- Google Chromebooks: A First Look
- Aug 25, 2011
- Michael Miller discusses these new Chromebook computers and offers his first impressions.
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- Google Nexus 7 Review - An Android Developer's Perspective
- Aug 6, 2012
- Shane Conder and Lauren Darcey explain how developers should be ready for the Nexus 7.
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- Great Age Entertainment Gadgets
- Dec 30, 2005
- Many of us grew up with radio. Some of us grew up with vinyl records and black-and-white television. We have all watched technology bring us new and better ways to entertain ourselves. We now have satellite radio, digital video recorders, portable music players, and noise-canceling headphones. The array of gadgets and gizmos that were made purely for our listening enjoyment is astonishing. This chapter details some of the most exciting media gadgets on the market.
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- Hack This: Milkymist VJ Console Hackerspace Project
- Dec 7, 2011
- After years of using ordinary PCs for interactive VJing, the team at Paris hackerspace /tmp/lab decided to build their own, creating Milkymist, a custom board that generates visualizations based on sensor input and musical rhythms.
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- Handling Computer Hardware in a Computer Forensics Investigation
- Jan 6, 2015
- As an aspiring computer forensics investigator, you should develop an understanding of computer hardware, for a number of reasons. This chapter from A Practical Guide to Computer Forensics Investigations covers the importance of being able to recognize different types of computer hardware; the various disk drive interfaces that an investigator can encounter; the types of devices used to forensically extract data from different storage devices; the variety of storage media used and how this evidence should be handled and analyzed; and
the use of storage media in actual investigations.
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- Hardware is from Mars; Software is from Venus
- May 9, 2003
- Software is from Venus, and hardware is from Mars (or, to ruin the allusion for sake of accuracy, Vulcan). Software is the programmer's labor of love, an ephemeral spirit that can only be represented. Hardware is the physical reality, the stuff pounded out in Vulcan's forge β enduring, unchanging, and often priced like gold. Winn Rosch helps sort through what's what and how to make it all work together.
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- Hardware Replication Challenges
- Jan 23, 2004
- This article describes the challenges of keeping valuable hardware-replicated data safe, the different types of data replication, and the procedure to access a hardware-replicated set of data.
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- Hello iPad, Goodbye Laptop: Part 1
- Nov 1, 2010
- In Part 1 of a multi-part series, James Kelly describes realities of using the iPad in lieu of a laptop.
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- Hello iPad, Goodbye Laptop: Part 2
- Nov 2, 2010
- How do calendar and scheduling services compare when used on the iPad versus other devices? Author and professional blogger (and iPad owner) James Kelly gives you the answer.
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- Hello, Samsung Galaxy Tab
- Feb 15, 2011
- James Kelly introduces you to the Galaxy Tab and explains how it works, shows you some of its core features, and demonstrates why you should give it serious consideration as an iPad competitor.
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- Home Automation Made Easy: Introduction to Control Protocols and Automation Process
- Dec 23, 2013
- This chapter explains why devices must talk to each other in home automation systems. It also covers how they communicate (the protocols) and what triggers events that lead to actions.
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- Home Networking: What Type Is Best?
- Apr 19, 2002
- This brief guide to building a home network helps you decide how each device should relate to the others. Your determination will be based on what you need the network to do, cost, need for speed, and how much you plan to grow.
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- How Chips Are Designed
- May 2, 2003
- Can't keep up with the ever-changing semiconductor sector? Learn how chips were designed 10 years ago and the drastic changes that process has undergone, along with current problems and future trends.
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- How Electronics Work: Measurement Theory
- Aug 9, 2002
- As you're talking on your cell phone, are you also pondering the magic and scientific theory behind wireless communication? Here is your chance to learn about the theory behind your cell phone and other electrical instruments.
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- How Hardware Will Shape Languages
- Oct 13, 2010
- Until about a decade ago, programming languages led hardware design, with new features being added to chips to make it easier to implement existing language features. More recently, the trend has started to reverse. David Chisnall looks at the challenges that new processor designs pose to language designers.
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- How It Works: Virtual Memory
- May 21, 2008
- David Chisnall looks at some of the challenges involved in implementing virtual memory on modern hardware.
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- How Mobile Networks Work
- Mar 14, 2013
- This chapter describes how cellular networking works — and how these networks relate to the other wireless networks you employ on a daily basis.
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- How Motherboards Conduct a Symphony of Data
- Dec 29, 2014
- In this excerpt from How Computers Work, 10th Edition, learn how motherboards work, including details on CPU, chipsets, and PCI-Express slots.
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- How the Amazon Kindle Fire Compares to the Apple iPad 2
- Dec 21, 2011
- Canβt decide between purchasing an Apple iPad 2 or a Kindle Fire tablet? Jason R. Rich compares the two popular tablet devices, and outlines some of the pros and cons of each.
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- How the iPad Air Compares with the New Microsoft Surface 2 Pro Tablet
- Mar 21, 2014
- With the introduction of its iPad Air and iPad mini with Retina display, Apple continues to dominate the tablet computing marketplace and holds a significant global market share. In this article, Jason R. Rich compares the iPad Air with the Microsoft Surface 2 Pro tablet.
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