“In three years time, desktops will be irrelevant.” – Google Europe’s John Herlihy, 2010
Google’s a great company with typically great foresight. Having recognized the significant market trends that drive its industry, such as the rise of mobile Internet usage on smartphones, Google adapted its core business model from one providing search based advertising into [...]
Posts Tagged ‘PC’
In Defense of the Desktop Computer
March 4th, 2010
Posted in Google, Internet, PCs and Laptops 
Tags: cloud, Cloud Computing, desktop, desktop computer, Google, mobile computing, PC, smartphone 
No Comments »SmartLeaf PC really turns the kitchen into the household hub…
September 22nd, 2009
One of the coolest things about technology is seeing how companies implement it in different and novel ways, such as Asus’ soon to be released Eee Keyboard or Fujitsu’s Q1500 ESPRIMO mini PC. Now, a company called Originatic has patented a unique wall mountable PC kiosk that would be perfect as a hub in any connected home.
The SmartLeaf PC [...]
Big Possibilities, Tiny PC
September 7th, 2009
Remember when computers were the size of rooms. Me neither. But I do remember when I got my first tower PC. It was almost three feet tall and took up most of the space under my desk. It was hot, used tons of electricity, was filled mostly with empty space, and by today’s standards had [...]
ASUS Eee Keyboard Releasing in October…
August 23rd, 2009
This has to be one of the coolest product announcements to cross the Tech Clicker desk in a while (well at least in our two weeks of existence). The Asus Eee Keyboard is a fully functional desktop PC smashed into the form factor of…wait for it…a keyboard. Having been premiered at CES 2009, only now [...]
Belkin Gigabit Powerline HD kit’s awesomeness confirmed…
August 20th, 2009
It doesn’t get any easier than powerline networking. Just plug in both ends to an AC outlet
and you’ve got an instant, reliable, secure network without the cost of stringing CAT5 cables
through your walls. That’s why I’m always interested in hearing about powerline networking
products, such as this recent release from
Netgear[http://www.techclicker.com/2009/08/netgears-powerline-av-adapter-kit-with-ethernet-swit
ch/] and
now[http://news.prnewswire.com/ViewContent.aspx?ACCT=109&STORY=/www/story/08-20-2009/0005080522
&EDATE=], the Belkin Gigabit Powerline HD [...]
Posted in Networking, PCs and Laptops, Powerline Tags: computer, ethernet, homeplug, network, networking, PC, powerline No Comments »World’s Fastest 128GB Flash Drive
August 13th, 2009
One of the more interesting (and less useful) projects I undertook a few years back involved creating a bootable USB flashdrive. The concept was simple…install a version of Linux (via PenDriveLinux) to a USB flash drive and carry your entire computer and files with you in your pocket. Then, simply plugging the flash drive into [...]
Posted in Flash Memory, PCs and Laptops, Storage Tags: computer, flash, memory, PC, USB 6 Comments »
