Tag archive: Computing

User-created passwords could one day become obsolete, if research led by Chun-Liang Lin at the National Chung Hsing University in Taichung, Taiwan, proves successful. The industrious team behind this groundbreaking new technology, which creates a fully-encrypted password out of a user's heartbeat, could forever change the way we access our protected and valuable personal information. Email passwords, bank account passwords, and more could… Read More

Tucked behind a protected website that is closed to the general public, Access Optical Networks (AON) has developed an exciting new way to utilize holographic technology and store a terabyte of data in a one centimeter cube. Holographic storage systems aren’t exactly new. They have been around for years, but have been met by various roadblocks due to rising costs and an unconvincing advantage over more conventional means of data storage. While… Read More

Want a $35 computer? Good news, your dreams are about to become reality! After a delayed release date, the low-cost USB computer units are finally leaving factories on February 20 and will be available on the market by the end of the month. The Raspberry Pi Foundation team announced yesterday that since production began last month, manufacturing teams faced a short setback when they ran into problems sourcing a specific model of quartz crystal… Read More

There has been some pretty neat stuff coming out of the IBM camp as of late. Earlier this week we got a glimpse of the company’s plans to further develop battery technology in electric cars. Now it looks like another research and development division at IBM is hard at work pushing the envelope, and expanding computer storage space on an atomic level. IBM is calling it Atomic-scale magnetic memory, and it could very well revolutionize the amount… Read More

If you are like most of us, you would rather buy a PC pre-built off the shelf and save yourself the headache of having to deal with part incompatibilities and the other problems that arise from building your own system. But with this new Cooler Master case, you might just want to take the time to learn how to make your own system, because the Cosmos II really offers up a unique, and high quality design. Products tend to come and go quickly in… Read More

In 2010, Internet Explorer for the first time dipped below 50% market share, an impressive slide from ten years ago, when nearly 90% of users decided on it. Part of the problem has been IE itself, as Microsoft’s development of the browser tends to be slow, but much of the blame for IE’s slide can be levied at the fact that there is actual competition in the form of Chrome, Firefox and Opera web browsers, all of which are now mature… Read More

Today, Kevin Mitnick is a security expert who infiltrates his clients' companies to expose their weaknesses. He's also the author of several books, including Ghost in the Wires. But he's most known as the hacker who eluded the FBI for years, and was eventually imprisoned for his ways. We had a chance to talk to him about his time in solitary confinement, hacking McDonald's, and what he thinks about Anonymous. Digital… Read More

Since details about the next-gen OS first began emerging, Windows 8 has been elevated to make-or-break status for Microsoft.  The tour-de-forces that are iOS and Android have been a major hindrance for the software titan, but the generally positive feedback surrounding Windows 8 has been promising for what some have called a dying brand. Today at the company’s BUILD developer conference, Microsoft offered the most revealing details of Windows 8… Read More

Speech recognition is being implemented in a variety of devices. From phones to desktop computers to tablets, this technology means you can use your electronics without lifting a finger and foregoing the keyboard. So how exactly does it work? Well we could explain it to you, or you could check out the infographic below, courtesy of Medicaltranscription.net. Enjoy! Created by: Medical Transcription

One of the newer buzzwords floating around these days is use of “The Cloud” or essentially being able to access your files from a remote location. We don't have it down to an easy science yet, but when we can make it happen it usually revolves around some kind of software, and the connection between two devices can be less than secure. The iTwin USB Remote File Access ($99) aims to make cloud computer more secure with a small… Read More

If you’re using your computer for gaming, movies, or music than a quality speaker system is essential. While desktops may come with some basic speakers and laptops feature chinsy built-ins neither is going to give you quality sound when you start to crank it up. Below we’ve gathered a list of our favorite computer speakers at a range of prices so there’s something for every budget. These systems should provide huge upgrade in sound quality over… Read More