articles about new and upcoming technology
Warning; rant follows! You’ve no doubt heard the saying… “bad things always happen in threes”. I recently experienced such an episode (or maybe tripisode?) regarding my home entertainment equipment. Three of my electronic components went kaput, one after another, with barely a week between each. […]
TV & Home Entertainment: Is the growing list of additional features all good? Read More »
A specialist team at the University of Minnesota is developing a non-evasive system to control robotics via the human brain…. a brain/computer interface. The team is anticipating that this emerging technology will eventually be of great assistance for the severely disabled, helping them regain mobility
Mind Over Mechanics: Awesome emerging technology (video) Read More »
PayPal Wants to be Your Digital Wallet PayPal you to leave your cash, debit cards and credit cards at home. Its recently updated app for the iOS and Android platforms makes PayPal easier to use. Some of the new features include the ability to order
Surface Prices Drop The Microsoft Store is permanently reducing the cost of the Touch Cover by $40 to $79.99. The Surface RT bundle, which includes a black Touch Cover and the Surface RT, will also see a $50 price drop. The Surface RT bundle will
This is the first edition of a weekly series which will feature some of the top tech news of the previous week (or so). Netflix Profiles Netflix announced earlier this month that members can create separate profiles for each member of their household. Each family
Neither of these video clips involves computers, mobile devices or the internet, but they are technology related nonetheless and I hope some of you find them as interesting as I did. This first video clip explains the technology behind the Maglev train, the fastest train
Video Clips: Fastest Train in the World + Firestorm on the Sun Read More »
Are you the local go-to person for family and friends whenever they are experiencing problems with their computer? It may well be that you are not actually a computer whiz at all, the burden of being even a little bit tech-savvy is that you are
A Layman’s Guide to Fixing Computer Problems for Family & Friends Read More »
The iPad turned three years old on April 3rd. More than 300,000 Wi-Fi only iPads sold on its first day. On the same day that the 3G-enabled iPad went on sale (April 30th), Apple sold its millionth iPad after only 28 days on the market. The
Get out the balloons and cut the cake, it’s the mobile phone’s 40th birthday today!! Startling though it may now seem, the very first call on a handheld mobile phone was made on 3rd April way back in 1973. Motorola Chief Researcher Martin Cooper was
An electronic engineer and inventor in Dublin, Ireland has produced what is claimed to be the smallest PC in the world. Measuring just 2.5″ x 2″ (smaller than a cigarette packet) the ultra-mini PC is powered by an Intel Atom CPU with 1GB RAM. Storage
While most major manufacturer’s have been largely concentrating on SSD (Solid State Drive) technology over the past few years, Seagate has pursued a rather different strategy. Instead of releasing stand-alone SSDs, the company has been focused on producing a range of hybrid hard drives which
Seagate SSHD Hybrid Drives combine speed + large capacity + affordability Read More »
Since the release of the Sandy Bridge line of processors, Intel has shown no signs of loosening its grip on the control over the high-end CPU market. And, their strength in the most important market in the computer industry (processors) will strengthen even more with
Haswell CPUs – The Next Line of Intel Processor Architecture Read More »
This is the ninth, and last, in a series of articles looking back over ‘Geek Facts’. Today’s topic is ‘Geek Firsts’. Each day last year, I posted a Geek Fact for that day. A Geek Fact is something geeky that happened on that day in
Apple is coming for your wrists, but not this year Apple got where it is today by climbing the industry ladder with great technology. In the early 2000’s, the company had a knack for entering an emerging device market and creating a near-ubiquitous “need” for
The iWatch makes a lot of sense for Apple, likely won’t see 2013 Read More »
