COMPUTER RECYCLING

Jun 18, 2001 | hardware

In addition to Hewlett Packard’s computer recycling service (see news item on May 29), the Press Democrat just published an article about a local company doing recycling. Computer Recycling Center at 3249 Santa Rosa Avenue will restore systems if possible,...

CDR PRICES TO RISE

May 10, 2001 | hardware

Stock up on blank CDRs! According to this article, a combination of circumstances is going to cause the price of blank CDRs to jump significantly in the next couple of months – as much as triple the current prices.

MICROSOFT CORDLESS MOUSE

Apr 22, 2001 | hardware

I should have expected that Microsoft would release its own cordless mouse, to counter the recent successful releases from Logitech. Here’s an early review of the Microsoft cordless mouse.

NO SUPPORT FOR BLUETOOTH OR USB 2.0 IN WINDOWS XP

Apr 10, 2001 | hardware, WinXP

Last week Microsoft announced that Windows XP won’t support Bluetooth. Today Microsoft turned its back on another emerging technology when it announced that Windows XP won’t support USB 2.0. Bluetooth and USB 2.0 have both received lots of publicity, but...

INTEL TO INTRODUCE 1.7GHz PENTIUM 4

Apr 6, 2001 | hardware

Keeping up? In a couple of weeks Intel will roll out a 1.7GHz Pentium 4 processor, and slash prices yet again on most of the rest of its processors. Dell has been doing a lot of price-cutting lately too. Buy a computer or two for yourself, okay?

SUPER MINI OPTICAL MOUSE

Mar 28, 2001 | hardware

Notebook computer users that are frustrated with their touchpad or pointing stick might want to check out the Super Mini Optical Mouse. Two and a half inches long, an inch wide – in the pictures they show it resting on the palm rest of a notebook. Looks like a...