Samsung paves the way for 32GB RAM

Remember back in the day how “512 KB used to be enough memory for anyone”.  Thankfully times have changed for the better.  With the ever increasing amount of graphical work that is done on our computers, we need to find ways for increasing the temporary stroage to handle all of that data.  Samsung is paving the way to 1TB RAM sticks…though you have to start small and work your way up.  Using 4Gb (yes bit) miniscule 50-nm DDR3 memory chips, *a world first*, allows Samsung to up the RAM ceiling a little further.  How high you ask?

• 16GB (now we can say byte), (at first, then raising to 32GB) for servers
• 8GB SO-DIMMS for home desktops
• 8GB SO-DIMMS for laptops

1TB RAM chips don’t look that far off now do they?

Souce: Engadget

Early PS4 info? (One single, tiny grain of salt falls from the sky)

As the title says, take this with a single grain of salt as the reality of it as of now looks highly unlikely.  Apparently Gaming Front has received a few early bits of information about the PS3′s successor…the PS4.  Alley Insider contacted Sony about the matter and of course they denied it.  But, given Sony’s history of denying products till their blue only to release them the next day has the credibility equally low.  What is “known” about the PS4?  

More Pre features leaked!

The Palm Pre is easily the most talked about Palm product to date and for good reason.  It is a revolutionary device that came not a moment too soon as a few more months and poor Palm would have been knocking on the treasurers door begging for money.  With hype and excitement come leaks of all different kinds.  Leaks are good, they show that the public actually wants to find out more information before said product is actually released.  In the case of the Pre two more interesting features have made themselves known tonight.  ”Drag to unlock” and a “Spacebar camera button”.  The drag to unlock sounds like a blatant rip off of Apple’s “slide to unlock and more or less is.  *Start flaming me now*.  However, Palm adds in a little twist.  Instead of a slider that only unlocks in one direction, they have instead opted to use a circle that you “drag” out of a circle in any direction making this an ambidextrous, one handed friendly method of unlocking, +1 for Palm.  The second is a “spacebar shutter button”.  Basically the “button” you press to take a picture is much bigger and easier to hit than Apple’s.  Another point for Palm.  I wish Apple would fix these things.  Things that people constantly ask for yet are ignored.  Ranting aside, Palm must be pretty happy with themselves.  A massive pay day is coming up for them in the near future.  Will you contribute?

Source: Mobile Crunch

Fuel Cell based battery charger coming in March

Fuel Cells have been the latest craze in the news the last couple of years reguarding cars. However, it might surprise you to learn that they can also be used in electronics. Toshiba will be leading the pack this March when they release their Direct Menthanol Fuel-Cell based (DMFC) chargers. After they conquer general electronic charging, look for cellphone and laptop batteries to be next on their list. What’s the benefit of fuel cells over batteries. Well long story short, they’re more versitile and you don’t have to “recharge”. Whatever the case, it will be interesting to see the cellphones with fuel cells.

Source: Engadget

Road sign hackery…(How to)

In crawling the internet I came across a very interesting (though probably illegal) how-to on how to hack the road signs and make them display whatever you want to say.  Cool…Until you get arrested.  So, continue on at your own risk to learn the quick and easy way to spread your message to the world.

Net Neutrality “Diagnostic Tools”

With all the talk of Net Neutrality and ISP’s filtering the packets that come and go, favoring some and giving the cold slow shoulder to others has drawn up quite a bit of debate.  The ISP’s see it as a way to “manage congestion”.  Apparently they’ve never heard of upgrading their networks to actaully be able to cope with demand.  I guess they can’t afford it after spending $50 million or so upgrading their corporate jet.  But I digress.  Are you curious as to if your ISP is doing some dirty work behind the scenes in regards to filtering/throttling your connection?  Google, along with Measurement Labs have released a set of tools that will allow you to do exactly what I mentioned above, determine if you’re connection is being filtered/throttled.  The goal behind the product is to let consumers have an option in seeing if the way they use the internet is being negatively affected giving them a chance to do something.  Though in reality there really isn’t much of anything you can besides get angry, swear, and throw things.  All jokes aside, the diagnostic tools are definitely handy to tinker with.  Head on over to Measurement Labs to quickly learn the dirty details about your connection.

Source: Slashdot, Measurement Lab, Good Gear Guide

COX to start discriminating between 1′s and 0′s.

The third largest cable provider in the U.S., COX, announced today (and rather bluntly) that they will be starting a test in Kansas and Arkansas.  Now no one really likes tests.  We get the bad exposure to them starting early in life in school and it doesn’t get better from there.  The poor residents of Kansas and Arkansas get to be the latest digital guinea pigs.  What kind of test is COX going to be doing?