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New Networking Speed Record Set — 186 GB/s
Think you have fast internet? Well, a team of physicists has just set a new world record for networking speed — a whopping 186 Gigabytes per second. Continue reading
Angry Birds Costs US Economy $1.5 Billion Per Year in ‘Lost Productivity’
According to recent data, Americans supposedly play a combined 200 million minutes of Angry Birds every day. When you do the math, that equals $1.5 billion dollars in “lost productivity” per year. Continue reading
ITRI and Transcend Create Epic 2TB Thumb Drive
ITRI and Transcend have introduced a flash drive that stores an amazing 2 Terabytes of data. Did we mention that this drive is only the width of a penny? Continue reading
Printable Sticker Will Keep Your Hard Drive Safe from the FBI
FAT (Free Art & Technology) has designed a sticker that lets you destroy your hard drive data at a moment’s notice. Just don’t forget the drill. Continue reading
The Death of Unlimited Data Plans for Verizon
Starting today, July 7th, you’ll no longer be able to get an unlimited data plan from Verizon. 10GB of data streaming, the highest tier package, will cost you around $80 per month. Continue reading
Earthlings Consume a Lot of Internet Data
In 2008, Internet surfing human beings consumed nearly ten billion terabytes of data. For the record, the largest hard drive widely available at retail is two terabytes. Just two. Continue reading
Homemade Data Rig Has 90 TB of Storage Cooled By 40 Fans
A Russian modder has crafted the perfect solution to limited storage space for all of those torrents you’ve been downloading recently. This homemade computer rig rocks out with 90 terabytes of storage. But 90 TB of computing generates a ton of heat, which is why this computer needs 40 fans to keep cool. More than enough space to download pretty much anything your heart desires, and to keep it around for a while. Hello “Disney Movies from 1937-2008″ torrent. Come... Continue reading
How The Internet Works (Infographic)
We use it for hours everyday. It changed the world and international culture. It set to work an era of communication which previously had only been the stuff of science-fiction. The Internet. While many of us have a rudimentary knowledge of how the net actually works, this infographic gives all of us digital laymen a better idea of just how data gets from point a to point b. Did you know that nearly a million MBs of data is transferred... Continue reading
Millenium Falcon Server Keeps Your Data Safe From the Death Star
Whether it be a simple place to hold your data or the sacred home of your personal website, you’d like to know that your information is kept safe from any evil forces. The Millenium Falcon Server may not look like much, but she’s got it where it counts. The Millenium Falcon is capable of outrunning Imperial starships. Not the local bulk cruisers, mind you. I’m talking about the big Corellian ships. Metropolis Creative used a model of the 1979 Millennium... Continue reading
Tweeting Shoes
Even if these shoes didn’t tweet, they’d be awesome just for the fact that they brand the image of the Twitter bird. I love that little guy. But factor in that these Rambler shoes actually send a wireless signal via Bluetooth, listing data about your walking speed and pressure, through your mobile phone and straight to your Twitter feed, and you’ve got a really techy pair of geek sneakers on your hands. Or on your feet rather. Not that anyone... Continue reading
