Archive for January, 2012

Hardware stolen from University of Victoria turns up in mailbox – Macleans.ca

Home > Campus News > Hardware stolen from University of Victoria turns up in mailbox By Josh Dehaas | January 27th, 2012 | 10:01 am Some of the computer hardware stolen from the University of Victoria earlier this month was found by a postal worker in a letter box in Langford, B.C. Saanich Police say ...Read More

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DARPA-Funded Hacker’s Tiny $50 Spy Computer Hides In Offices, Drops From Drones – Forbes

[unable to retrieve full-text content] Forbes DARPA-Funded Hacker's Tiny $50 Spy Computer Hides In Offices, Drops From DronesForbesSo security researcher Brendan O'Connor is trying a different approach to spy hardware: building a sensor-equipped surveillance-capable computer that's so cheap it can be sacrificed after one use, with off-the-shelf parts that anyone can buy and …You Can ...Read More

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iPad Textbooks: Reality Less Revolutionary Than Hardware – Wired News

Much as tablet computers went mainstream in the iPad’s wake, Apple’s latest educational project heralds an age of tablet-based schoolbooks. That, at least, is the hope and hype surrounding iBooks textbooks, launched Jan. 19 at a promotional gala held in the Guggenheim Museum and advertised in terms as glowing as an iPad’s screen. In coming ...Read More

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Top 10 Rebounding Computer Hardware Stocks: HYC, STX, XRTX, OCZ, SSYS, AGYS … – China Analyst

Below are the top 10 rebounding Computer Hardware stocks, ranked based on % change from 52-week lows. Hypercom Corporation (NYSE:HYC) is the 1st best rebounding stock in this segment of the market. It has risen 181% from its 52-week low. It is now trading at 67% of its 52-week high. Seagate Technology PLC (NASDAQ:STX) is ...Read More

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Read E-Books on Your Netbook, Laptop, or PC With Kindle for PC – IDG News Service

When you hear the word Kindle, what’s the first thing that comes to mind? For most people, this would be Amazon’s smash hit e-book device, with its svelte looks and crisp e-ink display. But even if you don’t want to shell out for a separate device, you can still enjoy many of the Kindle’s benefits ...Read More

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Research could lower device energy use, extend battery life – TechJournal South

Kathryn McKinley The first systematic power profiles of microprocessors could help lower the energy consumption of both small cell phones and giant data centers, report computer science professors from The University of Texas at Austin and the Australian National University. Their results may point the way to how companies like Google, Apple, Intel and Microsoft ...Read More

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Open Hardware Monitor 0.4.0 – PC Advisor

3,258 Software Downloads By Mark Wilson | 26 January 12 If you have an interest in getting the most from your computer’s hardware, you may well have tried overclocking your system to gain a little extra performance without the need to upgrade your system. Pushing hardware beyond what it was designed to be used for ...Read More

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Highest Earnings Yield in the Computer Hardware Industry Detected for Hewlett … – Financial News Network Online

Below are the three companies in the Computer Hardware industry with the highest earnings yields. Earnings yield is useful to compare the relative benefit of owning a stock vs. owning other yield assets such as bonds. If the earnings yield is higher, stocks may be considered undervalued. Hewlett-Packard (NYSE:HPQ) is highest with an earnings yield ...Read More

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Resellers, Distributors Report Strong Hardware Sales In 2011 – CRN

Reseller and distributor sales of commercial hardware and services rose 5.5 percent last year, as companies upgraded PCs and networking equipment and added storage hardware, a market research firm said. Overall, U.S. sales, which also included printers and supplies, rose to almost $50 billion in 2011, the NPD Group reported Wednesday. While hardware and services ...Read More

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Graphics hardware in $25 Raspberry Pi Linux box outperforms iPhone 4S GPU – Ars Technica

The Raspberry Pi Foundation is building a low-cost Linux computer with a 700MHz ARM11 CPU. The board, which is roughly the size of a pack of playing cards, entered the manufacturing stage last month. There will be two models, priced at $25 and $35, with different specifications. The board is built around the Broadcom BCM2835 ...Read More

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