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Technology
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Computers, Technology
My first Computer…
Today it is hard to imagine a world without computers, they practically control and keep the world moving at a break neck pace. We use them for everything nowadays, from e-mailing to researching and surfing the internet, to stock trading and online banking. Most people (like me) cannot go through a day without using at [...]
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Computers, Technology, weekly file
Did somone say SATA HotSwap?
Yes someone did, and they made it happen. Some programmers have made a program that will allow you to hot swap any SATA connected device just like disconnecting a flash drive. It works with Windows XP and up, and is very cool.
This software is designed based on the information Knowledge Base Article #10744 - [...]
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Technology, Wierd
“I’ll shoot the I-Phone, I will!”
Well recently there have been a lot of complaints by Apple customers that their I-Phone hasn’t been working properly due too many reasons. In the past there as even reports in which two people had their I-Phone blow up on them, on man was hospitalized by the incident. Now this past Thursday a distraught man [...]
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Games, Technology
X-Box 360 FAIL.
This makes me happy, Microsoft finally reporting the failure rate of the 360 as compared to the PS3 and Wii (and the Wii has the lowest failure rate, btw).
“In fact, a Game Informer survey of 5,000 readers found that the Xbox 360 has an astounding 54.2 percent failure rate. That means 54.2 percent of [...]
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Computers, Technology
Low-Tech Computers throughout History
History shows that the very first computers were invented long ago mostly as use for doing calculations. In prehistory early man would make these devices from clay tablets and then what is most likely referred to as the first computer, the Abacus. Invented in China around the fourteenth century the abacus allowed counting above ten [...]
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Games, Technology
Sony Senior VP badmouths WII
First off, I am a Nintendo man all the way. I own and love my DS and Wii, and the PS3 is a hunk of overpriced junk in my honest opinion, but what this guy said is just downright wrong and non accurate. Here’s the quote:
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Games, Technology
Nintendo expects Wii shortages for Christmas
As the holiday season nears, Nintendo has stated that they don’t expect to keep up with demand for the Wii console, despite ramping up production by 33% already and with further increases planned. Nintendo hopes to avoid last years scarcity of the console which cost the company a great deal of money in potential sales. [...]
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Technology
Nintendo shouts, “Wii!”
For years Nintendo has been putting out some of the best games and gaming systems the world has seen, in my personal opinion of course, and they have done it yet again with the Wii. Though before it’s launch earlier this year, most of the consensus was that the X-Box 360 and Playstation 3 would [...]
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