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Saturday 24 September, 2011
Gears of War 3 – Game Review
Now Teachbook may be a blog for Computer Science and Applied Information Technology; but why not mix it up a bit? Here is my game review for the new Gears of War 3. I have been only playing this third-person shooter for about four hours, but it has already dawned to me as one of [...]
Wednesday 30 March, 2011
Plane Finder – The Legal Way
The wonders of the intrenet! Each and every day, we discover new websites that do so much more then we ever expected. A brand new company has taken a great idea, and turned it into something that can become very popular. Todays new aircraft have a AIS or ADS-B transceiver for the airline to track and [...]
Monday 28 February, 2011
BoB – Broadband in a Box! Wait a second….
You have seen the ads, people singing over this box called BoB. He stands for broadband in a box somehow and the people at iiNET think it is the best thing to ever happen to Australian internet before the NBN. BoB combines the modem, routor and also voip modem in one that allows acceess to [...]
Wednesday 23 February, 2011
Top 5 Gaming Keyboards of 2010
#1 Logitech G19 Large color LCD supports digital photos and video playback; included software development kit opens LCD up to homebrew and community-made apps; 16 million color options for backlit keys; built-in USB 2.0 ports; improved macro recording capabilities with support for five simultaneous key presses. Price: $399.00 #2 Razer Tarantula Razer brings all [...]
Wednesday 23 February, 2011
The National Broadband Network
The national broadband network (or NBN for short) is the next best things for all gamers, nerds and people who use the internet in Australia! The NBN is designed to bring fibre to the premises, basicly meaning that eventualy, they will get a fibre optic cable and either above or below ground attach it to [...]
Wednesday 09 February, 2011
GPU and CPU
What is a GPU? GPU stands for Graphics Processing Unit. It is a specialized processor that offloads 3D graphics rendering from the microprocessor. It is used in embedded systems, mobile phones, computers, workstations and game consoles. What is a CPU? CPU stands for Central Processing Unit. It is a microprocessor chip that does most of [...]
Monday 07 February, 2011
What is the difference between Quad core, dual core and single core processors?
Single Core Processor – A process which only has one main core, so it can only start one operation at a time, in some instances it can start a new operation before the pervious operation is complete. Dual Core Processor - A dual core processor is a CPU with two separate cores on the same die, each [...]
Monday 07 February, 2011
Quad core, dual core, single core processors
A multi-core chip can execute multiple instructions at the same time. Dual cores have two cores, and quad cores have four. All the cores are on the same chip though. So, they share the same memory, and data path to the motherboard. So, a quad core chip may be able to execute the instructions four [...]
Monday 07 February, 2011
The Difference Between Single-core, Dual-core and Quad-core Processors
Single Core: A chip with one CPU (one processing unit). Microprocessors have been single core since their inception in the early 1970s. After the turn of the century, chips with two or more CPUs emerged. Dual Core: A single chip that contains two distinct processors that work simultaneously. IBM introduced dual cores in its Power [...]
Monday 07 February, 2011
The difference between Quad Core and Dual Core
Dual cores have two cores, and quad cores have four. All the cores are on the same chip though. So, they share the same memory, and data path to the motherboard. So, a quad core chip may be able to execute the instructions four times faster, but that doesn’t mean it can receive instructions from [...]
Monday 07 February, 2011
Sandy Bridge – What is it?
I bet right now you are thinking of a bridge with sand on it… … or something weird. But Sandy Bridge is actualy a code name for the just-newly-released processors by Intel. These processors are based on the 32nm process, and is designed to bring in the new age of CPU’s. On the 3rd of [...]
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