New Computer Things

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New Computer Things
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Hard Drives 50th BirthdayRAMAC (Random Access
Method of Accounting)

• weighed a full ton and was about the size of a
  refrigerator
• Contained fifty 24-inch disks, coated with iron
  oxide.
• Held 5 MB. This gave it a density of about 2,000
  bits per square inch.
• Leased for 35,000 annually. That's 250,000 in
  today's dollars. About 10,000 per MB
• Todays advertisement had a 750GB drive for 370.
  About 50 Cents a GB

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45 min training 2 hour tour 45 to 65 Between
80-250 lbs and gt 18 Helmets provided 10, 2
Mon-Sat 1 Sun
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How automatic softbots can work well??
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Virtual Keyboard for PDA, Tablet PCs and Cell
phones A laser beam projects a glowing red
outline of keyboard. A sensor monitors the
reflection of light projected on each
key Available in 2003 by Conesta and
VKB www.conesta.com
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• Cindy Smart doll
• Contains two 16bit microprocessors
• Voice recognition software
• Digital camera in her chest
• Does simple math,recognizes basic shapes and
  colors, responds to 70 questions and reads flash
  cards, has a vocabulary of 650 English words, and
  a few words in German,Spanish, Italian and French
• Invented by Toy Quest cost 99
• www.Toyquest.com

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Technotrash Can
From GreenDisk Co. at 29.95 Holds 70 lbs of
E-Waste Ship to Greendisk when full Junk then
goes to 10 workshops for the disabled around the
country. Data is erased, computers are
refurbished In 2005 15 tons received Goal of 2006
is 2000 tons
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To be or not to beThat is the question!
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Another wipeout
In more ways than one!