Alex PC – the simplest laptop for your grandparents or children
Alexandra | 4:44 pm | March 5, 2010 | New Laptops
Almost all of us sooner or later are faced with the need of purchasing the first computer for grandparents (parents) or children. In this case you think about price and simplicity much more than about technical characteristics. So, meet Alex PC, the simplest laptop for those who are baffled by modern day technology. It was developed by the Broadband Computer Company in the UK and is based on the upgraded version of the 15-inch Clevo M760T laptop.
Alex PC uses the Linux operating system, but access to all the necessary functions is simplified as much as possible. To run a player client, a text or graphics editor just press one of the large icons tightly pinned to the desktop. All the new software versions will be downloaded to your laptop without asking any annoying questions (this point can be also considered as a problem for those who pay for internet traffic).
Users will not find usual user accounts with logins and passwords on Alex PC, instead of them each family member can use a personal password protected USB flash drive with desktop settings, personal files and other useful stuff.
The laptop is based on Intel Celeron T1600, has a 1 GB RAM, a hard disk of 120 GB, a Wi-Fi module, 1.3 megapixel webcam and a DVD-drive. All this user friendliness will set you back about 620 dollars.
USBee
Christine | 8:52 pm | March 18, 2008 | USB Flash Drives
It seems that today high-tech products manufacturers compete in foreseeing possible breakages in their products: Sony were the 1st to use a built-in gyroscope in their laptops, Apple have introduced MagSafe. And it’s not surprising, since mobile devices are used, and often abused, nonstop.
USBee flash drive is a concept created with the view of preventing losing important information by a careless move that can destroy any thumb drive sticking out of the usb port. This usb flash drive is supposed to have an elastic neck to be able to bend in any direction, and quite surprisingly it has something that you wouldn’t expect a flash drive to have – a cooling system.
The design itself is very nice, it probably should be sold with the following warning on the label: “Keep away from children, can be taken for a toy”.
Source: Yanko Design
USB Tannenbaum 2.0
maksim | 8:19 pm | January 18, 2008 | USB Flash Drives
Deep in the shadows of strangely silly and wonderfully childish Great Woods of USB Crap there exist bizarre little creatures that speak German and smell of fresh pine. Thallbach, a company from the town of
Germans have a special relationship with woods and trees. For them, a forest is a sacred place, a stage of ancient myths and fairy tales. Die bűrger from
If you are German and like to spend your time in a company of IKEA genocide victims then you will probably love the idea. For the rest of us, it is just silly to pay extra 50 euro for a chance to carry a piece of German tannenbaum in a pocket. And it is not stylish. A bit like wearing leopard skin pants- you will be the man of teenage dreams in urban
Source: Thallbach.de
Citius, Altius, Fortius!
Christine | 4:22 am | December 18, 2007 | USB Flash Drives
When ancient Greeks engraved these three words – Citius, Altius, Fortius – on the main entrance to the Ancient Olympic Games, they probably didn’t expect them to be used to such an extent they are these days. Technology has picked up the motto and new records are set quicker than ever before.
Today, the time lag between technology of a schoolboy game console and a NASA computer is no more than a couple of years. And the gap is getting smaller. Already, we expect our TVs to be slimmer than the chances of snow in
Source: Akihabara News
A Chicken In A Wallet
maksim | 4:59 am | December 16, 2007 | USB Stuff
Chopping things in halves, technology moves on. For an electronic device, being sleek and trendy is like being a fruit fly- you are dead before the time the sun sets. Piled up with brothers and sisters, you are not even given a chance to be forgotten after death- you are recycled the next morning, your plastic body having more value than your empty soul.
Fighting back, devices take shapes that fool human eyes. They aim for classic, well-known, timeless structures. Morph into things that people are familiar with, both in size and shape. Natural selection in a synthetic world.
A USB drive in shape of a business card that goes perfectly into a wallet is a perfect example. In the world of USB drives it is like being taken to a zoo if you are a chicken- the chances are you will still end up in a soup, but your life will be a warm and comfortable one.
Source: www.walletex.com