Dr. Hardware 2004 Build 5.5.0e08/02/2004 01:57 PM Dr. Hardwares tradition of precise computer analysis is going to be
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DIRECTV Debuts New Hardware Strategy at CES 2004.01/09/2004 09:58 PM DIRECTV Debuts New Hardware Strategy at CES 2004. "Over the
course of the year, authorized manufacturers of DIRECTV hardware will
migrate to a new standardized hardware specification, which will
ensure that all DIRECTV customers enjoy a consistent user interface
and experience. Similarly, the various consumer electronics brands
currently associated with DIRECTV equipment will be replaced by the
DIRECTV brand." Translation: All your base are belong to us.
"Apple - Hardware - Ads - 20 Years of Macintosh 1984-2004"
Microsoft Hardware 2004 Fall Lineup Photos and Descriptions
Microsoft Hardware 2004 Fall Lineup Photos and Descriptions08/16/2004 02:34 PM ActiveWin have posted multiple photos, descriptions, etc. for the
complete Microsoft hardware fall lineup, which includes two
fingerprint reader devices. The devices are to be released September
9th. Here is a complete list of the hardware included:
Wireless IntelliMouse Explorer with Fingerprint Reader Windows
USB
Optical Desktop Elite USB for BLUETOOTH (Keyboard & Mouse)
Microsoft Hardware & Starck Design Company Hardware Collaboration
Microsoft Hardware & Starck Design Company Hardware Collaboration06/22/2004 10:50 AM You heard it first here. Microsoft informed us today that we could
post a link to this teaser announcing a product collaboration between
Microsoft Hardware and Starck Design Company. Starck is a high-end
cosmopolitan design company which works include everything from boats
to clocks..along with this upcoming mystery product which is going to
be released on July 8th.
Hardware Vendors Offer Microsoft Internet Security and Acceleration Server 2004 in Dedicated, Easy-to-Use Solutions
Hardware Vendors Offer Microsoft Internet Security and Acceleration Server 2004 in Dedicated, Easy-to-Use Solutions05/24/2004 02:15 PM When Microsoft talks with customers about the newest version of its
Microsoft Internet Security and Acceleration (ISA) Server at TechEd
today, it will have company. That's because ISA Server 2004 isn't just
the latest version of Microsoft's advanced application layer firewall,
virtual private network and Web cache solution. It's also the
foundation for a growing range of dedicated security hardware.
Product of the Day: Product Spotlight Supercomputing 2004 - Quadric Network Hardware
I like my iBook. Its name is Snowy. Here’s what it’s
missing:
A way to easily disable the caps lock key, for those of us whose
large clumsy hands keep hitting it by mistake.
Better yet, no caps lock at all: for such a rarely-used key it
takes up inordinate space on the keyboard. You could lock and unlock
caps by hitting Shift twice, no?
A low-wattage FM transmitter, so audio can be played through a
home stereo without mucking with jacks and cables.
Somewhere else for the CPU. Even with
ample circulation the heat
buildup under the heel of my left hand is annoying.
Better access to the function keys. I’m roughly four times
more interested in using f-keys than I am in Exposé or adjusting
volume or screen brightness, yet I have to use a combination of keys
to get to them.
A full stop/period/dot/whatever that doesn’t require the
shift key (particular to AZERTY keyboards
but a pain nonetheless).
The ability to close the screen without it going to sleep, so it
can operate as an unobtrusive stereo component, server, downloader,
whatever.
It should sense whenever I enter the room and immediately begin
playing Back in Black by AC/DC.
Just wanted to get that out.
New hardware
New hardware10/28/2003 11:09 PM For the first time in five years, I've decided to buy a new computer.
The decision was prompted by a recent "plug-and-pray"
problem: if my USB scanner is connected to my PC, the BIOS won't
boot.For a long time now...
Why I should not be let near hardware
Why I should not be let near hardware06/05/2005 11:10 PM I have this morning failed to install a new motherboard (an Asus
P4P800-E) on my machine. The little internal LED is on indicating that
power is getting to it somewhere somehow, but nothing else comes on.
Yes, I've checked that the internal power connectors are connected.
Tomorrow I will bring it to the friendly local computer store where
they they have the decency not to laugh at me until I've left....
Hardware Fun With Linux
Hardware Fun With Linux03/13/2003 10:16 AM I run Linux on a Sony VAIO PCG-FX200 laptop. For the benefit of
other Linux FX200 users out there, here's a summary of my hardware
experiences.
donations for new hardware
donations for new hardware12/29/2003 04:44 AM short on hardware .. needs your help .. PLEDGE WEEK .. needs
$20K
Hardware problems06/16/2004 09:05 PM This site was down for several hours due to a hardware failure. The
good news is the hard drive didn't fail as they feared - it just
needed a new IDE cable :)
Wikimedia
servers - Wikimedia's Meta wiki: Ever wanted to know exactly what
hardware powers Wikipedia? Here's a detailed list of their servers,
their CPU stats, and the OS they're running (all RedHat 9 or Fedora,
it looks like).
New: Hardware Monitor 1.007/22/2004 09:39 AM Marcel Bresink's Hardware Monitor reads all available hardware sensors
in Macintosh computers and displays the measured values in a variety
of ways.
Innovative Hardware11/04/2003 11:37 PM In this presentation see new features and hardware innovations from
Microsoft to make your PC experience more comfortable, productive and
personal... both in mice and keyboards, and in broadband networking.
Hardware failure
Hardware failure03/26/2005 12:57 PM SFC. American Democrats travel
to Iraq, talk to leaders, and come away impressed. The grind of
4th gen global guerrilla warfare isn't visible at the top. All
the well intentioned leadership in the world doesn't matter if the
state's system is fundamentally broken and unable to reboot.
Apple's Other Hardware Hit
Apple's Other Hardware Hit02/18/2004 10:45 PM As with the iPod, the hot Airport line of wireless-networking gear
shows that ease of use and an eye for coming trends bring outsize
gains. By Alex Salkever (BusinessWeek via MyAppleMenu)
Detecting hardware from outside the box02/05/2005 09:48 PM Linux comes with several good utilities for getting detailed
information on what's inside the box. Here are three recipes for
getting information from lspci, dmesg, and /proc.
As posted before, uControl makes
remapping troublesome analphabetic keys easy, e.g., putting fn keys
back into usefulness and killing the caps lock, though it does require
you to be utterly up to date, Panther-wise.
Jonathan also mentions the importer of some industrial
design porn from Japan: titanium/aluminium Powerbook and iBook
stands that solve heat buildup problems and which echo the seemingly
unkillable trend of vertically-oriented food in restaurants.
The heat under the left handrest can be reduced by NOT unchecking, as I had done, the option to
‘put the hard disk to sleep whenever possible’ when the
power adaptor is plugged in (thanks to Marshall Sokoloff for pointing out that
the disk, not the processor, is in that spot).
The glowing sleep light can of course be covered with white
electrician’s tape, much in the same way that the television
screen can be painted black whenever a Jude Law movie comes on.
Evolutionary Hardware
Evolutionary Hardware08/12/2004 04:31 AM Taking evolutionary concepts and applying them to artificial
intelligence software is nothing new, but suddenly, it's getting a lot more interest in the hardware field as
well (Salon stuff required). There's just one problem: even when
the evolutionary means come up with the necessary solution, it's not
always to figure out how or why. For some, this doesn't matter. If
they need the hardware to do something, and it does, they're perfectly
happy -- even if they can't explain it. For others, though, this is
troublesome. One other interesting aspect of this work is that,
apparently, some of the "evolved" hardware runs into patent problems.
This is particularly amusing, since patent protection should be
designed to stop humans from "stealing" ideas from others. However,
can you patent evolutionary ideas that a machine comes up with on its
own? It would be difficult to suggest that ideas where somehow
stolen.
Hardware lister A.01.07
Hardware lister A.01.0705/11/2004 10:27 PM A small Linux tool to provide detailed hardware configuration
information.
On Hardware Failures01/01/2004 02:15 AM One of the computer industry's dirty little secrets is hardware
failure. The few of us who work in, near, or otherwise around large
computer installations take this for granted. Companies like Yahoo
have people on staff that spend a lot of their time dealing with
failing memory, buggy motherboards, smoked power supplies, bad disks,
and overheating CPUs. Google, from what I read, doesn't even bother
anymore. But the larger world probably doesn't see this very often.
Many are likely just...
Karma and Hardware06/11/2002 01:01 PM Why is it that the same people tend to have the same problems year
after year with hardware? Is it Karma, or is it the operator?
Google Hardware12/19/2004 03:08 PM One petabyte of data in a cluster -- so much that hard disk error
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