Dan's DataNew and interesting computer hardware, gadgets and toys reviewed. And letters. Lots of letters.CS Hyde C4 NGen mouse mats- (Found July 2, 2008 ) Woven-substrate PTFE-coated shiny-metallic mouse mats. And they're not even expensive. But how well do they lasthttp://www.dansdata.com/ngen.htm Dan's Data letters 199- (Found July 2, 2008 ) Electricity from exhaust heat, AA-cell enlargers, the Power Conditioner of Mystery, unorthodox Spotlight charging, powering an emergency services office, hurting yourself with magnets, and hurting magnets back.http://www.dansdata.com/danletters199.htm Ask Dan: Can you put a VelociRaptor drive in a laptop- (Found July 2, 2008 ) The new SATA-disk speed king looks suspiciously like a laptop drive. And it kind of is - but there are some significant problems.http://www.dansdata.com/askdan00033.htm Meet the new DRM, same as the old DRM- (Found July 2, 2008 ) The idea of a one-play-only movie format isn't as old as the hills, but it's definitely older than VHS.http://www.dansdata.com/gz083.htm IDrive online backup service- (Found July 2, 2008 ) Take all of your most valuable data, and send it to some company thousands of miles away for safe keeping. What could possibly go wronghttp://www.dansdata.com/idrive.htm Dan's Data letters 197- (Found July 2, 2008 ) Deadly kitchen renovations, headphone impedance, clock voltage conversion, USB-rechargeable batteries, and musical sparks.http://www.dansdata.com/danletters197.htm |