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Hitachi shipped it’s first 1 terabyte hard drive several months ago and now Cnet is reporting that Seagate’s first 1 terabyte capacity hard drive will be available in the next month or so.

Seagate’s hard drive comes with a 5 year warranty and both Seagate and Hitachi have priced their units at $US399.

So scientific tests have shown that there are more germs and bacteria on computer keyboards and mice than there are on toilet seats but is there a solution?

Would you believe that there’s a keyboard and mouse that’s dishwasher safe?

Well there is and you can find them at Seal Shield.

The manufacturers, Via Technologies Inc. claim that this is the world’s smallest full featured x86motherboard. It’s designed for ultra compact embedded PCs, systems and appliances.

The mother board is designed to be used with Via Technologies C7 processor. These processors aren’t as powerful as Intel or AMD products but then the C& processors don’t use as much power.

A pocket sized PC running XP is said to last for around 5 hours on just one battery charge.

You can read more about the motherboard and the computer that it’s fitted to here

Are you thinking of increasing the amount of memory in your computer?

Well now might be the time to stop thinking about it and actually do it because experts suggest that the price for memory is near rock bottom and the only way left is up.

You can read the story here