Are Gaming Laptops Worth the Price of Admission? by Jordan Hall
For years, the idea of a proper gaming computer has conjured up the image of a hulking desktop system, one that towers over the player and hums with the sound of the fans required to cool its powerful components. Notebook computers were always seen as the “little brothers” of their desktop... While it may not be as convenient as gaming on a dedicated desktop computer, it is now possible to enjoy the latest computer game releases on a portable system. ... At just about $2000, the S921 includes such features as a 1.83GHz dual-core Intel processor, 1GB of RAM, and a 256MB mobile video processor.

Electronic Media: Copying For Preservation by Phil Edwards
You’ve spend most of your young adult life recording every single episode of Seinfeld and Sex in the City – now you wish you’d waited until recordable DVDs had come out. Or your grandmother left you boxes of pictures and even old reel-to-reel movies, all crumbling and disintegrating, and you’d... It’s a good idea to make these copies for pre-teen children because of the damage they can do to CDs and DVDs; but you will need a special plug-in adapter for your video game console. ... Don’t do what some are doing, and copy the game, CD, or DVD before selling it secondhand; this is blatantly...

A Look At Dell Laptops by Josh A
All of Dell’s laptops feature Windows XP. Windows XP has standard for all operating systems to follow. All of Dell’s basic models features a slimmed down version of Windows XP Home, which provides excellent performance without the fluff. For mid-range and business oriented laptops, Dell provides... This port can be used to connect a video camera or similar devices, and perform functions such as importing video. ... The Dell laptop keypads are easy to operate input devices that are made to be portable but large enough to still type with ease.

New Compact Computer Pushes Limits of Mobile Productivity by Julia Hall
One way that people are always trying to push new technology forward is by packing more and more useful features into smaller and smaller packages. This has been achieved yet again with the introduction of a new portable computer called the S-XGen Ultra Mobile Personal Computer and... Since the hardware and software of the S-XGen Ultra Mobile Personal Computer and Communications Device are obviously designed for the ultimate in a marathon of productivity and communication, the device obviously needs a power source equal to the rest of its design.

Buying / Selecting Computer Components by Jason Barrett
This is the step takes the most time and consideration. Which parts do I buy? Which are best? There are many good places to buy computer parts. You can go to a computer retail store in your area. Although they often provide good warranties, you will pay a little more than you would in other... AGP is a special video slot, so buy a video card with an AGP form, Also check your motherboard has an AGP slot. ... Video Card - There are loads of different video cards on the market, when selecting consider these points.

Review - Sony PSP by Alex Mayo
I'm fairly certain there are folks at Nintendo feeling some serious self-loathing right about now. You see, back in the mid-90's Nintendo contracted Sony to develop a CD-ROM drive for the Super Nintendo. As the project progressed, a number of factors (one of them being the spectacular failure of... For the first time in history, Nintendo took second place in the video game console market, while fellow rival Sega got out of the console business altogether. ... Pictures and music are fairly straightforward, while video is less so, requiring you to convert it to .mp4 format and set up a...

Basic Technology History by Tyler D Falls
Online Technology Source Computers: First Computer Invented: Most people when they think of first computer invented they think Bill Gates. This, however, is not true, for the computer was invented long before Bill Gates was around. Bill Gates only revolutionized the computer, buy... Some Things You Can Do On A PDA: Get a Wireless Connection Surf the Web Play Music and Video Files Watch movies Using PocketTV Play a Game Use Your Pocket PC as a backup device Update Office Documents Download and read E-books Listen to Audio Books Connect to Windows servers using Terminal...

Flash 101 – The Basics by Maxine Winters
Have you ever been to a web site that asks you to download Macromedia Flash? Have you ever seen a Flash button on a web site that had a lot of animation and seemed very hi-tech? If so, you may have wondered what exactly Flash is. Flash is not a new technology, but it is still used in many... Once commonly heard complaint is that the software is very expensive. ... Finally, Flash can stream audio and video at the same time. ... Businesses started to pay web designers to design sites utilizing Flash.

CD Rom Copiers by Kent Pinkerton
CD-Rom means CD-Read Only Memory. No additional data can be written on these CDs once they are recorded. The recording of CD-Roms is done by the vendor and is called as stamping. However, the data from these CDs can be written onto other blank CDs using a CD-Rom copier with the necessary software. ... CD-Rom copiers make it easy to make copies of game CDs, which are all CD-Roms. ... Necessary software can be used to crack the file and include that too in the copied CDs. ... They use the copying software that is installed on the host computer.

Device Driver Basics by Stephen Bucaro
Most people understand that the "hardware" part of their computer is the real physical parts, like the keyboard, mouse, modem, hard drive and so on. They understand that the "software" is computer bits stored on the hard drive, CD-ROM, or other storage media. ... They provided video cards, memory expansion cards, input-output port cards, game port cards, hard disk interface cards, and much more. ... They used commonly available electronic components and they published every design detail (including the code), and they even provided plug in slots so that others could build components for...