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Author :: Peter Stewart  |
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| Article Title :: Power Supply Tips |
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| The power supply keeps things in your computer running smoothly. When they run well, you won't even think about them, but when things go wrong, it can become very annoying.The power supply doesn't just run the power to the different parts of the computer. It needs to run different voltages to different parts, and besides that, it has to deliver them within a very tight range set out in the ATX standard.Power supplies went through a phase of being extremely unreliable. This is because the actual parts are very cheap and standard and the profit margin in the power supply business is higher than almost any other computer part. The flooding of the market with poor quality power (read full article) |
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Author :: Lance Winslow |
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| Article Title :: Super Computer Rocks Record Books |
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| Good news is now here for the ‘War on Hurricanes’ and ‘Fight Against Cancer’ due to the rapid advances in Supercomputer calculation speeds. One Supercomputer named Blue Gene-L has broken the previous record for the amount of calculations it can do in a second. You are probably thinking so what right?Well then check out the speeds; it can do 280.6 teraflops per second or 280,600,000,000 calculations per second; “Ah, hello!” That is intense, of course it beats its own best record of about half that.This special supercomputer is a project with Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory and IBM. How much is this 280.6 teraflops? Well lets say 7 billion people had a calcu (read full article) |
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Author :: Leon Chaddock |
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| Article Title :: Finding Temperature Sensor Deals |
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| Temperature sensor deals are what many out there need, but not everyone knows how to find the best prices on the equipment that they need. Simply walking into a store, you are going to be shocked at the high prices. But, if you want to really be shocked, try calling the manufacturer to get the temperature sensor you want and you will really be paying quite a bit for it. So, how can you find great temperature sensor deals? You should use the same methods that you would for finding any other appliance or part for a discount price.To find the temperature sensor deals that will save you money and get you back in business, simply consider these things first:• First of all, (read full article) |
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Author :: Preston Wily |
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| Article Title :: Wireless USB Vs. Bluetooth |
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| USB is currently the industry standard
If you spend any amount of time on a computer chances are that you have used a USB device, such as a mouse or a keyboard. There are currently more than 2 billion USB devices in use around the world.Cables can be a mess
When USB first became popular (around the year 2000) everybody loved the technology and embraced it. It was so easy to use and offered inter-compatibility with virtually every PC. As we became increasingly more reliant on USB for most of the devices that connected to our system the nest of cables behind the average computer continued to grow.Enter Bluetooth
Bluetooth was released a couple of years (read full article) |
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Author :: Cameron Postelwait |
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| Article Title :: USB 2.0 Vs. Firewire is Like Despotism Vs. The American Way |
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| USB 2.0-ism Is Like Despotism
USB (Universal Serial Bus) was designed after the ruling style of David Bowie, the famous 6th century Saxon Despot. His empire was vast, and he subdued his captors with hits like Ziggy Stardust and Blue Jean. His famous demise characterized him as the man who sold the world during a moonage daydream, and was forced to face the strange changes of the wensleydale cheese famine of 581 A.D.
Just like the great 6th century despot, David Bowie, USB uses a similar "Master-Slave" architecture. If you suddenly have that catchy Depeche Mode song Master and Servant stuck in your head, feel free to pause here and sing (read full article) |
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| Category :: Hardware Articles |
Author :: Colbert Paul |
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| Article Title :: Blu-Ray Set to Take the World by Storm! |
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| The Blu-ray Disc belongs to a new generation of optical discs capable of staging high density data. Blu-Ray technology is based on a blue-violet coloured laser. The blue laser operates at a wave length of 405 nm, while older technology such as DVDs and CDs are based on red and infrared lasers that works at 650 and 780 nm. Since the wave length is shorter with a blue laser, the new Blu-ray technology makes is possible to store much more informationThe advantage with the Blu-ray technology is that the laser beam can be focused much more tightly at the surface of the disc. Tight focus means that a smaller spot will be produced on the surface on the disc, and when the spots become smal (read full article) |
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| Category :: Hardware Articles |
Author :: Dan Hagopian |
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| Article Title :: PDA Battery Degradation and Power Loss |
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| Extending your PDA Battery Life so that you get the most cost effective use of your PDA battery begins with always keeping a spare pda battery replacement. PDA batteries are cheap enough that owning a backup pda battery makes absolute sense.Beyond a spare pda battery replacement you can use some basic battery conditioning techniques to help further extend the life of your pda battery like: use the AC adapter or pda cradle at a desk, powering your pda battery down when not in use, dimming your pda screen down, and using peripherals wisely.But with PDA batteries there is far more going on internally that work against the life of a pda battery. Contained within your PDA Battery (read full article) |
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| Category :: Hardware Articles |
Author :: Jesse Harwell |
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| Article Title :: Biggest Mistakes People Make when Buying a Used Laptop |
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| It is easy to go onto ebay or some other auction site and see a laptop and purchase it because of the great price listed. Sometimes you find a great deal, other times you get burned. If you have a lot of extra money and plenty of time to vent your frustration… hop online and buy the first thing you see. If you have a little time to prevent yourself from spending a bunch of extra money, you might want to consider some of the ways people who think they are saving a lot of money actually end up spending more than than someone who planned ahead.The first and most common mistake people make is simply this; they buy the wrong laptop. They see a laptop for $250 and think it is a gr (read full article) |
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| Category :: Hardware Articles |
Author :: Willson Peterson |
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| Article Title :: What's Touch Screen Monitor? |
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| Touch screen monitor is a type of display screen that has a touch-sensitive transparent panel covering the screen. Instead of using a pointing device such as a mouse or light pen, you can use your finger to point directly to objects on the screen.The benefits of such technology are obvious. Rather than lugging along extra input devices such as a mouse or a keyboard, the user need only his finger to manipulate the chosen device. But it's not just mobile devices that benefit from this type of input. All kinds of devices can be equipped, including TV and computer monitors, LCD screens, and the older CRT computer monitors. As a result, a bartender can press on a screen to ring up drink (read full article) |
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| Category :: Hardware Articles |
Author :: Jeff Su |
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| Article Title :: HDMI Extender: Solution to HDMI Transmission over Long Cables |
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| Background: The main advantages of HDMI, high definition multimedia interface, over standard analog video transmission is that it is 100 % digital from source to display. However, transmitting HDMI over long distances is not so easy. In this article we will describe some of the issues encountered during HDMI transmission and present a solution that can significantly improve HDMI transmission: the HDMI Extender.Basic HDMI transmission characteristics:HDMI is based on TMDS, transmission minimized differential signaling, developed by Silicon Image. In order to support non-compressed HD video quality, HDMI needs to support data rates up to ~1.65 Gbps for (read full article) |
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