Entries from March 2009
March 31st, 2009 · Comments Off
(Credit: Sprint)
Sprint has made it official that it plans to release a red version of its LG Lotus messaging phone. It will have the same textured design as the purple version, and will have the same features as well.
Features include a 2-megapixel camera, stereo Bluetooth, GPS, EV-DO, a …
Originally posted at CTIA show
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March 31st, 2009 · Comments Off
Sakae Someya is the eighth person charged in the scandal involving fixing the price of LCD screens sold to Dell.
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March 31st, 2009 · Comments Off
GoGrids network became the target of a denial of service attack, affecting half of the hosting companys customers over the course of two days. GoGrid, while minimizing the affect of the attack, continues to resolve and investigate the issue.
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March 31st, 2009 · Comments Off
(Credit: Exclusive Motor Cars)
I have no delusions of being a superspy like James Bond. Sure, I have the swagger and the charm, and I look dashing in a tuxedo, but right now I don’t have a car, let alone a car with machine guns and grill-mounted missiles to …
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March 31st, 2009 · Comments Off
The Finesse adds a touch screen for Metro PCS.
(Credit: Samsung)
Just a few weeks after it introduced its first smartphone, the RIM BlackBerry Curve, MetroPCS went even more high-end (relatively speaking) by adding its first touch-screen device, the Samsung Finesse, aka the SCH-r810 resembles Alltel’s Samsung Delve. It …
Originally posted at CTIA show
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March 31st, 2009 · Comments Off
Even as Sprint continues to lose money and customers, Sprint CEO Dan Hesse rakes in a hefty compensation package that includes a $2.6 billion bonus for 2008.
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March 31st, 2009 · Comments Off
Former Hewlett-Packard CEO makes the comments at a think tank, saying that her varied experiences would be an asset if she were to pursue political office.
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March 31st, 2009 · Comments Off
The first time I bought into this this whole digital 3D thing was a 2006 showing of “Superman Returns” on an IMAX screen. In the scene, various objects floated around the screen and seemingly, right in front of my face. For me, this was the first time 3D had lived …
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March 31st, 2009 · Comments Off
The first time I bought into this this whole digital 3D thing was a 2006 showing of “Superman Returns” on an IMAX screen. In the scene, various objects floated around the screen and seemingly, right in front of my face. For me, this was the first time 3D had lived …
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March 31st, 2009 · Comments Off
Seagate BlackArmor NAS server next to the Maxtor Central Axis.
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I got my hands on Seagate’s BlackArmor 440 NAS server and it seems different from most NAS servers I’ve reviewed.
The BlackArmor 440 is one of two products in the BlackArmor NAS server family that Seagate introduced last Tuesday. The other is the BlackArmor 420. The only difference between the two is the 420 ships with only two hard drives preinstalled, leaving two bays empty, while the 440 comes fully populated with four drives. Both devices are aimed at business and home office environments.
These are the first NAS servers that are truly from Seagate. The company does sell and support a few others, such as the Central Axis, but under a different brand.
The BlackArmor NAS server has a rugged and compact look for a four-bay NAS server and comes with an easy-to-use, tool-free design. It can take up to four SATA hard drives of up to 2TB of storage.
Unlike other NAS servers I’ve seen, the BlackArmor has four USB ports and two Gigabit Ethernet ports. The USB port can host other external USB hard drives that can be set to contain the backup of the NAS server’s internal storage. According to Seagate, this allows for offsite backup rotation.
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