Cy Guy writes "ZDNET had an article on CYE, a personal robot that will vacuum, collect dirty dishes and serve cocktails. " This is exactly what Rob needs-and if it can serve Bushmills or Jamison up, I'll be happy as a clam.

Zach Garner writes "IBM is introducing a new line of harddrives, code named "Shark", that will start from 420gig and go up to 11 terrabyte." Now thats what I'm talking about. This kinda stuff has got to make the film industry as nervous as the recording industry. But mainly it just makes things like digital audio and video mixing a lot easier. (Update: 07/27 01:32 by CT : Course a few people noted that these things are the size of refrigerators so its not like their gonna be desktop toys any time soon either)

CybeRHiDe asks: "Does anyone know of a case that uses the common front pull bezel, 3 piece sliding case, and 2 auxilary fans (one in the front bottom, and one just above the atx onboard connections)? Enlight has the pull off bezel/sliding piece case, but lacks the 2nd extra fan i've come to love on cases. Thanx!"

Graymalkin asks: "With the new G.lite standard for ADSL service having been agreed upon, I only have one question: Will the new modems be Linux compatible? Does anyone have a Compaq G.lite modems with specifications so that others have a place to start? Are they going to have their own controlling chips or will they be akin to winmodems?"

Swamp|Fox asks: "I've been tasked with finding a way to have multiple web cameras (at least 6) capturing simultaneously for a soon-to-be-opened daycare. This is not exactly a new idea, and there are many daycares out there utilizing it. The idea is that parents can check in on their kid(s) from their office. There are many commercial packages out there, but none that quite fit perfectly. The problem(s) lie in the fact that there will be a singleserver, most likely a PentiumII 300, with 256 megs of RAM, and U2W SCSI, acting as both the web server, a NAT'd internet gateway/firewall, and the capture host for the webcams." There's a bit more to this, but the gist of it is that this fellow is looking for options. Click below for more.

Bryan_Casto writes "USAToday has an article about Sceptre's new LCD monitor, which hides the screen image from anyone not wearing the glasses that come with the monitor. The screen appears white to ordinary eyes, but with the polarized glasses, the desktop comes into view. "

Bartmoss writes "According to the german computer magazine C'T, 3Com will release two updates to the PalmOS and, as 3Com-president Alan Kessler told The Business Journal, a "Palm Organizer with a color display." The article is in German; learn German or use Babelfish. "

tomreagan writes "The New York Times has a good article on vintage computers. It talks about a wide variety of the old beasts and is quite exhaustive. It makes me proud to admit that my favorite computer is still my first, a trusty Apple IIc. " Free login required, natch.

38 years after it's sinking the Mercury capsule that Gus Grissom flew into space. Officially called the Liberty Bell 7, it was recovered from a depth of 15,000 feet (about 3 miles). They were unable to recover the hatch, meaning that the mystery of whether the hatch bolts blew prematurely, or Grissom activated them too early while remain a mystery. It's going to be cleaned and put on exhibiton-the Discovery Channel footed the bill. Hats off to them.

Palm Computing introduced the Palm IIIe today. The new handheld ships with 2MB of storage, as well as a built-in TCP/IP stack. According to the press release, it's aimed at new users, like students. You know, it's funny - my little sister has been asking me for a Palm. Maybe this is what we've been waiting for. The SRP is US$229.

A number of people have written in about the new Teraflop Project aka Project Übermensch. It's an interesting idea-these folks want to get essentially the equivalent of 10757 AMD KII 350s, and turn it into a monster Beowulf cluster. In exchange for donating a machine to the project, you get a month of full bore processing power from your old machine, as well as a for-life e-mail address. They've got an address on the site to send machines to-but how often do you think one of these things is gonna break? I'd hate to sys-admin thousands of old boxen.

digitalunity asks: "When most motherboards with room for 3 DIMMs state their maximum memory as 768MB, it would seem that this is based upon the assumption that a 256MB DIMM is the largest available. I noticed that IBM has said that 1GB DIMMs will be available soon. Are the stated memory limitations of motherboards inherent to their design or can you really put more memory than they state?"

HaeMaker asks: "I am wondering if there are any hardware vendors working on video cards capable of producing the odd resolutions in the HDTV format (like 1080x1920!). I just got a 65" HDTV and would love to hook a PC up to it and get better than NTSC standard analog."

KevinRemhof writes "National Semiconductor unveiled their Geode family of chips. The SC1400 chip has video and PC functions built in. The memory and other features require separate chips. The target audience is set-top boxes. Expect to see the first ones by next summer. This is a bold move shortly after selling off Cyrix to Via Technologies. " As other articles point out, they are trying to save themselves by moving into a less-competitive area of the market.

Number Five writes "Art+Com announces UrbanJunglePack, a wearable Linux computer designed for jounalists that uses a camcorder and microphone to record photos, sound, text, and video, which can then be transmitted back to a base station using a built-in wireless phone. " It's ready for testing-I'm willing to test.

Kristopher Kersey writes "The two available online Linux Hardware Databases located at CompHardware.com and LhD.DataPower.com have decided to merge and form a new partnership for Linux hardware information. The new partnership gives LhD.DataPower.com control of the database while giving CompHardware.com control over hardware reviews." Cool! Two (click) two useful Linux hardware sites in one.

Elvii asks: "I'm looking for a wireless keyboard/mouse solution for my system. My first choice is the Logitech Cordless Desktop because I've seen them and like them, (works as standard keyboard and wheel mouse, to the best of my knowledge) but I'd like to be able to monitor the battery life in the keyboard/mouse as the Windows software can do. Anyone know of software or specs for these types of things? Logitech hasn't answered my email request for help yet." Is this yet another closed spec that Logitech would do well to open up? Is this feature available for any other OS aside from Windows?

Scrambler asks: "I was looking around for a cheap sound card with optical output. I want it so I can record high quality MP3 music and recorded music/messages from my PC to my minidisc player. If anyone knows of a reasonalbly priced card would they please post it?"

madsatcom noted that the Sony Head Mounted Monitor that we mentioned awhile back is actually available now on the Sony Website. I can't find a resolution on that page, but it simulates a 30" screen, weighs 4.2 ounces, and costs a woppin' $2600... If anyone at Sony is reading, repeat after me: "Rob Must Test One of These Screens. Contact Him Now And Offer Him a Sample Unit". Seriously, wearable computing is getting closer, it just ain't getting much cheaper.

Bill Henning writes "For those of you interested, HotRail has announced an 8 way SMP chipset for the K7 using crossbar switching to improve SMP performance; Read more in this article " So much speed, so many RC5 keys to crack.