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RIP Sir Clive Sinclair: British home computer trailblazer dies aged 81

Got my interest in computing, will be missed.

I got into IT because of a humble Spectrum 48k hand me down.

10 PRINT "HELLO AFTERLIFE - Sir Clive Sinclair."

20 GOTO 10

RUN

Floppy disk drives jam James Bond theme

Ode to Joy

Has anyone tried this on their HP Scanjet by selecting SCSI ID 0, then hold down the green 'scan' button on the front whilst powering on the scanner. Its pretty easy to do requiring no tech knowlege at all just remember to set your SCSI ID back:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sKeXOa2sYSw

Fanboi called 911 repeatedly because iPhone didn't work

Jail Breaked

Is that some new way of JailBreaking

Mozilla eyes multi-threaded webpage rendering

MOAR!! Memory

I wonder if it means more memory used per thread, FireFox might end up using up a gig of memory if you go by current standards.

HP breakthrough to hasten flash memory's demise?

Write Cycles

The one thing that puts me off from current SSD technology right now is the limited write cycles of the nand flash, once they sort that issue out I'd have no problems adopting to SSDs.

Ten... 40-42in net connected HD TVs

Plasma + Backlit = Divide By Zero

I didn't think plasma display needed a backlit source since each set of pixels produce their own light, or am I missing something about the CCFL bit.

Top Ten Arcade Classics

Metal Slug

What no metal slug

USB fanboys teased with 16-port hub

Current Draw

Wouldn't the psu be really big for that, around a whopping 8amps maybe 9amps at 5volts considering overheads aswell, the power connctor doesn't look sturdy enough for that kind of punishment.

Adaptec disappearing down rabbit hole

RIP

I've still got alot of their raid and scsi products in use, some of them more than over 10 years old and still going strong. Shame what a waste.

Ten free apps to install on every new Mac

Why CCC Carbon Copy Clone

Why use CCC when Disk Utiility lets you do the same.

Sharp Aquos LC-46LE821E 46in quad-pixel TV

need input

What no component inputs and vesa wall mounting capability. For something state of the art its lacking in a couple of basic features.