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Holographic Storage moved another step closer to the shop shelves this week with storage media company Maxell saying it will launch its first holographic storage products in September 2006. "Holographic storage works by storing information using light-sensitive crystals. Because it uses the whole volume of the drive (whose prototype looks somewhat like a floppy disk) not just the surface, it's possible to store much more information than is possible on a DVD." Read it here.
The Tech Zone have a few hints on how to stop Windows programs from running at Start-up. Most programs will give you the option of disabling their Start-up function but some don't.
Bit-Tech have a list of the 10 Things which will get you from being a PC n00b to a PC Dood in no time at all. Some very helpful rules of PC life, such a Never use any screen resolution under 1280x960! If you have a 15" CRT then still run it in 1280x, but use 60Hz and a magnifying glass.
Many people are familiar with Western Digital's fast 10,000 SATA hard drive. However, some of you may not be that familiar with RAID or have made assumptions on the technology without ever using it. Sudhian have a go at RAIDing the Raptor. OCAU actually did the same thing two years ago, with a Raptor review and up to four of them in RAID. We also reviewed the newer 74GB version.
A1 Electronics.net have posted a guide to Internet, web, e-mail security and ZoneAlarm. Read the article here.
Google seem to be buying up just about every useful Internet application they can find, and a few other things as well. CoolTechZone have a list of Google's Acquisitions and a few things to say about them.
Kim sent in this link for all those into the Wi-Fi scene. Instructions for building a cheap, simple and effective Deep Dish Cylindrical Parabolic antenna. Thanks Kim.
Virtual pets have come and gone over the years with things like cheap Tamagotchis and the not so cheap Sony Aibo. Well, now we have an onscreen pet in the form of Nintendogs. Bytesector have all the info.
Chowda saw this interesting article on /. about a 3d environment made in JavaScript. Seems to be built using the Canvas tag found in Firefox, Safari and Opera. Find it here.
Bona Fide Reviews have some information about Noise Cancelling or Noise Reduction Headphones. "Noise-cancelling headphones use tiny microphones that identify the noise or sounds outside the headphones and then work to cancel out the sounds."
Phoronix have Part 2 of their 5-Way Radiator Round-Up. Also read Part 1 if you missed it.
DVD burners can be found in just about every newish computer these days, and CD burners are on the way out. Flash memory drives are getting larger in their capacity also. So, why is it that most new (and not so new) machines still have a floppy disk drive? Die floppy die!
Nick sent this in. The Inquirer are trying to get ATI and nVidia to take each other on head to head. Actually, I thought they'd already been doing this for years.
Have a read of this article on XYZ Computing. One persons experience of moving from Windows to Linux for the first time.
For the Rev Heads, Forum goer outonanisland shows us what can happen to a diff if you don't do enough burnouts. Be warned, pictures of broken metal bits here.
FarCanal and several other people sent this link in. What is The Secret? Are we about to learn something truly earth shattering or is it just clever marketing by TV moguls? My guess would be the latter but we'll have to wait and see.
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