Laptop or Tower by Alastair Harris
When asking the question which is better to buy a tower/workstation or a laptop the question used to come down to the size of your wallet. For a long time PC towers were simply cheaper than a laptop to buy. Normally half the price for the same specifications. ... In fact a workstation can be adapted into a full one stop office and multimedia center with a joint printer/fax/copier scanner, a digital camera, music player, DVD theater system, etc. ... You can add great extras like a 6 speaker sound system with sub-woofer so loud that when you play your latest shooter game, your neighbors ring...

How to Fully Customize your Desktop by Michael Cottier
Customizing your desktop is easy and fun to do. You can change everything from the sounds that your computer makes, to the screensaver that shows up during inactivity. But that’s not all that you can customize. Everything from the colors of your windows to the font that displays a program name... Then you can choose a background already available on the list, or you can click the “Browse” button and choose an image that you have made or imported from a digital camera. ... There are tons of free wallpaper’s available on the Internet, or you make your own using digital camera photos of your...

What is XBox360? by Anil Kumar Pammidimukkala
Xbox 360 is the successor to Xbox video game console from Microsoft. It was referred to in the past as Xbox Next or Xbox 2 or simply Project Xenon. Microsoft has scheduled its launch just before Christmas of 2005, the biggest shopping season although it was unveiled on 12.05.2005 on MTV. ... Accessories Designed for Xbox Live Xbox Live Camera The Xbox Live Camera for Xbox 360 lets you video chat and message with your friends and gives up the true gaming and entertainment experience. ... The Media Remote facilitates your entry into the world of digital entertainment by the touch of a...

Scan/Print/Copy Machines: Do They Live Up to the Hype? by Martin Coleman
Think Small. Think Cheaper. That's the way the industry seems to be heading these days. Laptops are outselling desktops in some places. Those who can afford them are buying Palm Pilots. Zip drives are nearly all but forgotten. CDs and CD writers are now as common as floppies were in a previous... You get a printer for about AU$70, a scanner for $90-$120, or get a cheap MFC for $90-$140 in which you get the scanner, you get the printer, you get a copier and in some cases a fax machine and/or a media card reader (for reading the memory cards used in many digital cameras), plus being able to...

Where Are The Linux Workplaces? by David Heffelfinger
When I was in college, lower level CS course assignments were done in DOS PC's networked through Novell Netware. Once a student got to take higher level courses, he/she was given an account into one of the department's SunOS Unix servers. Most students from basic courses suffered from "Unix... In many cases, Java applications are deployed to Unix servers, however most developers are given Windows workstations to work with. ... Most unsupported hardware have no place in the workplace anyway, I'm mainly talking here about USB devices like digital cameras and MP3 players.

Purchasing an Inexpensive PC by Rob Pirozzi
Personal computers have become relatively inexpensive, at least as compared to what they used to cost. There are now many sources for inexpensive PCs. This article will provide you with information on sources for low-cost personal computers, computer peripherals, and accessories. ... On-line retailers also typically have huge inventories including components, and consumer electronic items such as digital cameras, PDAs, and MP3 players. ... In many cases, PCs can be found for under $400, and even under $300.

Printer Buying Guide by Jeffrey Lawrence
Printers are essential peripherals, performing a critical role as they render electronic information into tangible records or material output. You’re simply not using your computer to its fullest potential if you are unable to print reports, presentations, letters, photos, or whatever it is you... PictBridge is a standard adopted by manufacturers of printers and digital cameras for PC-free printing, allowing photos to be printed straight from the digital camera to the printer by simply connecting them through a USB cable — as long as the printer and digital camera are compatible.

50 Uses for a Duplicator by Roy Worthington
The president of the Octave challenged me to come up with 50 uses for a Copy Master. Military distributing technical information via CD DVD Schools archiving student records Software Companies distributing software on CD DVD Real Estate Promotions (listings, photo tours, virtual tours? ... Extreme skiers can attach a camera to their helmet to film a radical descent. ... Manuals on CD/DVD Sending media rich newsletters that are too big for e-mail Archiving digital photos. ... Art galleries can create a disc full of the art on display.

Data Storage Media – A Guide to Selecting Media For Storing and Backing Up Computer Data by David Haysom
Data, or information stored on your computer, can either be held on fixed disk drives inside the computer or on removable media such as CD's that can be inserted and removed. Removable media can be used to transfer files between computers or to backup the data already existing on fixed disk drives. ... It is found in digital cameras, video game consoles and digital audio players. ... DVD (Digital Versatile Disk) Although DVD's have become more associated with video, they can also hold audio and computer data; hence their name Digital Versatile Disk.

Compact Flash Memory and Data Recovery by Bharat Bista
Flash memory gets its name due to its microchip arrangement in such a way, that its section of memory cells gets erased in a single action or "Flash". Both NOR and NAND Flash memory were invented by Dr. Fujio Masuoka from Toshiba in 1984.The name 'Flash' was suggested because the erasure... NOR flash that was developed by Intel in 1988 with unique feature of long erase and write times and its endurance of erase cycles ranges from 10,000 to 100,000 makes it suitable for storage of program code that needs to be infrequently updated, like in digital camera and PDAs.