PC hardware

Self-Powered Parts Are the Future

Slashdot: Hardware - 8 hours 27 min ago

bossanovalithium writes that an umbrella group including Japanese heavyweights like Panasonic and Toyota is working on bringing the price of self powered parts down to levels where they can be mass produced: "The idea is that the parts will make external power sources redundant — because they can convert energy from body heat, light and vibrations straight into electricity. Self powered electronics have already sporadically been used in technology like wall-mount remote control units for air conditioners, says Nikkei, but existing parts are bulky and cost a couple thousand yen a piece. 3,000 yen is about $35 — which means they're not the best bet, financially, yet."

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Best Way To Archive Emails For Later Searching?

Slashdot: Hardware - 9 hours 20 min ago

An anonymous reader writes "I have kept every email I have ever sent or received since 1990, with the exception of junk mail (though I kept a lot of that as well). I have migrated my emails faithfully from Unix mail, to Eudora, to Outlook, to Thunderbird and Entourage, though I have left much of the older stuff in Outlook PST files. To make my life easier I would now like to merge all the emails back into a single searchable archive — just because I can. But there are a few problems: a) Moving them between email systems is SLOW; while the data is only a few GB, it is hundred of thousands of emails and all of the email systems I have tried take forever to process the data. b) Some email systems (i.e. Outlook) become very sluggish when their database goes over a certain size. c) I don't want to leave them in a proprietary database, as within a few years the format becomes unsupported by the current generation of the software. d) I would like to be able to search the full text, keep the attachments, view HTML emails correctly and follow email chains. e) Because I use multiple operating systems, I would prefer platform independence. f) Since I hope to maintain and add emails for the foreseeable future, I would like to use some form of open standard. So, what would you recommend?"

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Hands-on With the iPad Alternatives On Display at IFA

Slashdot: Hardware - 11 hours 30 min ago

Barence writes "This week's IFA show has seen a flurry of Android-based alternatives to the iPad emerge from leading manufacturers. The Samsung Galaxy Tab made a strong first impression on PC Pro's reviewer. The 7-inch tablet's TFT screen 'beams forth with rich, saturated colours and wide, wide viewing angles,' the device is capable of Full HD playback and the TouchWiz UI is 'clearly intended to draw customers away from the iFamily.' Elsewhere, ViewSonic has launched a pair of 7-inch and 10-inch tablets, the larger of which dual boots into either Android or Windows 7. 'Our first moments with Windows 7 were surprisingly painless, too: we expected the Atom processor and 1GB of memory to be horrendously sluggish, but it wasn't the case,' PC Pro reports. Finally, Toshiba's 10.1in Folio 100 marries Android 2.2 with Nvidia's Tegra 2 platform to deliver 'mighty graphics crunching power.' The build quality left a little to desire, though. 'The 14mm thick chassis feels lightweight, and even relatively gentle twisting motions left the Folio's plastic body creaking under the stress.'"

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HDD Docking Station

Geekzone forums: Desktop computing - 13 hours 59 min ago

hey guys,

i was wondering if anyone could recommend a HDD docking station that supported both IDE/SATA 3.5" drives.

i like the look of the Freecom Hard Drive Dock Pro here http://www.expansys.co.nz/d.aspx?i=195453

but dunno how good it is or how trustworthy expansys' is.

some info would b good

cheers

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The State of Household Robots

Slashdot: Hardware - 16 hours 19 min ago

paulelaguna writes "The dream of owning a household robot is starting to become reality, particularly for people in Japan. There are robots to help you do the dishes, move furniture, and even robotic wheelchairs to help you get around. Really, the only question that remains for us is when do we move?"

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Desktop PC platforms

Intel Products - 16 hours 51 min ago

Desktop PC platforms based on the Intel® 965 Express Chipset, combined with the Intel® Core™2 Duo processor delivers incredible performance and innovative capabilities for digital home and digital office customers.

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My new computer

Geekzone forums: Desktop computing - 17 hours 49 min ago

Hi so I am building a new PC here are the components i wish to use.

Case: Antec Three Hundred

Ram: Corsair XMS3 DHX TwinX DDR3 PC10666/1333mhz CL9 2x2GB

Graphics: Sapphire Radeon 5750 1GB

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA P55A UD4P

Proccessor: Intel Core i5 750 Quad

Moniter: AOC 2236Vw

Hard Drive: Western Digital Caviar blue WD5000AAKS 16mb 500gb

Power Supply: Corsair CMPSU 520HX 520w

Windows 7 Home Premium

Please let me know what you think?

Cheers

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System Builder Marathon, Sept. 2010: $2000 Performance PC

Tom's Hardware - Mon, 06/09/2010 - 06:00

We bolstered our latest high-end build with a six-core CPU from AMD and two super-fast video cards from Nvidia. Is it possible to fit uncompromising performance within a $2000 budget? Remember, you can even enter to win this potent behemoth; just read on!

Video card - Nvidia - Advanced Micro Devices - Hardware - Personal computer

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