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History Of PC Hardware In Pictures

We all use personal computers and we all take them for granted in our everyday lives. It's easy to forget that PCs have only been around for a couple of decades, and initially were nowhere near the powerhouses we have on our desks today.

For example, did you know that the first "portable" computer weighed 25 kg (55 lb) and cost close to $20,000, that the first laser printer was big enough to fill up most of a room, or that you basically had to build the first Apple computer yourself?

This article takes a look at the time when the computer equipment we now take for granted was invented and what it looked like back then. It's amazing how much has happened in the PC industry in just a few decades. Just imagine what things will be like 30-40 years from now…

The First Computer Mouse

The first mouse. To the right you can see the wheels it used for movement and positioning.

The first computer mouse was invented in 1963 by Douglas Engelbart at the Stanford Research Institute. (He is also one of the inventors of hypertext.) The first mouse used two wheels positioned at a 90-degree angle to each other to keep track of the movement (see picture below). The ball mouse wasn't invented until 1972, and the optical mouse was invented circa 1980 although it didn’t come to popular use until much later.

Douglas Engelbart never received any royalties for his invention and his patent had run out by the time the mouse became commonplace in the era of home PCs.

The First Trackball

The first trackball, bowling ball and all.

The trackball was actually invented 11 years BEFORE the mouse, in 1952. It was invented by Tom Cranston and Fred Longstaff as part of a computerized battlefield information system called DATAR, initiated by the Canadian Navy. It used a standard five-pin bowling ball as its trackball, which is smaller than the more common 10-pin bowling ball.

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Labels: Apple, Apple-1, Computer, Computer Hardware, Hard Disk, History, Internet, Laptop, Laser Printer, Mouse, Printer, RAM, Server, Trackball

If Facebook & Google Were Superheroes

What if we took a moment and turned everything upside down. Let's pretend for a second that the Internet was a movie consisting of a lot of superheroes. Yeah, that's apparently a good way to look at the competition of these popular brands.

This infographic called The Internet Justice League was put together by College Humor, and it serves up an epic punch that will make you take in some knowledgeable information in the simplest of ways. I guess it’s to no one’s surprise that Google ended up being an incarnation of Superman, but you will have to look below to find out who the other ones are.

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Labels: Amazon, Facebook, Google, Google Plus, Huffington Post, Infographic, Internet, LOL, Parody, Reddit, Social Network, Superheroes

Internet Fandom Statistic

Twilight has fans more than population of Malaysia? I don't want to live on this planet anymore. Sigh...

If you wonder what is fandom - Fandom is the community that surrounds a tv show/movie/book etc. Fanfiction writers, artists, poets, and cosplayers are all members of that fandom. Fandoms often consist of message boards, livejournal communities, and people. Example - The Harry Potter fandom has some of the most diverse fans, from eight year olds to thirty somethings.

Source from Cheese Burger

Labels: Fandom, Geeky, Infographic, Internet, Nerd, Social Network, Statistic, WTF

How Much Internet World Weight?

Did you know that the our Internet world weighs about 50 grams?

It's an entertaining look at the concept of data actually possessing some weight, although we can't really measure the weight of an individual data point, when taken altogether we get something to the effect of something that does weigh something. Got that?

Anyhow, the strawberry looks great...

Source from IT World

Labels: Engineering, How Much Does The Internet Weight, Internet, Science, Video, WTF

Internet Speed And Cost Around The World

Here is interesting infographic. The average broadband speed and its cost around the world. Japan has the fastest speed compare to other country but interestingly also one of the cheapest.

Labels: Broadband, Infographic, Internet

Daftar 14 Internet Tercepat di Dunia

Internet sudah merupakan kebutuhan pokok sehari-hari dalam hidup kita,apalagi di saat seperti ini banyak jejaring sosial yang bermunculan seperti TWITTER,FACEBOOK,SNAPTU,dan jejaring sosial laennya..perlu di ketahui di negara tercinta kita ini kita peringkat ke berapa ya? ini saya share sedikit peringkat internet tercepat dunia...
Berdasarkan hasil polling yang dilakukan Cisco Systems Inc dan Oxford University, Korea Selatan kembali terpilih sebagai negara dengan layanan internet broadband di jaringan tetap (fixed-line) terbaik dunia.
Asal tahu saja, Korea Selatan sudah menduduki posisi puncak selama tiga kali berturut-turut dari daftar tersebut. Kecepatan download internet di Korea Selatan tahun ini rata-rata mencapai 33,5 Mbps atau naik 55 persen dibanding tahun sebelumnya. Penetrasi broadband di negara ini mencapai 100 persen.

Sementara AS hanya berhasil masuk ke urutan 15 besar seiring dengan perbaikan jaringan internet di negara tersebut. Menurut Cisco, penetrasi broadband jaringan tetap di negara tersebut naik dari 69 persen pada 2009 menjadi 75 persen pada tahun ini.

Daftar 10 besar negara dengan broadband terbaik(update):
1. Korea, Republic of ......22.38 Mb/s
2.Japan ......................16.34 Mb/s
3.Aland Islands..............15.45 Mb/s
4.Latvia..................... 14.09 Mb/s
5.Lithuania..................13.78 Mb/s
6.Sweden ....................13.51 Mb/s
7.Romania................... 13.40 Mb/s
8.Netherlands ..............12.78 Mb/s
9.Bulgaria....................12.44 Mb/s
10.Moldova, Republic of...10.44 Mb/s
11.Andorra ..................10.08 Mb/s
12.Hong Kong................9.77 Mb/s
13.Slovakia.................. 9.31 Mb/s
14.Portugal .................9.05 Mb/s
135.Indonesia...............1.23 Mb/s(sebelumnya 138) lumayan la naik 3 poeringkat...tapi sama aja lemotnya...

Trus INDONESIA peringkat ke berapa?? setelah saya search, kita masi di atas peringkat ke135udah naik 2 peringkat gan dari 138...hehehe...
Dari data kecepatan internet dunia, maka kecepatan internet di Indonesia termasuk yang cukup buruk dibanding dengan negara-negara dunia, bahkan di Asia. Dari sekitar 200-an negara + wilayah negara khusus (seperti Hongkong, Macau), Indonesia berada diposisi ke-138 dalam kategori kecepatan akses (khususnya download) internet. Kecepatan internet Indonesia jauh dibawah Korea Selatan, Jepang, Hongkong, China dan Singapura.

Ketika kecepatan akses internet di Jepang mencapai belasan hingga puluhan Mbps, kecepatan internet Indonesia hanya mencapai ratusan kbps saja. Angka kecil itupun kebanyakan diperoleh melalui fasilitas umum seperti warnet, cybercafe, hotspot, kampus atau kantor. Dan sejak ‘demam facebook’ menyerang Indonesia, fasilitas blackberry, iphone, atau ponsel internetan menjadi salah satu sarana pendongkrak aksesbilitas internet di Indonesia.
Para netter Indonesia saat ini dan mungkin beberapa tahun lagi masih cukup malang. Selain kecepatan yang cukup lemot, ternyata biaya layanan internet di Indonesia cukup mahal. Dengan kecepatan rata-rata 256 kbps, para pengguna internet Indonesia harus membayar sekitar Rp 150.000 per bulan (asumsi kuota internet unlimited). Ini berarti biaya akses internet Indonesia Rp 585.000/Mbps/bulan. Bagaimana dengan Jepang?

Dengan menikmati kecepatan rata-rata 15 Mbps, netter Jepang hanya merogoh sekitar 5000-6000 yen per bulan atau sekitar Rp 450.000 hingga Rp 550.000 per bulan. Angka ini sama dengan Rp 33.000/Mbps/bulan. Dari angka absolut saja, biaya internet Indonesia 17 kali lebih mahal dibanding Jepang. Ini belum dihitung daya beli masyarakat Jepang yang sangat tinggi.

Dengan memperhitung daya beli masyarakat Jepang dan income per capitanya terhadap Indonesia, maka perbandingan biaya internet terhadap layanan Indonesia memang sangat buruk. Dengan income per kapita 16 kali lebih besar daripada penduduk Indonesia, orang Jepang menikmati akses internet sekitar 1/250 lebih murah dengan Indonesia. Angka ini berasal dari hitungan kasar saya : Biaya per Mbps/bulan X perbandingan income perkapita (17×16=272, dan saya bulatkan 250 kali). Jadi, biaya internet Indonesia sekitar 250 kali lebih mahal dibanding Jepang.
jadi kapan ya jaringan internet kita bakal seimbang dengan japan,korea dll....?????

Labels: Daftar, Dunia, Internet, Tercepat

50 Profile Facebook Photo Hacks

Since you loved our first gallery of Facebook Profile Hacks so much, we thought we’d showcase some more Profile Picture and Photostream trickery. The 50 (!) profile screenshots below were submitted to us through comments or the contact form, others were uploaded to the Awesome Profile Hacks page on Facebook. Excuse us if we prefer this over the cartoon characters meme that took Facebook by a storm in the past few weeks, but you have to admit these “Oudin-style” profile picture hacks looks far more amazing than all the Scooby Doos and G.I. Joes combined. And even though almost everybody is doing the close-up head shot ─if you ask us that effect hasn’t worn out yet─ there are some original experiments in our gallery of hacks too:

A guy in a tug of war with five women.
Somebody with a very long, Dhalsim-like arm, but also Ryu doing his trademark “Haduken!”.
One who incorporated a YouTube video in the profile makeover, and others who used multiple photo album previews. Next level!
Live action with a boomshakalicious slam dunk, somebody actually climbing his Facebook Wall and a guy throwing someone a punch in the face.
Someone eating a supersize cake.
Brand managers, freelancers and business owners promoting their products and services.
A lying Pinocchio.
Super Mario Bros Level 1-1 and Pacman!
A duo! We hadn’t seen that yet.
A modded version of “The Creation of Adam” by Michaelangelo.

For the record, Profile Pictures have to be 180 by 540 (max) pixels, and the Photostream thumbnails should be 97 x 68. Now here we go… Enjoy!