Jun 29 2008
Case of USB 2.0 vs. IEEE 1394
The case:With newer hardware and better implementations, USB 2.0 challenges IEEE 1394 (aka Firewire) once again in the ultimate test of speed….who will prevail in the end?
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Archive for the 'General' Category
Jun 29 2008
Case of the RM150 DVD Player
For just RM150/£24/US$47, you could get this “ultimate” all in one DVD player that sports “Dolby AC3 and dts decoding” and ”High definition video output” using “Japanese imported microcomputer controller” from a company in Shen Zhen, China, known as Maike (迈科).
But does this DVD player lives up to its claims?
May 31 2008
PC Power and Cooling Myths
Probably you’ve heard people saying that the more fans there are in your PC, the cooler the components are going to be and hence, the longer their life span. Then, you came across technicians who claims that power supply units with large wattage rating will draw more power then lesser versions. Are these true??? Bits of Bytes will now debunk the two most common PC power and cooling myths!
May 31 2008
Case of the missing hard disk space
Newbies keep complaining that Windows ate their hard disk space because their 80GB hard disk showed only 74GB in Windows. So these really smart people hypothesized that formatting your hard disk takes 6GB out of your hard disk for Windows to play with. Is this true?
Mar 25 2008
New Server
After a bitter experience with Synapse Global Corporation, a hosting company that supposedly have good and long reputation, my service provider have finally moved away to GNAX.
Hopefully, there won’t be any server hard disk head crash anymore. I’ve devised a contigency plan and disaster management strategy too just in case it happens again.
Thanks alot to Mr. Caric Tan for losing his sleep trying to recover my data and Mr. Michael Foo for working tirelessly making ends meet.