Category Archives: Hardware

ATI caught in the headlights

Posted on 24/07/2007 by Adam

You can bet your sweet bippy AMD will be rushing around pulling fat middle manager fingers out of fat middle manager asses in ATI now that Dell has come out and said publicly that it wants to ship ATI systems. … Continue reading →

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Alarm Rings

Posted on 11/07/2007 by Adam

I’m not sure this’d wake my mot* from the depths, but dammit if it’s not a great idea for Normal People [TM]. * I don’t want to say ‘partner’, because, you know, I’m not a langer.

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FIC/OpenMoko Neo v1 July 9, v2 October

Posted on 06/07/2007 by Adam

I’ve been watching this phone like a hawk for some time, because it’s open standards across the board; i.e. both the software and hardware are – generally speaking – open. This might not solve the horrendous problems mobile power users … Continue reading →

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IBM 704

Posted on 11/06/2007 by Adam

Shorpy: This network of black magnetic beads, smaller than a postage stamp, is one of a number of input-output “memory” units in the new “704″ electronic calculator built by International Business Machines. This particular “memory” unit of the 704 instantaneously … Continue reading →

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€140 Laptop

Posted on 06/06/2007 by Adam

Asus chair Jonney Shih pulled a Steve Jobs at Computex today, with a Linux-powered solid-state HDD notebook priced at $189 dollars; although we’ll probably get gouged over here at €189. Not pretty and storage is miniscule, but feck, what a … Continue reading →

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Ubuntu on Dell

Posted on 01/05/2007 by Adam

As Gerry points out, it’s looking very likely that Dell will shortly start selling PC’s with Ubuntu instead of Windows. I’m delighted but suprised, as although Ubuntu is without a shadow of a doubt the most usable Linux distro available … Continue reading →

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Samsung Upstage

Posted on 27/03/2007 by Adam

45 seconds in. How cool is that?

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Nixie tube take-apart

Posted on 23/03/2007 by Adam

Nixie tubes, like, totally rock. If you ever want to treat me to something nice, don’t mind the Amazon wishlist, buy me a nice nixie clock!

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Fast Printer

Posted on 21/03/2007 by Adam

Begob, another printer. I must have a fetish! I’ll refrain from perpetuating the “world’s fastest” line, but it’s hard to deny this fella is damned fast. Let’s just hope it’s not vapour or a dodgy mockup like the Optimus.

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Who Controls Your Television?

Posted on 14/03/2007 by Adam

The Electronic Frontier Foundation has released a paper on “an elaborate television DRM scheme called Content Protection and Copy Management” whose “unparalleled restrictions include”: Enforcing severe home recording and copying limitations. CPCM will allow content providers to apply copy restriction … Continue reading →

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