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Question: What are anti-static bags?

Published by KC March 27th, 2007 in Hardware and Question. 0 Comments

I must admit, the question didn’t arrive with the above phrasing. I changed the equivalent of funny looking bag with warnings on it to ‘anti-static bags.’ Most, if not all, electronics are now coming in silver, pink, or another unique styled bag and covered with warnings about static electricity. Computer components, cell phones, and even […]

An interesting example of Radio Frequency Interference.

Published by KC February 27th, 2007 in Hardware, Blog Post and Communication. 1 Comment

I refer to a news report on CNN.com regarding a military radio frequency band are garage door openers.
Suddenly, the FCC Rules outlined on the backs of electronics mean a lot more to some people than they used to. Primarily the rule that states, “This device must accept any interference received, including interference that may cause […]

How many cores are in a Core and Core 2?

Published by KC February 22nd, 2007 in Computers, Hardware and Question. 3 Comments

Q: I’m very confused about dual core processors. There’s dual core and Core 2 duo and Core, etc. How can I make sense of all of this? What is a core?
The Core line of CPUs is either one of the greatest blunders or greatest anti-competition smokescreens it’s ever mustered. I don’t believe that I can […]

PC Purchase Series: What is an IEEE card?

Published by KC January 29th, 2007 in Computers, Hardware and Series:PC Purchase. 0 Comments

IEEE is an international organization made up of engineers that sets standards for the computing industry. For example, wifi is IEEE Standard 802.11. When referring to an ‘IEEE card’ in a computer, it’s actually an IEEE 1394 card, which is otherwise known as ‘Firewire’. It’s similar to USB. Since USB 2.0 was released a few […]

PC Purchase Series: What is a FLASH MEDIA READER/WRITER and do I need this for my new PC?

Published by KC January 23rd, 2007 in Computers, Hardware, Question and Series:PC Purchase. 0 Comments

There are a lot of new portable storage solutions these days. Cell phones, digital cameras, and now even game consoles like the Wii can all take advantage of this technology. The technology is called flash memory. It’s special because it doesn’t require any power to save the data and it’s incredibly small. The memory cards […]