Computing

Just in time for the back-to-school season, Walmart has started selling a $298 PC, the Everex IMPACT GC3502, which will come pre-installed with Microsoft Vista Home Edition and software provided by OpenOffice.Org, the open-source office suite. The system will come loaded with an 80 GB HDD, 1.5 GHz VIA C7 CPU, 1 GB of DDR-2 SDRAM, integrated graphics, and the ...

Apple fans are in for exciting times the next few weeks. Sources are reporting that the new iMac could be announced on August 7. Also being reported is the possibility for the announcement of the new iLife suite, which would boost the Mac name for back-to-school season. The iMac update would mark the first major upgrade of the desktops since ...

Those of you into hacking your mobile devices will be pretty amazed by this. Second Life resident Wrestling Hulka has hacked his Nokia n800 device to run a limited version of the Second Life platform. How limited is the software when running on a mobile device? Let’s put it this way. Hulka says that he can pretty much only IM ...

Researchers have been working for decades to develop a productive use of one of Earth’s most renewable energy sources, the wind. The problem lies in having enough wind to power a large area of space. These flying windmills would fly at heights of 15,000-30,000 feet, and could easily supply enough power to everyone on the entire face of the Earth. ...

So do we Mr. T, so do we. Mr. T1 is a stand-alone bandwidth meter that provides a cross-platform solution to keeping an eye on your bandwidth levels. Mr. T1 will keep a constant look on yo jibba jabba-ring internet connecton. If your connection speed ever reaches that of a standard T1 or higher, the program will play one of ...

� From what seems to be in direct relation with the announcement by Taiwan with the same goal, the city of Seville, Spain is planning a complete overhaul of their traffic light system by transferring to LED-based bulbs, removing the less eco-friendly and worse performing halogen and incandescent lights currently in service. By the time Seville has all of their ...

Cool gadget aficionado’s Brando have given us such classics as the USB heated mouse and the USB Mini Fridge. Next up is the USB Can Cooler. This new design features a wrap around body, compared to the standalone plate the previous version used. The new design helps ensure your beverage is completely surrounded by your temperature of choice, either hot ...

How unfair is this? Some 75-year-old woman is lucky enough to have a son who’s a big shot in the internet business, so she gets the fastest internet in the world. Jeez, she’s going to use it with her foot on the break anyway. Sigbritt L�thberg is now the lucky owner of 40 Gbit/second pipe, which is capable of downloading ...

In 1995, Peng Shulin was in a catastrophic accident. As a result of this accident, Peng’s body was cut in half by a truck, and yet, he miraculously survived. After being bed-ridden for over a decade, Peng has been given a second chance at walking with a new bionic suit made by the fine people at the China Rehabilitation Research ...

Although the iPhone is pretty revolutionary already, there remains some kinks in the chain and even some missing links. Sources are reporting that a very major iPhone firmware upgrade might be coming very soon. This firmware upgrade is rumor to include a full file browser, such as the browser for Windows Mobile, except with Leopard coolness, and also the addition ...