IT researchers have questioned how long Moore's Law can stand true. They say that without development of new technologies, like light or quantum computers, computing speeds cannot continue to double every two years. But, Dr Stuart Parkin, an experimental physicist … [Read more...]
ASUS Z97I-PLUS Intel Core i5 Client Build
I was tasked with building a fast, small Windows 7 PC for an important client recently with reliability and performance the main concerns. I chose the Mini-ITX form factor for obvious reasons and an ASUS Z97I-PLUS motherboard, Intel Core i5 4460 CPU, along with … [Read more...]
Bittorrent download PC Mini-ITX, Intel CPU
I really don't like having my expensive workstation PC running as a BitTorrent client overnight (or at any time) because let's face it, you are open to hackers for many hours at a time with open ports etc, so I decided to build a power efficient, Mini-ITX box … [Read more...]
Kilobytes, Megabytes, Gigabytes & Terabytes explained
Today I would like to demystify the kilobyte issue and explain why there are sometimes large differences between an advertised devices' capacity, and the capacity that same device displays in Windows and other operating systems. I will also explain the difference … [Read more...]