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SSD vs HDD
the Battle Begins
Google’s new Chrome OS is about to show up in a slew of new netbook computers that will all have SSDs.
Flash memory, which is a form of Solid State Memory, is already the mass storage system of choice in cell phones, many iPod models, and most other small handheld electronic devices.
Is the SSD about to become the mass storage device
of choice?
How is an SSD superior to an HDD?
How difficult is it to replace an HDD with an SSD in a Netbook Computer?
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Will the Solid-State Drive (SSD) Soon Replace the HDD?
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Television Join the Internet
 Over time, television went from black-and-white to color, from fuzzy images to super sharp highdefinition images, and from small screens in very large, heavy cabinets to relatively light, giant screens that you can hang on your wall.Many new TV models now come with built-in modules that allow viewers to easily stream Internet content from their home broadband wired or wireless network. A TV Internet link from Roku, Sezmi, Boxee, Neuros, Vudu, your game machine, or other portal device is not the same as purchasing the next generation Digital Video Recorder (Tivo).This column explores TV's
evolution to the internet.
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Casio's EX-S12
Casio recently released a new series of cameras that can create dynamic digital photos. The EX-S12 has this best shot function that lets you lasso people, pets, or movable objects out of one scene and then insert them into a different photo.
This is only one of the amazing new features you will find on this camera. It gives you the power to create amazing photos that can defy gravity, logic, or even the space-time continuum.
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3m's SCP716
Can literally turn your classroom's whiteboard into a fully functional Smartboard. 3M and Tablo
Hantech Tablo
It has a special wireless pen that allows you to treat your notebook screen as if it was a tablet PC.
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3M Micro Projector
It is the size of a TV remote control, can project a 50 inch image, and it is designed to be hooked up to any device that is capable of transmitting a video signal. Such as a digital cameras, video phones, video MP3 players, DVD players, Personal Video Players, video game machines, and of course computers.
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A New Type of Portable RadioSlacker Radio's WiFi Connection
One of the free online radio stations, Slacker Radio, has actually invented a new type of portable radio player. The Slacker G2 player receives its free music from slacker.com
(view video).
Your Slacker portable G2 player only needs a Wi-Fi connection to download the music to your player. You can refresh the unit at any Wi-Fi hot spot, which gives the unit an infinite capacity.
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Picture This - Digital Frame
Revolution
Thanks to the camera-empowered cell phone and the pocket-sized digital camera people are constantly shooting photos. Now, if your goal is to view and share all of these photos without a computer, you should explore the advantages and disadvantages of a digital picture frame.
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Re-Recording New or Old Analog into Digital Formats
Communication technologies continue to evolve, and this evolution—when it turns revolutionary—kills older technologies that once performed the same task. This column looks at some of the devices that can transfer analog recordings into digital formats that can be archived, listened to, or viewed using the latest technology.
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Empowering Children
They want to provide laptop computers to the almost 2 billion children who live in parts of the world
where poverty and the lack of an
adequate structured educational
system make it impossible for them
to receive an adequate education.
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Wet Electronics
You probably already know that your average electronic device can basically drown in a miniscule amount of water. The enjoyment of all water sports or near water activities would be enhanced if your electronic devices could be made water safe.
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"Holographic Memory"
The next breakthrough in disk storage could be holographic. Storing digital documents all at once rather than bit by bit.
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"Refocusing Photography"
The pixels of the camera recorded multiple images with multiple points of focus. The image's text file contains all of this information for these separate pictures and software sorts it out giving the photographer the ability to create pictures with different points of focus.
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"Video Production"
New video production hardware and software are constantly being introduced. The direction the technology takes is often controlled by hardware and software...
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"Transparent Electronics"
These new materials might one day allow you to transform the windshield of your car into a GPS activated map at the touch of a button. Or turn a picture window into a high definition video screen.
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Laser TV
Novalux’s optoelectronic chipset uses a gallium arsenide laser combined with a lithium niobate crystal (LiNbO3) optic modulator to produce the critical wavelengths to output RGB (red, green, and blue) beams of light. Once you have red, green, and blue light you can create all the colors of the rainbow.
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OLED TV
OLED screens have an organic semiconductor layer sandwiched between a transparent positive electrode layer and a nontransparent negative electrode layer. The flow of electrons between the two outer layers causes the individual organic cells in the organic layer to glow.
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"Stereographic Video - Wothout the Glasses"
Could a new 3D HDTV system soon eclipse the popularity of two dimensional HDTV systems?
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"Time & Place Shifting TV"
Time shifting TV viewing can be much more fun if you also place shift the viewing experience. Instead of renting or purchasing videos for your next commuter trip, why not transfer your TV shows to your portable player?
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"Active Matrix Liquid Crystal Displays"
The Kopin CyberDisplays are mind boggling in size and performance.
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VHS to DVD 2.0
The recording medium used to make video recordings has a lifespan of five to seven years. Your current precious moments are sentenced to death if you don't take the time to save them.
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"3D Video Cruising"
X3D Technologies introduced to the press their 3D system that can, “on the fly”, convert video games, DVD videos, and live television broadcasts into 3D viewing.
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"Dynamic Digital Printing"
A new commercial printing category has now emerged to reflect digital printing technologies. Many feel, over time, digital printing will replace all the other legacy methods of printing.
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"Flexible TFT Screens"
We will soon build an ultra light, ultra flexible High Definition screen that can be rolled or folded when it's not in use.
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Belkin Network USB Hub
The addition of the Belkin Network USB Hub could provide you with wireless connectivity to probably all of your support devices when you are within range of your current wireless network.
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"A New Digital Experience"
Turn your computer into a television newsroom and post production editing facility. You develop your presentation as if it is going to be a live television broadcast.
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"The Foveon X3 Chip =s Digital Film"
A Fovian X3 image sensor has 3 layers of photodetectors. This allows it to capture pictures more like color film...
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"Data Mining the Airways"
Data mining involves the use of computers, modeling software, and statistical analysis to ferret out data relationships that would be of value to a particular segment of our society.
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