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Monthly Archives: June 2011
Q.Why am I missing 7% of my hard drive space?
You format your new 500 GB hard drive and it comes up 465 GB – 7% less – where did the extra space go? Strange as it seems, you’re not missing any bytes on your drive, it’s a difference of … Continue reading
Posted in Computer Questions and Answers, General Computer, Hard Drives and SSD
Tagged Binary, Decimal, Definition, Gibibyte, Gigabyte, Hard Drive, Memory
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Q. What is Thunderbolt?
Thunderbolt is a new computer data interface format that combines high speed data transfer plus digital video into one cable. The release of the Apple Mac Book Pro in February 2011 introduced Thunderbolt to the market, followed by the iMac … Continue reading
Posted in Computer Questions and Answers, Hard Drive News, News
Tagged Apple, Cable, Hard Drive, Intel, Interface, Introduce, New, Storage, Technology, Thunderbolt, Video
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iPad + Wireless + portable storage = Wi-Drive
One criticism of Apple’s popular iOS devices (iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch) is that they don’t have Secure Digital flash memory card slots. This means that to back up the data from an iOS device or to access additional data … Continue reading
Posted in Hard Drive News, iPad, iPhone, iPod, News, Smartphone News
Tagged Apple, Backup, Flash, iPad, iPhone, iPod Touch, Kingston, Media, Movies, Network, Sharing, Storage, Wireless
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Favorite Sites: Experimental Musical Instruments
One of my earliest musical memories is of pulling all of the pots and pans out of the cupboards, arranging them around the kitchen floor and hitting them with wooden spoons. Later, it was filling bottles and glasses with water … Continue reading
Posted in Favorites, Music recording, instruments, hard & software, Web News
Tagged Innovation, Instrument, Music, Performance, Website
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Q. Can I make music on an iPad?
Making music on iPad and iPhone An iPad, iPod Touch or iPhone is a computer in your hand, complete with a stunning display and touch screen interface. With a tool this portable and powerful, it’s a natural next step to … Continue reading
Q. Can I plug my guitar into the computer?
Guitar Audio Interfaces You could plug an electric guitar jack directly into the microphone or line input jack of a computer and it may record a sound. But it will probably be a really awful sound, not at all what … Continue reading