The manufacturing cost of a hearing aid is estimated to be between $100 and $300, depending on the complexity and components used. This cost includes the microphones, speakers, processing chips, and other electronic elements, which are often sourced from Asia and assembled in low-volume production. Some sources suggest that the cost of manufacturing may be…
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From Information Week http://www.informationweek.com/ Linux Container Operating Systems: Thin Is In by Charles Babcock When is less really more? When it’s a Linux operating system designed to run containers, such as Red Hat Atomic Host, Ubuntu Snappy, or CoreOS. As developers increasingly embrace containers for building and running apps, these small footprint systems could change…
Good source for free and well written BASH Documentation / Tutorials
One of the most difficult parts of switching to a new computer operating system is learning the commands. I found a link to a really good source for Linux shell scripting instructions.
Monday June 18 Microsoft Announcement
Rumer is it’s a tablet to be made by Microsoft, like the XBox. http://mashable.com/2012/06/14/microsoft-is-launching-an-ipad-killer-report/ This just in from Mashable: It’s hard to recall another Microsoft invitation like this one. No graphics, no details, no leaks. It sounds, well, almost Apple-esque in its urgency and stringent requirements and rules: This is a non-transferrable invitation, however, if you would…
Consumer tablet avalanche is coming
Last fall Hewlett Packard decided to end its consumer computer line and focus on commercial computers. At that time they also decided to liquidate their inventory of HP TouchPad tablets at $99 each which detonated a market response loud enough to awaken every potential tablet maker on the planet. The philosophy before that time had…