Believe it or not: A 5MB hard disk drive of 1956

This is the hard disk drive with a memory of 5MB in 1956. In September that year, IBM launched the 305 RAMAC, the first computer with a hard disk drive (HDD). The HDD weighed over a ton and stored 5MB of data. If the hard disk was so big, what would be the size of a CPU?

Let us start appreciating the 4GB drive of the 1990's lying down somewhere in the corner of the attic. » Continue reading

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Lenovo Y300 and Y500 notebooks

Lenovo's Y300 and Y500 are feature rich notebooks incorporating biometric face recognition technology that enhances data security and allows the notebooks to be used by multiple users seamlessly. Additionally the Y500 has advanced Dolby home theater, a Shuttle Center for easy navigation between TV tuner card that combine together to make it an ideal notebook for multimedia enthusiasts. The Y300 and Y500 is ideal for the home and SOHO user.

The face recognition feature is supported by Veriface software. It creates a digital map that becomes the system's 'password'. The technology recognizes multiple users and logs onto the windows operating system and other applications without requiring users to remember a single password. In the event of an unauthorized attempt, the notebook photographs the user and stores the image in a log for verification.


The integrated Dolby home theater that is built into the notebooks allows listeners to hear music, movies and games and enjoy surround sound experiences in a variety of playback environments. For listeners who enjoy music or movies late at night, the Lenovo Y500 offers virtual surround sound over any set of headphones. For listeners at home who need a simple, inexpensive way to enhance their entertainment, the notebook delivers virtual surround sound using just two speakers.

The lenovo 3000 Y300 & Y500 are available exculsively in India. The Y300 costs Rs.61,990 while the Y500 is priced between Rs. 31,990 and Rs.69,990. » Continue reading

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Looking for the meaning of your life? Try Google!

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Genius Navigator 380 - the optical mouse with a VoIP phone

Taiwan-based Genius' Navigator 380 is a VoIP mouse that can support up to six instant messengers (IM) like Skype, MSN, Yahoo, GoogleTalk, QQ and AIM and combine these IMs into one window. Besides, there are seven buttons in Navigotor 380 especially for the phone functions -- phone on/off, list up/down, volume up/down.

Mouse Buttons


Phone Buttons

Genius Navigator 380 can be carried along with a notebook and features a 1,200 dpi optical engine. The LED on the mouse blinks when there is a call through the IMs. And if the PC speaker is on, the ringing will also alert an incoming phone call. The mouse opens like a clamshell mobile phone. The Genius Navigator 380 is available in India for Rs.1,850 (INR). » Continue reading

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Believe it or not: Iceberg Ahead!

Now you know why the Titanic sank. A rig manager for a marine drilling company in Newfoundland clicked this photo. Ships have to be diverted for miles away from these icebergs, which look smaller from above the water than their real size underwater. The weight of this particular iceberg is estimated to be around 300,000,000 tons! » Continue reading

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Online oafs

BT's Home IT Adviser service has published its quirkiest conversation with tech-hassled customers. Here are a selected few:

Adviser: Press any key.
Customer: I can't find the 'Any' key.

Customer: My mouse pad isn't wired up.
Adviser: I'm not sure I understand, your mouse pad shouldn't have any wires.
Customer: Then how does it know where the mouse is?

Customer: I met a man on the Internet, can you give me his phone number?

This takes the prize.
Adviser: You have spyware on your machine.
Customer: Spyware? Does this mean that they can see me getting dressed through the monitor?

Laugh not, they walk among you! » Continue reading

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Can't find a microphone in an emergency situation? Don't worry, use your headphones (earphone)

Have you ever come across a situation where in you have to have an important online discussion with some one and you are running out of a microphone but you still have a headset (earphones)? Here is a trick by Robin Good where in you can convert your good old spare headset into a live working mike by just plugging in your headset into the microphone jack of your computer. I've tried it myself and it really works, although the sound quality is not as good as a real microphone as told by Robin. But who really cares as long as you are able to get your job done with this workaround in an emergency situation.

Tech-Recipes has detailed step by step instructions to use your iPod headphones as a microphone.

Sometime back I had accidentally plugged in a microphone into the headphone/speaker jack and guess what? Yeah, it worked like a speaker! » Continue reading

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