Amazon surprised a lot of folks when the company unveiled plans to develop a fleet of flying drones that could deliver packages weighing 5 pounds or less to customer’s doors in a matter of minutes. But Amazon is hardly alone in this endeavor. TacoCopter wants to deliver Mexican food by air (but probably won’t be […]
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Lilbits (10-21-2013): Is Android only kinda open source?
Google’s Android operating system is open source… but many of the apps that make Android what it is are not. The Gmail app, Google Play Store, Google Play Music, YouTube, Google Maps — they’re closed source. Over the past year or two, Google has started offering many of these apps for download from the Play […]
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Breathing new life into an old laptop for under $100
A few years ago I spent close to $600 on an Asus UL20A notebook. In 2009 it represented a good mix of features I was looking for: It had a larger screen and keyboard than a netbook, offered similar battery life, and much better performance. The Asus UL20A has been out of production for a […]
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OCZ drops out of the RAM market to focus on SSDs
OCZ Technology has announced that it will stop producing computer memory, instead focusing on solid state disk storage. The company will exit the DRAM module space by February 28th. While OCZ isn’t exactly a household name, the company makes pretty well-respected computer products including desktop and laptop memory, SSDs, power supplies, flash drives, and peripherals. […]
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OCZ offers sub-$100 32GB SSD
Solid State Disks or SSDs offer a number of benefits over traditional hard drives. They tend to be faster, and because they have no moving parts they’re more durable. Sure, you get a limited number of write cycles per disk, but that number is high enough that you’re not likely to kill your SSD in […]
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OCZ launches netbook SSD line
OCZ has announced a series of PCI Express solid state disks designed for netbooks. The SSDs come in 16GB and 32GB versions, and are available with PATA or SATA interfaces. The SATA version clocks in with a 110MB/s read speed and a 51MB/s write speed, while the PATA version is noticeably slower with a 45MB/s […]
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Closer look at the OCZ Neutrino DIY Netbook
The OCZ Neutrino DIY Netbook is made for people who aren’t satisfied picking up computers that only come in a handful of preselected configurations. The netbook ships with a 10.1 inch, 1024 x 600 pixel display, a 1.6GHz Intel Atom N270 CPU, 802.11b/g WiFi, and that’s it. You need to supply your own hard drive […]
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OCZ launches Neutrino DIY netbook
OCZ may have started showing off its Neutrino netbook a few weeks ago, but the company’s making things a bit more official now with a real web page, pricing information, and a ship date. At first glance, the Neturino DIY netbook looks a lot like other mini-laptops. It has a 1.6GHz Intel Atom N270 CPU, […]
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OCZ announces barebones netbook with DIY hardware
OCZ’s upcoming Neutrino netbook looks like a pretty standard mini-laptop at first glance. It has a 10 inch, 1024 x 600 pixel display, a 1.6GHz Intel Atom CPU, 2 USB ports, an ExpressCard slot, and VGA output and weighs about 2.9 pounds. But here’s the interesting bit: You can choose your own hard drive, RAM, […]