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Backup Your Data With The Click Of A Button

By Chris Scott Barr on 01/13/09 • Leave a comment!

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By Luke Anderson

Backing up your important files is something that everyone should do. In the old days that meant using expensive media like tape drives and Zip disks along with hard to use software. Nowadays you can just pick up a cheap external hard drive or flash drive for your storage needs. As for software, there is quite a bit to choose from. One company has taken a slightly different approach to their backup solutions.

The ClickFree Transformer USB cable allows you to plug in your choice of USB hard drive or flash drive, and gives you access to their backup software. All you need to do is push the button on the unit. Once you set up the easy-to-use software, all you ever need to do is plug in a drive and click the button. Seems pretty simple to me. The $60 price is a bit steep, but at least you can use it on up to 10 computers.

[ GoClickFree ] VIA [ EverythingUSB ]

Max Burnet’s Private Computer Museum

By Andrew Liszewski on 11/24/08 • 3 Comments

Max Burnet's Private Computer Museum (Images courtesy CIO)
By Andrew Liszewski

I can’t think of a better way to waste a Monday morning than by clicking your way through an online gallery of classic computers. Particularly if it happens to be the collection of Max Burnet, which is considered to be the largest private computer museum in Australia. Burnet is now retired, but he worked as the director of Digital Equipment Corporation (before it was acquired by Compaq who later merged with HP) which explains how he was able to fill his 2 story suburban Sydney home with a vast collection of classic computers including everything from the first UNIX PDP-7 to a MITS Altair 8800.

Thankfully for us, he let CIO stop by and photograph his collection, and they’ve posted a slideshow with 52 zoomable images for your geeky gawking pleasure.

[ CIO - Slideshow - Tech of Yesteryear: Where Old Computers Find Their Final Resting Place ] VIA [ Slashdot ]

Pomera DM10 Takes Notes, Does Nothing Else

By Evan Ackerman on 10/21/08 • 6 Comments

By Evan Ackerman

The Pomera Digital Memo DM10 is one of those gadgets that is absolutely perfect for a very few people with very specific needs. You may be one of these people if you take a lot (like, seriously, a lot) of typed notes but can’t come up with a reason why you’d be better off with a netbook that can take typed notes and do a whole bunch of other stuff. I guess it could be that a netbook doesn’t have a full size folding keyboard like the DM10. A netbook doesn’t have a 20 hour battery life (on 2 AAs!) or 2 second startup time. And a netbook is going to be significantly larger and heavier, if only in a relative sense. But still… Is it really worth it to pay $270 for a monotasker like the DM10 when you could get a “real” computer like the Asus EEE for a mere $30 more? Personally, I’d say no, but that’s just because if I can’t get to the internet on it, it’s officially useless to me.

The Pomera Digital Memo DM10 will be available in Japan around November 10.

[ Impress (Translated) ] VIA [ Engadget ]

Nikon UP300x Headset Computer

By Evan Ackerman on 10/20/08 • Leave a comment!

By Evan Ackerman

Wearable computing hasn’t caught on nearly as much as portable computing, and I think there is a distinct possibility that it’s because you look soooo much like a nerd when you put on a pair of video goggles or a HUD. Some of us actually enjoy looking like nerds, though, and it’s this unfortunately unapologetic segment of the tech-obsessed that Nikon seems to be targeting with their Media Port UP300x “multimedia playback headset device.”

The UP300x a single integrated unit that incorporates a tiny fold-down VGA display (which is nonetheless the equivalent of a 50″ screen viewed from 3 meters), headphones, 8 gigs of onboard memory, A/V input, and some kind of WiFi that allows media to be downloaded directly to the device over the internet. There is some ability to browse the internet directly, but I imagine it must be impossibly frustrating. It’s got a USB interface and runs for a couple hours on 2 AA batteries. There are controls on the left earphone, but the UP300x also has a motion sensor that you can use to play, pause, and select video or music by moving your head around. ‘Cause that’s gonna look totally cool and all.

Read how this will get you killed, after the jump.… Continue Reading

Shuttle’s Latest Creation Features A Built-In 7-Inch Touchscreen

By Chris Scott Barr on 09/19/08 • 1 Comment

By Luke Anderson

Shuttle is well known for being a big player in the small form-factor PC market. I’ve owned a number of their barebones kits in the past, but nothing quite like their new D10 PC. Like many of their other products, it’s far smaller than your average desktop. However, what makes it stand apart from the crowd is the built-in 7-inch touchscreen.

The PC itself will be customizable with up to an Intel Core 2 Duo E4000 series CPU and 2GB of RAM. The LCD screen will operate at a resolution of 800 x 480, which would be a bit of a strain on one’s eyes unless they were using it to control media functions and such. The Shuttle D10 will be available later this week in Japan starting at a little under $500 (depending on the configuration of course).

[ Shuttle ] VIA [ AkihabaraNews ]

Frakkin (Computer) Toasters!

By Jonathan Kimak on 08/04/08 • 2 Comments


By Jonathan Kimak

A while back I did an article about a toaster inspired by Battlestar Galactica. Well now another innovation in toaster technology has brought us the toaster computer.

A modder from the website Impress converted a 4 slot toaster into a fully functioning computer. The toaster now has a 3600 MHz processor, 2.5 inch hard drive, DVD-rom drive and even a router. I’ve seen many other stealthy computers and most are quite clever. But I’ve got to admit that a toaster would not be one of my top choices for a unique computer case.

I wonder if the producers of Battlestar prequel Caprica will use this as an origin story.

[ Impress(Japanese site) ] VIA [ TechEBlog ]

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