The Future "Mobile Me" iPod from Apple and Intel by John Thomas
I was reading an article today and my light bulb finally went on - Blam! I really got how cool the Apple and Intel deal is… I spend a fair amount of my time working with startups and I am convinced that 95% of innovation occurs in small companies. Only a small percentage of these fledgling... With the next-gen iPod, you will be able to move away from the download model and subscribe to real time media and entertainment. ... If they deliver you a phone + music + email + video + browsing + fast broadband that is easy to use and easy to update; and all for under $500.

Some Important Things To Look For In A Hard Drive by Cedric Dirose
There are many components that make a computer run, but the hard drive is of course one of the most important. If the hard drive fails, the computer will quickly become unusable, so it is important to choose this vital component with care, and to shop around for it carefully. ... As more and more of us download music, movies and photographs to our personal computers, the need for storage space has increased exponentially, creating a need for bigger and bigger hard drives. ... Seagate and Western Digital are two of the largest drive manufacturers, but there are a number of other excellent...

A Peek Into the Near Future of Electronics Technology by Terry Mitchell
How long do you think DVDs have around? 20 years? 10 years? Actually, they have only been around for about seven years, but it seems like they have been around much longer. Many of us can hardly remember life before DVDs. That can be attributed to how rapidly we can become acclimated to some... In order to receive digital signals over the airwaves, you must have a digital TV set (one with a digital tuner inside) or an analog TV with a set-top converter. ... Cable and satellite TV also use digital formats, but unlike broadcaster signals, their non-High Definition digital signals are...

Bluetooth in the Home Office by R Heavner
Bluetooth is a wireless communication protocol that provides a method of wirelessly exchanging data between bluetooth enabled devices. Unlike Wi-Fi which requires more power to operate and a separate configuration for each device, Bluetooth requires low power consumption, is relatively simple to... Wirelessly upload and print photos from a Bluetooth enabled digital camera. ... Upload and download data from your PDA without wires. ... If you enjoy music while you work, Bluetooth enabled stereo headphones are available.

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. ... The upside… Larger storage space – hold more data than a CD Can be filled with nearly everything; video, music or computer specific data A base speed of 1.32 megabytes/sec The downside… Many older computers do not have a DVD-Rom drive installed Can be recorded on only once...

The Era Of Minidisc by Thomas Mcgilchrist
The MiniDisc (MD) was first introduced to the market by Sony in 1992 as a replacement to the audio cassette. Developed during the late 1980's, MD used a magneto-optical system to store data recorded in real-time on a rewriteable medium. The data could be randomly accessed allowing for quick... The ATRAC compression rate of 292kbps, called SP, allowed for 60, 74, and 80 minutes of music to be stored on a disc that could hold 20, 25, and 28 minutes of music in CDaudio quality, .WAV format. ... In 2002, Sony introduced NetMD, which allowed for the transfer of music files from computer to MD...

Xbox 360: A Revolution in Console Gaming by Mitchell Medford
It wasn't so long ago that kids who got the "new" Nintendo 8-bit gaming console or the Sega system for Christmas were the envy of every less fortunate and burned out Atari owning neighborhood playmate. As time elapsed, Super Nintendo, Sega Genesis, and NES's Turbo Graphix 16 became all the rave. ... Far more than a video game console, the Xbox 360 is a total media center that allows users to play games, network with other 360 owners; rip, stream and download all types of media, including high-definition movies, music, digital pictures and game content, as well as play DVD movies and audio...

Waiting for Windows Vista by James Hayes
Windows XP have started to show their age, as they have actually been around for more than four years. Microsoft has already released two service packs to patch up to correct some security issues with XP, and the number of added patches is sufficiently large. ... It will allow users to sort lists by artist, album, year, music genre and rating that the user will have to specify. ... Another new feature of Vista will be Windows digital Gallery, an effort by Microsoft to add functionality similar to that of Apple's iPhoto, to Windows.

Palm Pilot PDA-Your Life In Your Pocket by M Johnson
Palm pilots used to be big, bulky, slow and could barely hold phone numbers of all the people you knew. In today's fast moving world of technology a PDA can store thousands of contacts, schedules and appointments, but it does not stop there. These little pocket PC units can play MP3 music files,... Able to synchronize data with a desktop or laptop PC, even send wireless messages from PDA to PDA, making it easy to transfer data and get upgrades. ... Adding software is a simple as putting in a card slot.

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? ... Music! ... Of course custom CDs can be assembled from a private music collection or other sources. ... Manuals on CD/DVD Sending media rich newsletters that are too big for e-mail Archiving digital photos.