Feb 20
Looking to build a small NAS? Gigabyte’s latest ITX motherboard might be right up your alley, with its energy-efficient yet speedy Intel processor and numerous expansion options.
Feb 12
Meet Keepod, The Creators Of A $7 PC That Is Set To Deploy In African Slums
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Nearly 70 years after the development of ENIAC, the first electronic general-purpose computer which took up 1800 square feet (167 m2), we now have computers as small as USB sticks, measuring only a few inches. Keepod is one of such computers and, costing only $7, there are plans to ship units to African slums in order to give them computer access.
Feb 11
Despite being almost one inch thick, Asus has packed a respectable amount of power in its latest budget system, dubbed the EB1037. It’s also admittedly a rather nice looking device.
Feb 07
Real-Life ‘Breaking Bad’ Kingpin Captured In The Deep Web Running eBay Of Vice
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Life became stranger than fiction when federal authorities arrested the notorious hacker Ross Ulbricht [aka
‘Dread Pirate Roberts’] for crimes mirroring the fictional character of
Walter White in the award-winning TV drama, "Breaking Bad." Drug
trafficking, money-laundering and cold-blooded murder transformed a
mild-mannered physics student into an underworld kingpin, just as it had
for a chemistry teacher in that five-season AMC thriller.
Feb 07
While the styling of Gigabyte’s latest tiny PC is a bit gaudy, the hardware packed inside isn’t. A quad-core AMD CPU and discrete Radeon graphics are just a taste of what’s hiding inside the wallet-sized case.
Feb 01
Normally permanently bolted into low-cost PCs, it looks like these energy-efficient CPUs will be available for purchase separate from motherboards in a few months. If the reported specs are correct, they look like decent options for cheap, capable DIY home theatre PC builds.
Jan 30
What’s that buzz . . . tell me what’s happening? While the Internet of Thing’s clarion call has awakened the early
adopters, many of us still have it on snooze alarm. We may have seen
bits and pieces of it, like those that have popped up as apps on our
mobile devices. Perhaps we’ve recently purchased a Smart TV — or have
recently been intrigued by Nest’s Thermostat [after Google plopped down a hefty $3.2 billion to acquire it].
Jan 29
So remember how I said writers might soon be replaced by machines? Apparently, it’s already happening. A PhD student at MIT has created an artificial intelligence capable of analyzing the work of famous poets and creating new works which could have been written by said poets.
Jan 28
Over the last ten years, Google’s foray into the smartphone market has established its Android phones as a viable
competitor to Apple’s iPhones. However, in the years to come, mobile
revenues will be more or less chump change in comparison to the returns
Google will be able to derive from robots and artificial intelligence.
Jan 27
On CES 2014 Samsung presented some new, innovative and bold products, therefore getting under the spotlight on the fair. A true novelty is related to three printers the South Korean company presented: Origami has the external "packaging" made out of cardboard; Clip is built with plastic but without any screws; Mate has interchangeable and colorful panels which can be chosen to fit one’s taste.
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