Hardware of Alternative Memory for Laptop Users

Road warriors need computer memory to commute between branch offices, meet clients, and telecommute. You’ve

hear about thumb drives, CDs, and floppy disks, but what about solid-state hard drives?
Integrated flash memory has long been found in portable devices, be it cell phones, personal digital assistants, media players and USB thumb-drives. But [...]

Hardware Power Up: Laptop Battery Life Is Improving

In the past year alone, laptop batteries have been getting longer lasting and more durable. And at least there aren’t any more reports about spontaneous combustion.
Call it the Achilles’ heel of laptop technology: battery life. While considerable improvements have been made in processor speed, screen quality, and wireless connectivity, batteries [...]

Liquid Crystal Display (LCD) Sceens

Large monitors have been progressively getting more economical, as prices continue to fall. Whereas 21” monitors used to cost $1500-2000 now they can be found for $900-1600. Additionally, larger monitors have come onto the market. Sony has released a 24” CRT, it’s got a large price tag, but what’s next in [...]

The Hardware of Acer Timeline 14″ 4810T Notebook Review

With so many different factors to consider when purchasing a laptop, finding the right one can be a daunting task. Portability and battery life are the current trends, along with value of course, which has brought about the recent surge of netbooks. However as I’ve said before — and I [...]

Hardware Technology for the Perfect Home Office

Starting a business in your home has never been easier because of technological advancements. Between the Internet and low-cost computing options, you can run a million-dollar enterprise out of your home. Here’s what you need.
Thanks to technological advancements over the past decade, starting a business in your home or maintaining a [...]

Computer Hardware of Intel’s New Advanced Graphics Port

Intel has been promising their Advanced Graphic Port for a year. Now, with the release of the new Pentium-II LX chipset, it is finally here. AGP is a new type of bus design. On a computer’s motherboard, there are two types of expansion slots, ISA and PCI. ISA is an older form [...]

Hardware Devices >> iPods at the Gate

Like little armies dragging their downloadable ammunition behind them, Apple’s iPods are poised at the juncture of teenworld and your campus,just waiting to invade. Can this be a good thing?
On a warm August evening in Durham, North Carolina, Duke University’s entire incoming freshman class celebrated the beginning of the 2004 fall [...]

Computer Hardware of Universal Serial Bus technology

With the recent release of Windows 98, the Universal Serial Bus (USB) has become a new buzzword in the computer industry. What’s so great about USB? Well, the serial bus has been long neglected in the way of upgrades. We’ve seen faster video cards (2D and the introduction of 3D), faster [...]

Touch Me, Babe: Computing’s Next Trend

The touch screen may be the next big thing in computers and phones. Since the iPhone was unveiled, hardware and software makers such as Research In Motion and Microsoft are reportedly developing touch-based products.
Who could forget the famous scene in the film “Minority Report,” where mid-21st century detective John Anderton –

the [...]