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Computers With Alternative Energy Sources

NEC just recently developed a new high density fuel cell to power PDAs and laptops. Meanwhile SolarHost is a relatively new ISP/site hosting company whoes server farm is powered entirely by photovoltaic cells. And I just read about Australian plans … Continue reading

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Make your own DSL!

The rarity and expense of DSL is totally bogus. Robert X. Cringely shows you the truth the baby bells don’t want you to know. Probably isn’t legal in some parts though.

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Some Interesting Articles about Cluster Computing

Your old 486 has the potential rival the big iron of supercomputers. You just need the right sort of software or coding skills and a whole bunch of old 486s hooked together via ethernet. The idea is called distributed computing. … Continue reading

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Turning a computer into a DVR

My urges to abolish any form of push marketing in my life compel me to investigate digital video recorders. But then my urges to only spend my money on real hardware compel me to investigate software that will convert a … Continue reading

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