESTMATCH&Description=Western+Digital+SiliconEdge+Blue&x=0&y=0
