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| Article Title :: Perpendicular Hard Disk Drive |
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| What is a Hard Disk Drive?
A Hard Disk Drive (HDD) is a device used by modern computers to permanently store information. The Hard Disk Drive is arguable the most essential part of a computer system in that all the information that is permanently stored is contained within its enclosure, including your computer’s Operating System (OS). Thanks to Hard Disk Drives, long gone are the days when you would have had to keep all your programs and documents stored on removable media such as Floppy Disks or CD-ROMs.
Originally invented in the mid 1950’s and made commercially available in 1956 by International Business Machines (IBM). Called RAMAC (Random Access Met (read full article) |
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Author :: David Saunders |
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| Article Title :: Making the Most of Digital Camera Memory Cards |
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| Digital cameras are revolutionizing the world of home and professional photography, but they are married to memory cards just as traditional cameras are married to film. Making the best use of memory cards can have a very big impact on your enjoyment of digital photography. Choosing the right memory card for the job can be as important as choosing the right film for a traditional camera.If you are new to digital cameras, the digital camera memory cards are the most important parts of any digital camera, without which they may not work at all. So if you are handling a digital camera or planning a purchase, you must know more about the memory cards used in these cameras.Someth (read full article) |
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Author :: Jared Strop |
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| Article Title :: Zen and the Art of Buying Computer Parts |
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| It's happened to all of us, I'm sure. You are surfing the net and maybe listening to music when all of a sudden...you click the close button on the upper right corner and it freezes. Then you don't know if you should wait until it's done or bash the monitor with the keyboard. Eventually, you get fed up and hit "ctrl+alt+delete" only to get an error. Okay! That's it! I'm turning it off!Amazing what cheap parts can do, isn't it? It can give you an ulcer...that's for sure. So what's should you do? Follow the path to find your way to computer bliss.Rule #1: Never, ever buy the best parts. They charge you way too much for a small performance boost. Instead, use that (read full article) |
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Author :: Willson Peterson |
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| Article Title :: Does It Make a Difference to Connect Your TFT Monitor with PC via DVI Interfaces? |
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| Most TFT monitors use what is known as a digital video interface (DVI) to connect to your PC. Understanding what DVI is and how it differs from the video graphics array (VGA) interface used by old-fashioned CRT monitors is important if you're going to get the best out of your shiny new TFT monitor.The main difference between TFT and CRT monitors is that TFT monitors are digital devices, whereas CRT monitors (and televisions) are analogue. It's just like the difference between old vinyl records (analogue) and modern audio CDs (digital).The socket at the back of an ordinary CRT monitor that you use to connect the unit to a PC is called a VGA connector. At the back of your PC y (read full article) |
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Author :: Preston Wily |
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| Article Title :: Setting Up Your PC for Dual-monitors: It's Easier Than You Think |
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| The traditional view of a "PC"
If you ask just about anybody what their idea of a "PC system" is they will probably list a tower, a keyboard, a mouse and a monitor. While it is true that these are the essential elements of using a personal computer, it is becoming more and more popular to use an alternative setup.Sometimes two is better than one
It is becoming increasingly more common to see people using two towers with one keyboard, video and monitor. This is accomplished through the use of a KVM switch - as you probably already guessed, KVM standard for keyboard-video-mouse. This is great for people who need more computing power than they can get with one (read full article) |
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Author :: Jeff Heaton |
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| Article Title :: Using a Mac Mighty Mouse on a PC |
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| Have you seen the Might Mouse? No, I do not mean the super hero. I mean the
latest innovation by Apple computers-- the Mighty Mouse. The mighty mouse is
unlike any mouse you’ve ever seen before.The Mighty Mouse works directly with the latest version of the Macintosh
operating system to provide many advanced features. However, using the Mighty
Mouse with a Macintosh is not the subject of this article. This article focuses on
exactly what you can expect when using the Mighty Mouse with a Windows based
PCIntroducing the Mighty MouseThe mighty mouse is a smoothly designed white oval. To me it looks like 1/2 of
a tic-tac(tm) candy. It fits (read full article) |
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Author :: Gavin Duncan |
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| Article Title :: CD Burning Problems - A Quick and Easy Guide for Software & Hardware Conflicts |
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| When it comes to problems with CD Burners things can get ugly and users most of the time gives up hope of ever completing a successful CD Burning session. PC technology can be confusing as almost anything could cause a CD Burning problem such as software conflicts, faulty hardware and bad media brand of CD-R or CD-RW discs.So where does one start when it comes to troubleshooting a CD Burning problem?That’s easy, start looking at the hardware, the CD Burner itself and the motherboard – this way you are making sure the key piece of the CD Burning process is actually working.Apply the most recent firmware for the CD-Burner as this will fix any bugs that your model of (read full article) |
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Author :: Martin Coleman |
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| Article Title :: Scan/Print/Copy Machines: Do They Live Up to the Hype? |
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| Think Small. Think Cheaper. That's the way the industry seems to be heading these days. Laptops are outselling desktops in some places. Those who can afford them are buying Palm Pilots. Zip drives are nearly all but forgotten. CDs and CD writers are now as common as floppies were in a previous computing life. Now USB drives are hitting the market and showing no sign of going away. You can store so much in them now and they are getting so cheap. Nearly $100 per gigabyte of space. Wow.But what does all this have to do with the Multi-Function Centre? Well, that should be enough. People have less room to put their toys, let alone their computers (or are they one and the same?). People (read full article) |
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Author :: Nathan Kartchner |
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| Article Title :: Mini-centronics: Hewlett Packer Users Beware |
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| As computer manufacturers begin to phase out old standards (e.g. IEEE 1284, RS-232), there is an increasingly large base of computer users who want to use their old Hewlett-Packer parallel printer with newer USB-only laptop and desktop systems. They purchase a USB to Parallel adapter, only to find that the parallel end doesn’t fit on their HP printer. What's the problem?
In 1992, citing compact size and a simple connection to the printer, Hewlett-Packer decided to go with the IEEE 1284C connector, also known as mini- or micro-centronics. However, this connection has proved to be largely unpopular with other manufacturers, resulting in an interface that is nearly unique to HP printer (read full article) |
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| Category :: Hardware Articles |
Author :: Lance Winslow |
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| Article Title :: Xeon Chip by Intel Rocks Speed Records |
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| Intel’s revenge on AMD maybe the Xeon Chip, which threatens to break speed processing records and leapfrog AMD technology. While AMD was busy starting legal issues against Intel, it was Intel who was busy working on the next technology for the future of the industry.Is the new Intel Chip indeed all it is cracked up to be? Some say it is all that and more. In fact this dual-core chip for servers will run at 2.80 GHz. A multi-processor version of the chip will be out in two-months and the price will $1,043.00 which competes nicely against anything competing. We are taking an upgraded processor with a faster bus speed, better memory capacity in a new chip set. Can Advanced Micro Dev (read full article) |
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