Category: Computers

iOS: A visual history

Walk with us down a visual history of the iOS platform. From it’s early start with the iPod Touch, and iPhone, to the current day…

I don’t miss the 80’s — EZJTK9VXBJBQ

Do you miss the era of secret hidden codes in software manuals and books?  Where every sale was to an assumed software thief? To prove that you paid for this software, please open to page 55, paragraph 3, word 5….  Flip, flip, flip, What the ??? And then he said EZJTK9VXBJBQ to the computer. Sure, […]

Let’s get those photocopiers moving again, Microsoft…

Well, Microsoft is consistent.  At their Surface demonstration, it was like they had a bad transcript of the iPad launch.   On Monday, Microsoft held a secret press event in Los Angeles where it announced a new family of tablets under the Surface moniker. Along with Surface, the event revealed a branding shift for Microsoft, […]

LG Plasma Arc Display Panel – Burn Baby Burn

Whatever you do, do not try this at home. Overloading a Plasma TV to destruction, with a Microwave Transformer is extremely dangerous. That being said, it’s one heck of a light show… [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z5DwUugmyWIZZTIY-YIBZA]

Can I charge a computer through its USB port ?

I’m aware of no computer that can be charged using the USB port. Part of the reason for this, is that the power capacity of a USB connection is only up to 100 mA (milli-Amperes) at 5 volts, or half a Watt, or about 1/30 the power needed to actually run a typical laptop these […]