Innovation

Less about Inventing, More about Listening

Everyone has his/her idea of what innovation is. Lots of folks swear it was a string of hits that Steve unveiled back in the day. Larry O'Connor, CEO of Other World Computing, won't diminish the luster of the products but he takes a quieter, more unassuming approach to innovation...he listens to what his customers are telling him -- and mixes it with a lot of good inputs from a great engineering team. Both approaches are good and when they click...it's a beautiful thing.

Wacom's Bamboo Pocket Stylus

Take it to make it

Today, Wacom introduced a brand new way to be creative on the go. The Bamboo Pocket Stylus is small enough to take with you everywhere, but has enough volume to feel like your professional stylus. The Bamboo Pocket Stylus fits your creativity wherever you are.

Growing Solid State Line

Meets Growing SSD Demand by Expanding Product Line

Everyone wants faster storage, cooler running systems, lower battery consumption, lighter computers to take with them everywhere but still aren't really keen about getting rid of a perfectly good system for a new one that will probably be obsolete in a month or two as well. The answer is pretty obvious (to us) just swap out the tired old hard drive for some blazing fast, economic SSD units. There's a big push to deliver more, better solutions to extend your system's use life.

Power Your Apps With GPU Programming

Harness more processing power for your apps by tapping into the GPU. A computer`s CPU traditionally carries the application workload, but developers can now tap a programming approach that engages the graphics processing unit (GPU) as well. The concept, referred to as General Purpose GPU, or GPGPU, essentially makes the GPU available for computing chores other than graphics. The ability to offload tasks from overtaxed CPUs can boost application performance. In addition, writing programs to leverage more resources make for improved energy management -- tasks can be targeted toward the parts of a system that consume less power.

Living Safely in the Cloud

Here's what it means to live life 'in the cloud,' taking advantage of all this newer technology has to offer.