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Microsoft's Courier 'digital journal': exclusive pictures and details (update: video!) -- Engadget
"It's under an inch thick, weighs a little over a pound, and isn't much bigger than a 5x7 photo when closed. Rather than Windows 7, we're told the Courier is built on Tegra 2 and runs on the same OS a... Read more
http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/05/microsofts-courier-digital-journal-exclusive-pictures-and-de/
Tags: microsoft, courier, tablet, mobile, journal, ebooks, innovation, hardware, ebook, technology Saved by: admin at 06 Mar 2010

Guide to Desktop Music Recording Software & Hardware - Popular Mechanics
With the right software and a few plug-in instruments, anyone (really, anyone) can be a rock star in his own home. Here's how to use a MIDI keyboard and software like M-Powered Essential and GarageBan... Read more
http://www.origin.popularmechanics.com/technology/how_to/4346428.html
Tags: music, recording, software, audio, studio, hardware, computer, guide, reference, tutorials Saved by: admin at 01 Mar 2010

MagSafe for the Rest of Us: A DIY Magnetic Power Adaptor
We all know that one of the most common places for a laptop to break is its power adaptor. The combination of being directly attached to the motherboard, heat, and constant moving and shifting leads t... Read more
http://www.instructables.com/id/MagSafe-for-the-Rest-of-Us-A-DIY-Magnetic-Power-A/
Tags: diy, laptop, howto, hardware, computer, hack, power, instructables, magsafe, projects Saved by: admin at 16 Feb 2010

Windows Phone 7 Series hands-on and impressions (updated with video) -- Engadget
Forget everything you know about Windows Mobile. Seriously, throw the whole OS concept in a garbage bin or incinerator or something. Microsoft has done what would have been unthinkable for the company... Read more
http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/15/windows-phone-7-series-hands-on-and-impressions/
Tags: mobile, microsoft, smartphone, windowsmobile, windows, hardware, news, phone, engadget, software Saved by: admin at 16 Feb 2010

Electronics
This is a site developed by my good friend Pat Hoppe and his colleagues at Gateway Technical College in Racine, WI. He made these flash animations to help his students practice the basics of electroni... Read more
http://cws.gtc.edu/programs/objects/electronics.htm
Tags: electronics, tutorial, education, diy, learning, tutorials, hardware, sensors, reference, lessons Saved by: admin at 12 Feb 2010


Gallery of Processor Cache Effects
On multi-core machines, caches encounter another problem – consistency. Different cores have fully or partly separate caches. On my machine, L1 caches are separate (as is common), and there are two ... Read more
http://igoro.com/archive/gallery-of-processor-cache-effects/
Tags: cache, programming, optimization, performance, hardware, cpu, memory, compiler, caching, c Saved by: admin at 03 Feb 2010

Fan maintenance - oiling bearings for fun and profit!
The most common, and cheapest, kind of fan bearing is the "sleeve" type. It's a simple design; the steel shaft just sits in a solid bushing. The bushing is likely to be made from sintered bronze, whic... Read more
http://www.dansdata.com/fanmaint.htm
Tags: technology, computers, hardware, maintenance, computer, oil, pc, howto, diy, fan Saved by: admin at 01 Feb 2010

Apple - iPad - Features - The best device for web, email & photos.
The best way to experience the web, email, photos, and video. Hands down. All of the built-in apps on iPad were designed from the ground up to take advantage of the large, Multi-Touch screen. And the... Read more
http://www.apple.com/ipad/features/
Tags: ipad, apple, technology, hardware, ebooks, websitesilike Saved by: admin at 28 Jan 2010

Apple - iPad - The best way to experience the web, email, & photos
Okay, so now it's out. Me, I'm going to wait until all the ruckus dies down, get a good look at one, and then decide whether I really need "3G":3G built-in - even though all my laptop and netbooks hav... Read more
http://www.apple.com/ipad/
Tags: ipad, apple, mobile, tablet, technology, mac, product, hardware, ping.fm, ipad Saved by: admin at 28 Jan 2010