NI Announces Industry’s Fastest PXI Embedded Controller and New PXI System Accessories (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)
National Instruments today announced the NI PXI-8108, the industry’s fastest PXI embedded controller, and two new PXI system accessories, a 32 GB solid-state hard drive and the NI PXI-8250 system monitoring module.
Source: biz.yahoo.com
Creative Zen X-Fi MP3 Player (Washington Post)
The Creative Zen X-Fi is beyond question a better all-around digital music player than any of Apple’s current iPods. The X-Fi has better sound, superb headphones, an amazing feature set, expandable storage via an SD card slot, an easy-to-use interface that will please users who don’t want to work…
Source: www.washingtonpost.com
Two Technologies New Ultra-Rugged Hand Held Computer Works Long Hours In Harsh Land And Sea Applications (WirelessWorkforceOnline)
Two Technologies, Inc., a leading manufacturer of rugged hand held computers and terminals used in global applications, introduces the Hydrus ultra-rugged and powerful hand held computer designed for long-term daily operation in the harshest working conditions.
Source: www.wirelessworkforceonline.com
Blogs to Riches: Perez Hilton Migrates Into Cosmetics, Fashion and Music (Wired News)
Mario Lavandeira hates to leave the house. He prefers to stay in his gated-community condo, which has all the charm and personality of a just-cleaned motel room, so he can torture the rich and famous from the safety of his computer. He’s been up since 4 am, belly-crawling through the blogosphere to uncover juicy celebrity tidbits for his gossip site, PerezHilton.com . “I work 16, 17, 18 …
Source: www.wired.com
IT store provides computer services to students (The Oklahoma Daily)
Beginning this fall, students will be able to examine products before placing an order on the OU IT Store Web site.
Source: www.oudaily.com
ROME - On Wednesday, August 27, Jervis Public Library will host a free Book and Electronics Recycling Day. According … (Rome Observer)
Held in cooperation with the Oneida-Herkimer Solid Waste Authority and Regional Computer Recycling & Recovery, the library invites community members to bring their unwanted books, magazines and electronics equipment to Jervis Public Library’s parking lot between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m., where they will be collected for recycling, or, in the case of books, considered for donation.
Source: www.romeobserver.com
IN BRIEF (Pahrump Valley Times)
Free computer instruction is available for beginning-level computer users Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Fridays. Sign-up in person available at the library.
Source: www.pahrumpvalleytimes.com
Vital Zips (The State)
ZIP CODE 29016 RICHLAND SHERIFF Deer Creek Drive, 100 block, between 5 and 6:30 a.m. Aug. 9. Someone broke into a vehicle and stole a $3,000 laptop computer. Damage was $250. PROPERTY TRANSFERS 452 Golden Eagle Drive, Blythewood, from Essex Homes Southeast Inc. to Randy and Pamela A. Davis, $303,020
Source: www.thestate.com
New PSP(R) (PlayStation(R)Portable) Comes With Advanced High Contrast LCD Screen and Built-In Microphone (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)
Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. today announced that it will launch a new PSP handheld entertainment system featuring an advanced LCD that further improves the very popular, high resolution PSP display.
Source: biz.yahoo.com