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Future of Computing

Articles on the future of computing; a glimpse at our future computing technologies and how we will be effected by them.

Jan 10 2008

Could this be the end to Speakers as we know it?

In a strange twist, the British military discovered a revolutionary new method of converting ANY flat surface into a Loud Speaker. The flat surface could be anything from the screen your looking at to a Birthday card - the technology was accidentally discovered when trying to put a theory of sound deadening for military Helicopters into practice.

Jan 10 2008

New Mac Pro is an absolute beast

Forget dual or quad core, the latest Mac Pro will be shipped with a pair of Intel’s 45 nanometre Quad-Core Xeons, supported by 4 Terabytes of disk space! But it doesn’t stop there -

According to the press release, each processor is backed up by 12 MB of Level 2 cache, and the new high-bandwidth architecture runs dual-independent 1600MHz frontside busses with up to 32GB of 800MHz DDR2 RAM.

Jan 08 2008

Is it curtains for the HD-DVD format?

Warner have announced that they will now only support Blu-Ray. It’s a massive blow for the HD-DVD format, as Warner were the only film studio left to support both, with Walt Disney, Twentieth Century Fox, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and Sony Pictures all exclusively Blu-ray.

Jan 04 2008

Forget Lithium-Ion, think Silver-Zinc batteries

More powerful, safer and much more recyclable than Lithium-Ion; Silver Zinc batteries are set to be the new leader in battery power.

Jan 02 2008

Copying your own CDs, even for personal use is now illegal says RIAA

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Watch out anyone who has converted any of their own CD Music to MP3 to play on an DAP (Digital Audio Player), as the RIAA have recently stated that:

Dec 09 2007

World’s thinnest Television screens, not LCD but OLED

Brighter, Crisper and more efficient than current LCD screens, OLED displays are only 3mm deep.

Dec 07 2007

Largest LCD TV - 108 inch Sharp AQUOS

Sharp features the world’s largest LCD TV, the 108 inch AQUOS. Sharp officials said they want to show that LCD panels can be competitive with plasma and projection TV in the larger high-definition sizes.