Is That a NAS System In Your Briefcase?

December 10, 2011

If you’re carrying NextComputing’s new D-NAS device, the answer to the above question is “Yes”. The device, designed for applications where massive computing power is required in the field, is based on NextComputing’s Radius EX portable workstation and adds another family member to the company’s D-NAS line….

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ViaSat-1 Satellite Pings WildBlue Network Gateway: Faster Sat Internet Is Coming

December 10, 2011

Satellite internet isn’t exactly something people usually get excited about. In reality, it’s a worse-case scenario type of option for many rural homes. But nonetheless, it’s an option, and an option at all is better than none. Particularly when that option is getting better by the year. ViaSat has transmitted the first data over the [...]

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Motorola’s Xyboard: Now With Fewer Features, Weaker GPU

December 10, 2011

The Motorola Xoom was a notorious flop thanks to a sky-high price tag, features that didn’t work for months (the company didn’ts tart upgrading the tablet to its promised 4G capability until late this fall), and a buggy implementation of Honeycomb that was a direct result of Motorola pushing too hard for an early launch. [...]

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Coby To Launch Five New Low-Cost Android 4.0 Tablets At CES

December 10, 2011

Know who has a few new Ice Cream Sandwich tablets coming out at CES 2012? Coby. It’s a company you may not have heard of, but we’re thinking this will be just one of many new ultra-cheap Android tablets designed to finally compete with iPad on a level where they can actually compete: price. Android [...]

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LightSquared And FreedomPop Talk Up Free Wireless LTE Internet

December 10, 2011

VoIP. It’s the wave of the telecommunications future, man. All kidding aside, there probably is some truth to that, as both LightSquared and Skype’s co-founder are teaming up to offer free broadband services. The former is described as a “wholesale carrier building a nationwide wireless broadband network that will create consumer choice and…

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Xbox Live Gold Goes Free for the Weekend

December 10, 2011

It’s been a busy week for Microsoft. The Redmond software giant rolled out its much anticipated Xbox Live Dashboard update with a brand new look and fancy new features like voice controlled navigation, and it also launched an iOS app as well as an app for Windows Phone 7 users. And to kick things off, [...]

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University of Kansas Spends $3,000 on Naughty Domain Names

December 10, 2011

You know exactly the kind of content you’re likely to find at www.KUgirls.xxx and www.KUnurses.xxx, and so do officials at Kansas University, which is why they’re making a mad dash to grab illicit web domains. No, KU isn’t going to cash in on the adult entertainment industry, it’s just trying to prevent pornographic webmasters from [...]

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