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December 10, 2008  11:43 AM

Happy 40th birthday, computer mouse!



Posted by: GuyPardon
Apple, cool, desktop, fundamentals, gadgets, geek, hardware, history, invention, learning, science, Technology, tool

first mouseToday the computer mouse celebrates its 40th anniversary.

Pictured is version 1.0, held held by inventor

May 22, 2008  11:55 AM

What is the missing link of integrated circuitry? The memristor!



Posted by: GuyPardon
conversation, education, fundamentals, hardware, history, innovation, invention, learning, memory, Storage, Technology

The discovery of Thursday's Word of the Day, memristor, has been theorized about since 1971, when the possibility...


March 28, 2008  8:53 AM

Video: IBM Rolls Out New Mainframe, the z10



Posted by: GuyPardon
data center, energy efficiency, hardware, IBM, mainframe, operating systems, server, video, YouTube

John Belmont demonstrates IBM's newest mainframe, the Z10. It has a starting price of about a million dollars. [kml_flashembed movie="http://www.youtube.com/v/LN4J4mClckA" width="425" height="350" wmode="transparent" /] IBM asserts that it represents...


March 19, 2008  3:17 PM

Video: Project Blackbox Tour



Posted by: GuyPardon
data center, hardware, innovation, Mobile, Sun Microsystems, YouTube

Sun Microsystems uploaded this tour of their "data center in a box" to YouTube. [kml_flashembed movie="http://youtube.com/v/Hp3QxlSK9Kc" width="425" height="350" wmode="transparent" /] I have to admit, I'd be a bit more excited if


March 19, 2008  2:52 PM

Overheard in the Tech Blogosphere: Project Blackbox = a “data center in can?”



Posted by: GuyPardon
blog, business, data center, energy efficiency, enterprise, hardware, innovation, quotes, Virtualization

"All told, I really like the idea of my brand new datacenter rolling in on the back of...


March 17, 2008  10:20 AM

Video: Sony’s flexible OLED



Posted by: GuyPardon
cool, desktop, display, gadgets, hardware, innovation, invention, media, Mobile, multimedia, Technology, video, YouTube

This clip demonstrates a prototype of Sony's flexible OLED display. The color screen is only 0.3mm thick and fully flexible, even while content is being player upon it. ...


January 4, 2008  11:40 AM

The future is now. And the silicon cockroach has evolved and flourished



Posted by: Ivy Wigmore
Apple, Audio, Bluetooth, futurism, gadgets, geek, grayware, hardware, messaging, Mobile, MP3, multimedia, science, Security, Technology, telephony, texting, traffic, trend

It's sometimes said that the only constant that you can count on is change. Change is necessary, after all -- "Adapt or die" being an imperative of the natural world. And perhaps even more so in the world of technology... These are the sorts of thoughts that occur as I poke around in the...


December 4, 2007  2:54 PM

Year in Review: ‘Tis the season for the top tech trends and tools of 2007



Posted by: GuyPardon
AJAX, Amazon, applications, backup, blog, buzzword, cloud computing, commentary, communications, culture, Development, downloads, e-cycling, green, hardware, humor, innovation, Internet, invention, listings, Mobile, nanotech, open source, resource, reviews, science, social publishing, telephony, tool, trend, Web 2.0, Web applications, Web services

Ah, December. The first real snow has fallen here in Boston, the malls are full of holiday shoppers and the blogosphere and pages of industry mags are full of annual summaries of the best and worst of the year in technology. We'll be coming out with our own most notable word of the year, as you'd...


October 24, 2007  1:09 PM

Went to Vegas, lost my RFID (chips)



Posted by: SarahCortes
business, hardware, useful

I've always considered RFID to be "neat technology".  I knew that Walmart was starting to mandate the use of RFID by its many suppliers, but beyond that, I never really heard of any practical, "real world" use of the technology.  I guess some credit card suppliers were considering it (or perhaps...


September 14, 2007  11:45 AM

Printer technology to deliver medication



Posted by: SarahCortes
hardware, invention, medicine, science, Technology

I'm sure we all have an old laser printer or two around the house - you know, the one that's sits in the corner unplugged, gathering dust.  One of these days, we'll put it up for sale on eBay or Craigslist.  One of these days.  Well, that printer just might contain technology that can aid in...