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Nanotechnology to Be Used for More Advanced, Cooler CPU in the Future

Computer parts are relatively small in the grand scheme of life, and they’re constantly shrinking. However, nanotechnology is poised to take over the design of computers in the future, making them so cool, technologically advanced, and perhaps almost invisible to the naked eye in some instances. There are already many applications for the use of [...]

Desktop dipped in Cooking Oil for Cooling

I love fried stuff ! yum !
(not that this setup ever reaches hot temperatures.)

Note however this voids all warranties and cleaning up afterward is a nightmare.
Source: tomshardware.com

More Computer Facts Again

1. 80% of all pictures on the internet are of naked women
2. Another name for a Microsoft Windows tutorial is ‘Crash Course’!
3. Bill Gates’ house was designed using a Macintosh computer.
4. By the year 2012 there will be approximately 17 billion devices connected to the Internet.
5. Domain names are being registered at a rate of [...]

More Computer Facts

1. The 4004 was the first microprocessor of intel.
2. David Bradley wrote the code for [Ctr]+[Alt]+[Delete] key sequence.
3. James Gosling created java at sun microsystems. He came up with the name Java while debating over it at a coffee shop.
4. The first ISP was Compuserve, established in 1969 which is now under
AOL.
5. The Palm O.S [...]

BSoD (Blue Screen of Death)

“The Blue Screen of Death (also known as a stop error, BSoD, bluescreen, or Blue Screen of Doom) is a colloquialism used for the error screen displayed by some operating systems, most notably Microsoft Windows, after encountering a critical system error which can cause the system to shut down to prevent damage.
Bluescreens on NT-based Windows [...]

Old Computer Ads

Just look at the size of that thing…

That’s about the size of three MP3 audio files. Is the price in dollars or yen?

I have cell phones that are more capable than this.

Smallest PC

I’m fully aware of phones and mp3 players and other hand-held devices that have versatile cpu and roomy storage capacities(linux on PSP?). But I didn’t want to show some gimmicky novelty item and claim, “It can be used as a PC”. Sure, you could take a bath in a swimming pool, but that just isn’t [...]

Human Tetris (not the TV show)

 

Credits: Guillaume REYMOND

Bill Gates recommends Apple

The above are from more than two decades ago.
Take a look at how things are now. More here.
My, my, how times have changed.

Computer Facts

(1). An old Amd 1400 chip running without a heatsink gets as hot as 370 degrees. (Don’t worry, current line of products have safety measures built-in.)

 

(2). Seagate introduced the first hard disk drive for PC in 1979. It held 5 megabytes of data(about the size of a MP3 file).

 

(3). If u opened up the case [...]