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Inside an unassuming building in a Waukesha industrial park, computers are strapped to a vibration table, thrown into dust storms, assaulted by noise and baked in a high-temperature oven. Such extreme tests are routine for Dedicated Computing LLC, a company that "ruggedizes" off-the-shelf computers for use in military vehicles, flight simulation equipment, CT scanning machines and other products. Dedicated has weathered ...

Toyota's third-generation Prius is a certified hit with consumers. While the Prius has been one of Toyota's more popular models in recent years, the 2010 Prius with its promise of 50 mpg has pushed sales and demand into the stratosphere. At first, however, Toyota was a bit worried over how much damage Honda's cheaper 2010 Insight would do to the sales ...

Microsoft has long cooked up new and experimental operating systems whose features eventually got rolled into its central Windows offerings.  Most recently it's been dabbling with Singularity, an experimental OS designed for increased reliability thanks to kernel, device drivers, and applications being written in managed SING# (an extension of C#) code.  Another test OS is Midori (not to be confused with ...

There have been many details made available at the Intel Developer Forum about future Clarkdale desktop and Arrandale mobile chips. Yields are very good and defect density is steadily decreasing. They will be launched very soon as part of the 32nm Westmere family. Intel also revealed some details about production of chips using the Sandy Bridge architecture in 2010. The company's "tick-tock" strategy of ...

In the early twentieth century, airships were a promising new front of warfare, with dirigibles serving both for bombing and for intelligence gathering.  However, the advent of airplanes and key disasters such as the Hindenburg fire spelled the death of the airship as a war weapon.  Airships still stuck around, though, in the form of the blimps that float over sporting ...

We all knew that once the Sony PS3 Slim hit the market at $299 that the other console makers would likely make similar cuts. Shortly after the PS3 Slim launch, Microsoft slashed the price of its Xbox 360 Elite to $299 as well. It didn’t take long to see that the new $299 PS3 Slim was very popular with Sony seeing ...

A coursework is a tough challenge for some students to meet. Projects such as term papers, essays, quizzes, long exams and others usually describe the life of students. Finishing a term paper can really be difficult, particularly for those who do not have the talent for writing. In very desperate situations, some students opt to hire the services of essay ...

A new research study indicates some children and teenagers will become addicted to the internet, which can lead to ADHD, hostility, and social phobia. Even though internet addiction is a growing problem with adults, according to researchers, there is even more concern related to internet addiction for the younger generation. Researchers surveyed 2,293 seventh graders in Taiwan, noting 10.8% of them ...

Oct. 6 - Microsoft Corp. sorely needs its upcoming Windows 7 operating system to be a hit, and Dallas-area companies are prepared to help make that happen. Once upon a time, new operating systems from Microsoft were considered landmark events in the technology business, like a carnival coming to town. Windows 95 was a blockbuster, and Windows XP is one of ...

Google has been successful with its new smartphone OS, Android. The OS got a slow start and had to fight through some growing pains, but has proven to be popular with smartphone users and phone manufacturers alike. To get Android into the hands of even more users, Google and Verizon have announced a new agreement that will leverage the 3G network ...

Sony's PlayStation Portable is the most high-powered handheld video-game machine on the market, but it's usually my third choice when it comes to on-the-road action. It's all a matter of size. Apple's iPhone, which has become a solid casual-gaming platform, slides easily into a pants pocket. Nintendo's DS fits a little more snugly. But even the slimmest version of the ...

The most memorable movies tap into the collective zeitgeist of the culture, to find compelling stories that help reflect it. As this decade comes to an end, two of its most important themes, the rise of the Internet (with the geek culture surrounding it) and terror, were both heavily reflected onscreen. One theme featured closed-minded ideologies, information silos, system teardown, ...

WASHINGTON - Opening a government meeting on auto safety, the Obama administration reported Wednesday that nearly 6,000 people were killed and a half-million injured last year in vehicle crashes connected to driver distraction, a striking indication of the dangers of using mobile devices behind the wheel. The Transportation Department was bringing together experts over two days for what it's calling ...

SAN JOSE, Calif. _ Google hits a key milestone Wednesday for a product that the search giant hopes will transform how people communicate and collaborate online, and perhaps hook more users on Google's menu of Web-based services. Google Wave, which combines elements of e-mail, instant messaging and social networking to allow groups of people to collaborate on a task in real ...

Angela Williams ultimate goal is to inspire students to love reading. The Richlands Primary School first grade teacher is seeing results in her students through her "I Hear You" project. "We cannot see the differences inside a child that hold the key to how they learn -- some see it and get it, others hear it and understand it, sometimes it ...

BRUSSELS - Now hear this, if you still can: The European Union said Monday it wants makers of popular digital music players to recommend users turn the volume down to preserve their hearing. The EU's Consumer Affairs Commissioner Meglena Kuneva said experts and industry will together draft tougher standards to limit hearing loss. "If you want to enjoy your favorite ...

The state of California has approved a new energy efficiency plan, providing $3.1 billion for programs from PG&E, Sempra Energy and Edison International.  The state is interested in providing financial benefits for programs designed to persuade home owners to use less energy. Specifically, the $3.1 billion budget approved by the California Public Utilities Commission will help pave the way to savings ...

Mozilla's Firefox is the world's second most popular browser behind Internet Explorer but it leaders are always looking to improve it, with user interface, engine, and new features. Now it's turning to a surprising source for inspiration - Microsoft.  Mozilla wrote in their developers wiki, "Starting with Vista, and continuing with Windows 7, the menubar has now been systematically removed from ...

The technology sector has been hard hit in 2009 with the global economic slowdown . Both corporations and consumers have been holding off on upgrading computers and spending on IT tech. HP sees that changing in 2010. Reuters indicates that HP has unveiled its estimates for fiscal 2010 with a revenue forecast slightly below what analysts predicted from the computer giant. ...

This week saw one of the most important announcements made in the past decade. Scientists were finally able to conclude that water ice existed on the Moon, and their theory is supported by scientific measurements conducted by three separate instruments. Additionally, the find could be again proven next month, when the LCROSS impactor is scheduled to hit a Southern lunar ...