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Day: July 28, 2013

The fastest MicroSDXC card in the world: SanDisk Extreme microSDXC

SanDisk just announced a new microSDXC memory card with a capacity of 64 GB, reading speed of 80 MB/s and writing speed of 50 MB/s. Whit these specs, the new card called SanDisk Extreme microSDXC is the fastest microSDXC 64GB card in the world. In my lifetime, I have seen Compact Flash cards with capacities of 2, 4 and 8 MB and it is still difficult to get used to the idea that a card with the size of a small fingernail can hold 64 GB. However,...

A gadget that transforms your old cassettes into MP3. Cassete to MP3 Converter

If you were raised in the 80s, you probably feel nostalgic every time you see an old cassette because you remember the golden era of music when everyone was making mixtapes for their loved ones, when we were enjoying that analong sound with background noise on our old Walkman devices. If you are like me, there is a big chance that you still have 5-10 old cassettes hidden in your personal chest (along with other memories) that  you haven't...