Tanstaafl is a term popularized by sci-fi writer Robert Heinlein. It stands for "there ain't no such thing as a free lunch." Yet overclocking is like free lunch for computer enthusiasts. By cranking up the speeds on your computer's CPU, memory, and video card, your free lunch not only includes a sandwich, but Kool-Aid and pudding as well!
"Have you seen HDMI cables online or in stores labeled '120 Hz,' '240Hz' and '480 Hz'? It's easy enough to slap such labels on HDMI cables but it's a sham. HDMI cables can no more be manufactured for specific refresh-rate HDTVs than a garden hose can be manufactured specifically to water seeded lawns and sod lawns. The same water flows through..."
(PhysOrg.com) -- Lyric Semiconductor has unveiled a new type of chip that uses probability inputs and outputs instead of the conventional 1's and 0's used in logic chips today. Crunching probabilities is much more applicable to many computing task performed today rather than binary logic.
Scientists at Tohoku University in Japan have recorded data at a density of 4 trillion bits per square inch, which is a world record for the experimental 'ferroelectric' data storage method.
They are road signs for your daily rituals-the instantly recognized symbols and icons you press, click, and ogle countless times a day when you interact with your computer. But how much do you know about their origins?
These apps are a must for every twitter holic
A leak at the end of this past week has revealed that AMD's next generation of ATI graphics, "Southern Islands," should ship this fall.
In an hourlong early morning flight, Sikorsky chief test pilot Kevin Bredenbeck briefly reached 225 knots, or 258 mph, at a Sikorsky facility in West Palm Beach, Fla. The previous record for a helicopter was 216 knots, or 249 mph, set by a version of the Westland Lynx in the mid-1980s.
The researchers wanted to use a robotic arm as a motion simulator with the goal of understanding how humans experience the sensation of motion. They figured an F1 racing game would be a good way to do it, IEEE Spectrum reports. Watch the video.
A university network is brought down when two network cables are plugged into the wrong hub. An employee is injured after an ill-timed entry into a data center. Overheated systems are shut down by a thermostat setting changed from Fahrenheit to Celsius. These are just a few of the data center disasters caused by human folly.
I don't know if this parallel DB25 to serial DE9 to serial Mini DIN-8 to USB converting ghetto chain works, but a reader says it does, and I really, really want to believe him.
A look at Intel's Core i3, i5 and i7 processors and how to decide how much processing power you should buy to meet your needs.
Just as we were wrapping up for the weekend, Saudi Arabia still had BlackBerry service, despite an impending ban. RIM made a lot of talk about not doing any particular governments any favors, but word from Saudi Arabia’s Comms and Info Tech Commission suggests that three servers are being put in place that would satisfy regulatory requirements.
Concept phones are always something that people like dreaming about, that’s for sure. Maybe that’s because they can hope that those devices would turn into real handsets on their carrier’s airwaves someday, or maybe just because they know chances are that such phones would never make it to the market.
Putting together a Linux-based media center PC still makes sense in 2010, even post Windows 7 and Mac OS X 10.6. Here's why and how to get started.