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The super Dell XPS 630

by David Allen on May 21st, 2009
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As far as PC’s go there are simply just too many to choose from, so it depends on what you want do on the computer, it seems that gamers are the most demanding of computer users and therefore computer makers are now producing machines that are designed specifically for the gamer market. This is the Dell XPS 630, a gaming machine that appear to have fashioned itself on “Knightrider ...

MacBook Hack - How to Make MacBook Run Faster!

by max on April 28th, 2009
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Well, the Ken Mingis over at ComputerWorld has figured out how to make a Macbook run faster, simply by swapping out the harddrive with an SSD, read more there. As I’m wont to do whenever I get a new computer, I ran a quick Xbench benchmarking test. The results were about what I had expected — in a good way. The faster SSD yielded an Xbench score for the MacBook of 144. That&# ...

Desktop USB 2.0 external hard drive

by David Allen on April 15th, 2009
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This is great way of storing your data, photos, music and videos without having to store it on a computer, this will the user the move from computer to another without the fear of losing anything or not being able to get into files and folders etc. It is ideal for both business and home use and will free up valuable hard drive space from a Mac or PC. Product Features and Technic ...

Harddisk Hack - How to Make a Harddisk DataLocker!

by max on April 6th, 2009
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Download latest version of Flash to view video!. Click Here to View in Full Screen Mode A sophisticated harddisk datalocker using a PIC microcontroller might not be what you had in mind for securing your data but this guy has done just that, all colorfully illustrated with detailed instructions. How to turn and ordinary external harddrive into a datalocker using only a PIC microcontroll ...

The ImageMate 12 into 1 reader

by David Allen on April 6th, 2009
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This sort of device comes in very handy when there are different cards to be read, these days memory cards come in all shapes and services and but they are not going to be a problem when the user has this device to call upon when needed. Product Features and Technical Details Product Features Transfer, print, email, and display images with the touch of a button Hi-Speed USB 2.0 c ...

EZ Grabber for video capture

by David Allen on April 3rd, 2009
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This is ideal for people who want to transfer film from video to their computer, sounds idea! Well it should be as there are many people around who are in this predicament and time is running out, because video tape are fragile and can easily get damaged. Product Features Easy to use push to start push to stop capture button; USB 2.0 PnP Interface Real-Time MPEG 4/2/1 encoding ...

DIY Hard Disk Clock for Sale on Etsy!

by max on March 23rd, 2009
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Remember the wall clock made from a hard disk? Well, there’s an Etsy seller who’s selling this-style of hard disk clock for $32. It’s sold out right now but this is an awesome clock to get if it’s available again soon. This is a real 3 1/2in computer Hard drive converted into a desk clock with a quartz drive movement installed. The clock measures roughly 4̸ ...

USB Hack - How to Turn a USB Flash Drive into a Local Hard Disk!

by max on February 7th, 2009
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GetUSB.info has a great write up on how to turn a USB Flash drive into a local hard disk. This might be a great way to stick everything you need in a USB if you happen to use multiple computers on daily basis The process of turning a USB stick into a hard drive is fairly easy. However, there are limitations. For example, this works best with Windows XP operating systems. You also ...

DIY HardDisk Christmas Tree!

by max on December 17th, 2008
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Check out this really cool DIY Harddisk Christmas tree. Of course, don’t forget about my Soju Christmas tree and the LED Christmas tree either. At our work we were decomissioning six old HP/Compaq servers to clear up space for new servers and, naturally, each server had a fairly large raid array. Instead of formatting every hard drive (would have taken weeks performing a DoD lev ...

Computer DIY - How to install a IDE hard drive

by andrew on November 20th, 2008
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Need that new hard drive, but don’t know how to go about installing it? Well, it’s super easy. Even this guy can do it: According to him, just slide the wires over and insert your hard drive. That’s what she said, too! Oh man. I’m so funny. ...