i came across this seven wonders article in /. and i thought it would be worth sharing. interesting nerd read — the world’s faster computer, the world’s smallest computer, the world’s farthest computer — that sort of stuff.
seagate recently introduced their 1 terabyte (tb) desktop drive. i vaguely remember hitachi advertising their 1 tb drive a few weeks ago.
1 terabyte. that’s 1,000 gigabytes. in one drive. one might think that this is enough but i also hear that people have started asking for 2 terabytes. for storing their dvds. people will [...]
for the past few months i have had a couple of laptop batteries die on me. its not the spectacular fiery end that they have on the news a couple of months ago. fortunately. a couple of the battery packs are just a little over 12 months old. they shouldn’t be dying this early. so [...]
sharp came out with an lcd with embedded optical sensors. its still a bit small — half a vga screen — but it will eventually get to a size we are normally accustomed to. think about it for a moment. you will actually “look” at the person you’re having a video conference with instead of [...]
if you’re buying a new cellphone do yourself a favor and get an extra battery. use them alternately.
i got myself an original replacement battery (sony ericsson) for my two- (or maybe three-) year old phone and i’m having a hard time recharging the thing. i charge the batt until the cell says its full and [...]
