Posts Tagged ‘ storage ’
Just found out that there is a new and exciting player in the low-end X86 market, today! NorhTec, a Thai company, has come out with a small netbook powered by 8 AA sized batteries. I checked out their product website and the netbook has a very exciting architecture. The main thing that made it stand [ READ MORE ]
Most technology sites today are reporting on the news that Microsoft is starting its patent attack on Linux. According to the news, it pertains to Microsoft suing a GPS device manufacturer (TomTom) for alleged infringement on Microsoft patents on the FAT32 filesystem. Sigh. This is again FUD. While I do agree that there are utilities in [ READ MORE ]
I would certainly like to see the Atom platform available in multiple form factors. One particularly interesting product that I would like to see it in is a network storage server. In fact, a recent article has mentioned that the Atom platform is excellent for running a NAS. However, the present offerings from Intel – D945GCLF [ READ MORE ]
I knew that it was too good to be true and it turns out that it was. There were lots of conflicting reports on an Indian $10 laptop. Turns out that the device is not a laptop but rather a storage device. So, instead of replacing the textbooks in class, they are going to replace [ READ MORE ]
This is another example of my engineer-ness. I was thinking about adding a computer to my car, what is known as a CarPC. Such a computer is typically used to provide music and videos for entertainment (it could also possibly be used to build a mobile WiFi hotspot if configured correctly). Anyway, I was thinking about [ READ MORE ]
The more I consider it, the less likely it is that I will ever buy myself a NetBook PC. A NetBook PC is basically a stripped down laptop that usually weighs less than 1kg and comes with a 10″ screen or so – basically a small and light laptop that you can carry around in [ READ MORE ]
Yeay! The three boxes of stuff that I sent home has finally arrived today. It took a little more than 2 months but all three boxes have arrived safely intact. I am a little excited that my stuff is all back, including my collection of hundreds of original DVDs. However, I am kind of in [ READ MORE ]
I know that most of my readers are not technically inclined. So, I will try to explain things as simple as I can. I have just built a Home Theatre PC (HTPC) prototype at home. My purpose for doing so is to get some performance numbers so that I will know what resources I’ll need [ READ MORE ]
I’ve always wanted to write about this as I’ve noticed that few people have encountered the phenomenon before. The topic has to do with the choice of archival media for long term storage. With the amounts of data that we generate today, whether it be videos, images or text, we need some form of method [ READ MORE ]
In light of recent developments in Malaysia, with the computers of certain prominent anti-establishment bloggers, consistently being confiscated for dubious investigative purposes, I thought that it might be a suitable time to write a little about information security. The whole idea behind information security isn’t to foil justice, but to make sure that the rights [ READ MORE ]