NASA's lagging labs put space missions, research at risk
NASA's faces serious problems unless Congress commits funds to upgrade and better maintain the agency's aging research facilities.
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Ally, first LG Android smartphone, hits Verizon online sales Thursday
The new LG Ally, the first Android smartphone from LG Electronics, will go on pre-order online Thursday from Verizon Wireless for $100 after rebate and a two-year contract.
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Lenovo ThinkPad W510
Sometimes size does matter. You'd never describe Lenovo's Thinkpad W510 as "thin and light." It's a bulky, heavy beast - a laptop with a 15.6-inch, LED backlit display that weighs as much as some 17-inch laptops. What you get with that bulk is a high performance, workstation class CPU, Nvidia Quadro midrange mobile graphics and workstation style features, like built-in color calibration, complete with sensor. Of course, all those performance features will set you back a pretty penny; the price as tested for our particular W510 configuration came in at $2,929.
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Verizon offers hosted mobility service for enterprise PCs, notebooks
Verizon Business has launched an updated enterprise mobility service with a revamped mobile client and new security and management features for IT administrators.
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Western Digital VelociRaptor Hard Drive
At 10,000-rpm, the Western Digital VelociRaptor WD6000HLHX drive certainly spins faster than the competition. But does faster rotations-per-minute translate into faster performance? The PC World Lab's tests show this drive may not have as much advantage as it once did. Compared with standard desktop drives that spin at up to 7200-rpm, the VelociRaptor had a distinct edge. But the performance gap narrowed considerably when the latest, pricey VelociRaptor (600GB drive costs $329, price as of 5/10/2010)--one of the very few hard drives today with a 600-Gbps SATA connection-went up against another SATA-600 drive, from Seagate.
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CRM Revamp Saves Labor, Boosts Productivity
Established in 1999, The Montessori School of Bay Area is a registered non-profit daycare and preschool for 60 children that range in age from 3 months to 5 years, primarily among low-income families. After more than a decade in business, the school's central database was in dire need of an update to better organize the parent community, create stronger relationships with parents and various donors, and do a better job of tracking student activities, immunizations, and other important data.
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iPad a hit on Wi-Fi and a rich medium for advertisers
Apple's iPad had a "tremendous" impact on Wi-Fi networks in airports, cafes and hotels in its first month, according to network measurements at 30,000 public hot spots in North America
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Adblock Plus Hides Ads in Firefox
If you're bugged by Web ads, then Adblock Plus is for you. The well-designed Firefox add-on quickly and easily blocks the vast majority of online ads.
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JRuby upgrade features more accommodations for Java
Version 1.5 of the JVM-based language variant also integrates with build tools
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Proof elusive in claims of five-year Apple, AT&T deal
Ever since Apple unveiled the iPhone in 2007, users have wondered how it and its U.S. partner AT&T would be locked in an exclusive relationship. Despite recent reports, they're still wondering.
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