Category Archives: Computers & Technology

Will the Xbox 360 Have An Achilles Heal?

The Xbox 360 is promising to be a phenomenal console. But despite all the bells and whistles and an improved game selection, it may still have an achilles heel that keeps it from grabbing new buyers from Playstation. Not only will the slick xbox 360 design build on the grean and black of the original, […]

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Will The New Microsoft Mini PC Take Over From MP3 Players And Mobile Phones?

The new mini PC from Microsoft, which currently has the concept name “origami”, was shown off at a technology trade show in Germany at the beginning of March. The end-product name for the computer has not yet been finalised, as “origami” is only a nickname which has been used by engineers during its development. The […]

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Will New Batteries Make Laptops Truly Mobile?

Current laptops or notebook computers have one major obstacle to overcome: short battery life. Despite their sleek style and ever increasing higher performance levels, laptops have never been truly mobile. With batteries averaging around 3 to 5 hours of usable power, most laptops are limited in the amount of time they can spent away from […]

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SMS Text Messaging … 21st Century Vice or Virtue?

The Short Message Service (SMS), more commonly known as text messaging, is currently the most used mobile phone service. Frantic wrist action is enjoyed everywhere, even to the point of etiquette, as consumers are spotted texting in restaurants and bars, at weddings and in meetings. The semi-anonymity of ‘text’ seems key to its popularity, as […]

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Smartphones

What’s the craze all about? If you haven’t heard of smartphones, we’d like to learn where you’ve been hiding all this time. Smartphones have been all over the news and chances are, you do know what they are – only you know them under a different name. Smartphones are mobile phones with computer like capabilities. […]

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Will Directv HDTV Be Revolutionary?

When we speak of transmission of pure digital television, we mainly talk about its reception and display of the signals. These signals come to us through the broadcasting over air or by transmission through the satellite system or cable system in our houses. There is a class of Direct TV that is getting a lot […]

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