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Library of Congress unveils plan to preserve recordings

Brittany Hillen, Feb 14th 2013 Discuss [1]

The Library of Congress has unveiled its National Recording Preservation plan, which involves preserving the US's "recorded sound heritage" for generations to come. The plan is mandated by Congress, and is composed of 32 recommendations encompassing both the public and private sectors. Issues concerning inadequate storage space and other problems will all be addressed. Read The Full Story

Google unveils the Nelson Mandela digital archives

Ben Kersey, Mar 27th 2012 Discuss [0]

Google has today announced that the Nelson Mandela multimedia archive has gone live. The archive was part of a $1.25 million grant to the Nelson Mandela Centre of Memory in order to bring photographs, recordings, and documents to the web. The Centre is based in Johannesburg, South Africa, and is dedicated to thoroughly documenting Mandela. Read The Full Story

If Silence is Golden this little hack is priceless – quiet your HDDs

James Allan Brady, Apr 11th 2008 Discuss [1]

Some guy came up with one of the most ingenious uses of elastic since putting it in clothing. He used bands of elastic to suspend the hard drives in his computer thus reducing the noise made by his hard drives. Picture courtesy of Jason at HACKS Read The Full Story

DIY instant messenger online contact signalizer picture frame thingy – says the creator

James Allan Brady, Apr 9th 2008 Discuss [0]

This nifty little gadget was created in an effort to make it possible to see who was online from across the room, or just in passing. So he took some pictures of the few people who he truly cared when they were online, put some LED lights behind them, and then did a lot of more technical stuff to make the lights light up when that person was online. Read The Full Story

Memory Infinate USB Drive – Connect them to expand your storage space, create jewelry

Chris Scott Barr, Sep 25th 2007 Discuss [1]

There are so many USB flash drives on the market these days that it's hard to find a design that it unique. The Memory Infinite USB drive is however, one of the most original concepts I have seen in some time. Read The Full Story

iPod Touch – A case of identity crisis

Chris Scott Barr, Sep 17th 2007 Discuss [5]

When is an iPhone not an iPhone? When it's an iPod Touch. Apparently the iPod Touch is having a bad case of identity crisis. On more than one occasion, it will try to convince you that it is really an iPhone. Read The Full Story

Electric Spin the Bottle – For those too good to spin a real bottle

Chris Scott Barr, Sep 17th 2007 Discuss [0]

Kids have got it so easy these days, what with cell phones, high-speed internet and all of the other cool technology that wasn't around when I was a kid. Heck, I remember when I was a teenager the game Spin the Bottle actually required the use of a real bottle. Thankfully youngsters don't have to deal with all of the problems that arose from using a glass bottle. Read The Full Story

Samsung 64GB SSD is now available on Alienware and Dell Laptops

Satsuki Then, Sep 11th 2007 Discuss [0]

Samsung has just recently announced its 64GB 2.5 SATA Solid State Drive (SSD). Dell and Alienware have already made the newly announced 64GB SSD drive available to its customers on some laptop models. Read The Full Story

CEDIA 2007 – Terra Speakers CA Series

James Allan Brady, Sep 7th 2007 Discuss [0]

The CA series, much like their AC counterparts, are meant to stand up to all the elements. The only difference is that this time, the speaker company from Maine made them flush mountable. There are 8 models in this line, ranging from 5.25” all the way up to 8 inches. There are dedicated woofers, speakers with dual voice coils to cover the highs, and Mid/Bass speakers. Read The Full Story

Apollo IM – iPhone Native Instant Messenger Application

Satsuki Then, Aug 27th 2007 Discuss [0]

At this moment the Apollo IM only supports AIM chat protocols with limited features. You can see your buddy list, send, and receive messages. Not much options available yet at this moment such as notifications. Read The Full Story

Insect Vacuum – It sucks big time…literally

Satsuki Then, Aug 24th 2007 Discuss [3]

I always thought bugs and insect zapper was a crazy idea, and as of today that opinion of mine is off the table. Introducing the “insect vacuum”, a small gun-like mini vacuum that sucks up insects. The catch is you have to be within the range of its sucking power, which is around one to two inches. Read The Full Story