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Using a 27-inch iMac as an external display


Published on November 27th, 2009
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If you want a glorious desktop with two large monitors, it may make sense for you to use two 27″ iMacs, with one configured in Target Display Mode. With Target Display mode, you can use your 27-inch iMac with Mac OS X as an external display. Connect any computer or other device with a Mini [...]

User Interface Hall of Shame


Published on September 21st, 2009
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The first entry in Kai’s User Interface Hall of Shame – The Winzip Self Extractor.

Fast Wireless Data


Published on August 22nd, 2009
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This is simply incredible A 13-inch-long tube, called a Traveling Wave Tube Amplifier, is making it possible for scientists to receive massive amounts of images and data from the orbiter at an unusually fast rate. It is the first high data rate K-band transmitter to fly on a NASA spacecraft. With this new amplifier, LRO [...]