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Dell laptop explodes at Japanese conference

Thursday, June 22nd, 2006

Courtesy of The Inqurier: (The article is useless without pictures, so I didn't bother with copy and pasting) http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=32550 It goes to show how dangerous electronic devices can be, Dell or non-Dell...

Smuggling Computer Parts

Wednesday, March 29th, 2006

I read on a HK computer hardware forum that some guys need to buy and install new computer hardware in secret because they're afraid that their wives would know. Some commented that some wives would get their husbands to open up the computer case (no, no, no, the wives won't ...

Kids, Don’t Try this at Home

Saturday, January 7th, 2006

I've seen videos of burning CPU before, but none as dramatic: http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=5393904704265757054 What I'm most impressed with is that the guy took away the heatsink with his bare hand...

Computer Problem Solving Flowchart

Sunday, September 25th, 2005

Ed just sent me this... I think I should find a way to model this in my project...

Computer Security

Monday, June 6th, 2005

Random thoughts: I hate it when people says "I don't care about security" when I told them about how some software may be more secure/insecure than others. I hate it not because I care about whether their credit card numbers get stolen (if they don't take the basic measures to protect ...

Surge Protection

Sunday, May 15th, 2005

The ceiling light just flashed once, and my Winamp paused unexpectedly twice, and everything went back to normal...  Should I be getting a surge protector?

Research Paper Generator

Friday, April 15th, 2005

I believe that's what Gary was talking about:http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=22550 Jeremy Stribling and two fellow MIT graduate students wrote a computer program to generate research papers complete with "context-free grammar," charts and diagrams. They submitted two of the randomly assembled papers to the World Multi-Conference on Systemics, Cybernetics and Informatics (WMSCI). One of the papers, ...

AMD - Best CPU Manufacturer according to Intel

Friday, April 15th, 2005

AMD CAUSED something of a ruckus last night by winning the Computer Trade Show award for Best CPU Manufacturer at a shindig sponsored by Intel.Awards, presented by Intel, were given out throughout the night. However, the Intel lady left the AMD award until last, and walked off the stage rather ...

MSN 7.0 Freezing

Friday, April 15th, 2005

Stupid MSN 7.0 kept freezing after getting connected...  Just don't have the patience to try to locate the problem and fix it now...

6600 GT vs. X800 XL

Friday, April 1st, 2005

Just to see how many people who are into computers check this blog... 6600 GT vs. X800 XL, which has a better bang for buck?