Computers

AMD working on 6-core CPU chips for home machines

Sure, we’ve all grown used to have dual-core CPUs in our home machines, and there are lots of quad-core machines in offices, but how about 6 and 8 cores?! Well, thanks to AMD, we may soon see 6-core chips geared for home use. Codenamed Thuban, it’ll probably be called Phenom II X6 when it comes [...]

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Comcast trialing service to alert customers of potential computer infections

Comcast just launched a trial of an automated service that would alert its customers if they have possible virus or malware infections on their home computers. Great, but… it works as a browser toolbar. Granted the average customer probably uses their Internet connection mainly to surf the Web, but what happens if they switch browsers [...]

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Humor: XKCD flowcharts how computer experts ‘know’ where everything is

Part-humor, part-truth, today’s xkcd webcomic totally nails how we ‘computer experts’ actually know where to find everything in every program!Click the image for the full-sized version.

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Wearable computing’s next step – gestures only, no handheld device

Imagine walking around with a mobile computing device embedded in your clothes or hanging around your neck that lets you compute, take photos and more without needing to actually handle a device. Instead you use gestures and your fingers to ‘perform’ the computer commands. SixthSense is a project run out of the MIT Media Lab [...]

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Cyber Clean electronics cleaning Putty

Silly Putty – is there anything you can’t do? Alright, that may be a bit extreme, but take a look at this very practical use for silly putty. Called Cyber Clean Electronics Cleaning Putty, you can use this to quickly clean electronics without risking damage to them. Think about how dirty your keyboard gets with [...]

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SGI declares bankruptcy, and sold for $25 million

Sad, but true, Silicon Graphics Inc. recently declared bankruptcy for the 2nd time in 4 years and has now been sold for a mere $25 million to Rackable Systems. Just about a dozen years ago, SGI was pulling in $4 billion/yr. Yes, that’s billion with a ‘b’. I have fond memories of artsy, colorful, good-looking [...]

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The tech world around you … by the numbers

Fantastic 5 minute video that gives a great insight into the impact that technology is having on all of our lives, the economy and job market. What’s the bottom line? Mostly unknown. However, if I were a student right now, it should give me pause as I’m trying to decide what direction to point my [...]

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Update your Virus Scanner & Patch your system

If you’re running Windows, then you should get your system patched ASAP and check that your virus scanner definitions are up to date. Not that you shouldn’t be doing this all the time, but there is a worm called Conficker C that has already infected millions of computers and will allow the author to control [...]

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External USB SATA Dock

Picture the scenario; you have an 80GB SATA drive, but want a 160GB one, do you sell the 80GB and buy a 160GB? No. At least not with this gadget, all you have to buy is another 80GB and get them plugged up together with the External USB SATA Drive Dock. Or, if you have [...]

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Review: GoodSync – Backup and Sync Tool

Almost 3 years ago, Gizmos for Geeks reviewed GoodSync with the intent of using it to backup important data from a user’s desktop computer to USB thumb drives. Fast forward to today where hard drives have grown tremendously in size and so has data storage and you have an even tougher backup issue. For those [...]

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