Can Money Buy Hard Drive Happiness?

Sep 7, 2010 | One Comment

Over on Lockergnome, there’s a popular discussion going on about the things money can’t buy. Several people have talked about how all of the gold in the world cannot purchase happiness or love. We already know this, right? It cannot fix broken hearts. It can’t guarantee you will grow old. The fun part of the [...]

How Do You Focus on the Task at Hand?

May 4, 2010 | 4 Comments

Sometimes, focusing our brain can be a difficult task. Things happen on a daily basis in our lives that end up muddling our minds. It becomes difficult to shut off the noise and truly focus on whatever it is we’re supposed to be doing. Even though the thoughts running rampant may be serious or life-changing, [...]

What Tech Do You Want?

Feb 15, 2010 | 5 Comments

Earlier, I posted a video asking which format you prefer our YouTube videos to be recorded in. Going a step further, I can’t help but wonder what it is that will make the community one big happy bundle of joy. What do you want to see? What directions do envision our community taking? For instance, [...]

Do We Take Technology Advances Too Far?

Feb 8, 2010 | 11 Comments

In the name of being the best, technology manufacturers are constantly pushing out new product, along with updates to older generation devices. Often, these new gadgets boast something new and improved, making our lives better in some way. Once in awhile, though, we get a product that makes us scratch our collective heads and wonder [...]

How Do You Defeat Jet Lag?

Dec 14, 2009 | 9 Comments

Dude, seriously – how do you get over jet lag without practically killing yourself? I was in Paris last week, to speak at the LeWeb conference. While it was a fantastic experience for me, I am still so tired I could die. Paris is nine hours ahead of the time here in Seattle. That is [...]

Do Your Research – on Every Topic

Oct 2, 2009 | No Comments

Earlier tonight, I put up a blog post discussing the possible trouble you can run into by using generic ink cartridges. Just a few days ago, I talked in another post about what a great deal they can be – for some people. This is why I always caution you to do your research. Not [...]

Future of the Data Center

Feb 28, 2009 | 2 Comments

Add to iTunes | Add to YouTube | Add to Google | RSS Feed The Microsoft Data Center Futures team built a prototype containing 100 dual-core Atom processors. They believe that data centers in the future will include many more low-power processors. This prototype is the first step in demonstrating their potential cost savings. This [...]

Top 5 Intel Processors

Dec 6, 2008 | 5 Comments

This is Aidan Allen’s submission for the HP Magic Giveaway. Feel free to leave comments for this article as you see fit – your feedback is certainly welcomed! If you’d like to submit your own how-to, what-is, or top-five list, you can send it to me. Views and opinions of this writer are not necessarily [...]

What is Intel’s Core i7?

Dec 4, 2008 | One Comment

This is Kyle Allen’s submission for the HP Magic Giveaway. Feel free to leave comments for this article as you see fit – your feedback is certainly welcomed! If you’d like to submit your own how-to, what-is, or top-five list, you can send it to me. Views and opinions of this writer are not necessarily [...]

Intel Leaves OLPC Hanging

Jan 4, 2008 | 19 Comments

Intel seems to be power-tripping lately, as they recently pulled out of the OLPC program for reasons described as philosophical disagreements with the founders. C’mon Intel, don’t you have a heart? This seems somewhat predictable, as Intel has been working on their Classmate laptop for some time now, a direct competitor to OLPC in many [...]

Processor Speeds

Aug 16, 2007 | 2 Comments

Chris | Live Tech Support | Video Help | Add to iTunes http://live.pirillo.com/ -Eric left a voice mail for me, wondering why his processor speeds sometimes have a large variance. The good news is, this doesn’t mean the processor is failing. Eric’s processor speed is 1.99GHz at times, and others it will be ‘down’ to [...]

What is Dual Core?

May 23, 2007 | 6 Comments

Click Image to Play Video http://live.pirillo.com/ – BigJohnMidland wants to know exactly what dual core means. Dual core refers to the number of processing cores in the processor package. So, in essence, with a dual core processor you actually have two processors. The advantage is that you can get up to twice the processing power. [...]

Intel Has an (un)Official Blogger

Oct 25, 2006 | 3 Comments

Josh from TinyScreenfuls just posted a mouthful: I want to start some conversation. I’m not officially authorized to speak for Intel on any matter (see my “Caveat Lector� disclaimer over there in the sidebar), but there are a ton of things that I can talk about. I’m just a guy, a blogger, who works at [...]

Hacking Netflix, Intel and Melodeo at Gnomedex 6

Aug 25, 2006 | No Comments

If you’re a movie junkie, you probably can’t live without your Netflix account. There’s one guy who knows Netflix better than anyone – Mike Kaltschnee of Hacking Netflix talks with Alex Williams at Gnomedex 6. Alex follows with a conversation about Intel. And this Gnomedex segment closes with Bill Valenti of Melodeo talking about the [...]

AMD Cares About Bloggers

Jun 9, 2006 | 6 Comments

So, it’s official – AMD is a Gnomedex sponsor. Didn’t take much to convince them, either – in fact, when we told them that we were bringing together some of the world’s most prolific and influential bloggers, they jumped at the opportunity. For you see, though AMD’s corporate policy currently does not allow for blogging [...]