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Technology, costs, lack of appeal slow e-textbook adoption

Textbooks are often a luxury for college senior Vatell Martin. The accounting major at Virginia State University got by in several courses with study groups and professors' lectures. "It's not that I didn't want to buy," ...

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created Jan 18, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Fallen star SGI to sell most assets for $25M

(AP) -- Silicon Graphics Inc. will sell the remaining shreds of its fraying franchise to Rackable Systems Inc. for $25 million, punctuating the downfall of a former high-tech star that once dazzled investors and customers ...

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created Apr 01, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0




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Intel packs performance and reliability into its latest SSD 520 series

Intel Corporation announced today its fastest, most robust client/consumer solid-state drive (SSD) to date, the Intel Solid-State Drive 520 Series (Intel SSD 520), a 6 gigabit-per-second (gbps) SATA III SSD ...

Electronics / Hardware

created Feb 07, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 4

Virginia Tech unveils HokieSpeed, a new powerful supercomputer for the masses

Virginia Tech crashed the supercomputing arena in 2003 with System X, a machine that placed the university among the world's top computational research facilities. Now comes HokieSpeed, a new supercomputer ...

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created Dec 21, 2011 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0

A device attempts to elevate the iPad's keyboard

Even if you love the iPad, you're probably not keen to write your next novel using its on-screen virtual keyboard. You may not be thrilled to type up a lengthy email with it, either.

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Dec 18, 2011 | popularity 2.3 / 5 (15) | comments 5

AMD struggles to reinvent itself

Sunnyvale, Calif.-based Advanced Micro Devices was hoping to profit from a bigger share of the PC chip market after its longtime nemesis, Intel, suffered a string of antitrust regulatory rebukes in recent years.

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created Nov 23, 2011 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (3) | comments 3

Apple presses legal war over Android

Steve Jobs' legacy at Apple Inc. goes well beyond cool gadgets, a thriving retail chain and a music empire.

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created Nov 09, 2011 | popularity 2.5 / 5 (4) | comments 12

AMD cutting 1,400 workers in first move by new CEO

(AP) -- Advanced Micro Devices Inc. is cutting some 1,400 workers as a weak computer market and manufacturing delays have hurt the world's second-biggest maker of microprocessors for PCs.

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created Nov 03, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 23

Beauty in the eye of the Googler

Google Inc. has been described as functional, powerful, scary, speedy and fun. But beautiful? Hardly ever.

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created Oct 27, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 2

Toshiba bites Apple with 498 ppi display

(PhysOrg.com) -- As soon as Toshiba announced its 6.1-inch Liquid crystal display (LCD) panel last week, bloggers and tech news sites were noting the numbers and poking at mobile display monarchs Apple. Toshiba's ...

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created Oct 24, 2011 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (8) | comments 9 | with audio podcast report

Apple co-founder Wozniak recalls a friend in Jobs

(AP) -- When Steve Wozniak co-founded Apple with Steve Jobs in a Silicon Valley garage in 1976, he couldn't have known the incredible footprint that Jobs would leave on the consumer electronics landscape.

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created Oct 06, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

YouTube becomes entertainment destination

Just for laughs, San Jose, Calif.'s Dylan Hart and a college friend posted a video on YouTube in 2007 about charging an iPod using an onion and a bottle of Gatorade.

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created Sep 16, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0


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