All Blog Posts Tagged 'device' (5)

I have gotten a USB logitech mouse for xmas. Well about a week ago things started getting funny. The mouse was skipping in and out of moving. Then it went dead, like dead. So as usual with any mouse i pulled out my AA batteries like any normal guy would. I put them in and turned it on and plugged the wireless reciever in. But it came up in Windows " USB Device Not Recignized" It has not worked since. They only way to get it to work if to apply lots of pressure to the wireless box. I am unsure ho… Continue

This news post on Macrumors and my thoughts on the technology behind it... New Scientist points out an Apple patent application published today by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office that discloses techniques for digitally "detecting whether consumer abuse has occurred in an electronic device." The application cites as examples assessing exposure to liquids, extreme temperatures, or excessive shock, as well as… Continue

I was looking at a tech article a couple of months ago about a external backup device for windows based PCs that is like the apple time machine device. What was that device? :) (memory lacks) Continue

http://www.pcauthority.com.au/News/146131,scientists-invent-memory-storage-good-for-a-billion-years.aspx Scientists are reporting successful tests of a new memory device that could allow terabytes of data to be stored without corruption for millions of years The device is an iron nanoparticle, 1/50,000 the width of a human hair, enclosed in a hollow carbon nanotube. The iron can be shuttled back and forth within the tube as an effective way to store data. The team says it’s achievable to build… Continue

CEO Stephen Dukker who runs a California based company called NComputing announced that they’ve released a computer which will only consume 1 to 4watts of power compared to a normal computer which consumes around 500 to even a 1000 watts of power. But this method of computing isn’t so clean after you discover that you’ll need a normal computer too. You probably don’t understand this. Let me explain. So you have a computer in the basement filled with all your home movies, pictures, videos, etc. b… Continue