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  Hubble Repairs Hindered By Antiquated Computer Systems Andrew Moseman writes "Part of the trouble NASA is encountering while fixing the Hubble Space Telescope comes from the fact that it's been up there for nearly two decades, and therefore carries computer systems long outdated here on Earth. 'One... Posted Oct 24 2008, 04:00 PM by Slashdot: Hardware Feeds Filed under: amp, intel, memory, earth, nasa, scientists, decades, missions, mdash, computer systems, intel 486, goddard team, voyager probes, hubble space telescope, repair attempts

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  Amazon Kindle Endorsed By Oprah Oprah Winfrey enthused about the Amazon Kindle on her show today — it's her "new favorite thing" — and had Jeff Bezos on to announce a $50-off offer good till Nov. 1. A plug on Oprah is ordinarily a sign that a product has crossed... Posted Oct 24 2008, 03:08 PM by Slashdot: Hardware Feeds Filed under: amp, money, mainstream, gadget, citizens, nov 1, mdash, audience, oprah winfrey, enthused, special offer, jeff bezos, favorite thing, amazon kindle

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  Open Source Hardware, For Fun and For Profit ptorrone writes "Lots of open source hardware articles making the rounds this week, first up — Wired has an excellent piece on the Arduino project, an open source electronics prototyping platform, its founders and business model (they have... Posted Oct 24 2008, 05:12 AM by Slashdot: Hardware Feeds Filed under: amp, founders, business model, cell phone, mdash, open source hardware, hardware businesses, source electronics, rf, hardware articles

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  Sanyo Invents 12X High-Speed Blu-ray Laser Lucas123 writes "Today Sanyo said it has created a new blue laser diode with the ability to transfer data up to 12 times as fast as previous technologies. The laser, which emits a 450 milliwatt beam — about double that of previous Blu-ray Disc... Posted Oct 06 2008, 08:50 AM by Slashdot: Hardware Feeds Filed under: amp, blu ray disc, sanyo, mdash, high definition, blu ray players, disc systems, milliwatt, blue laser diode, data layers

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  FOSS Multicast Document Sharing? Jawdy writes "I am currently leading a small game development project with artists and developers scattered all over the country. Getting together is somewhat difficult, but we try to do this every couple of months. We often share all kinds of documents... Posted Sep 28 2008, 01:17 PM by Slashdot: Hardware Feeds Filed under: amp, game development, developers, whiteboard, apps, msn, mdash, foss, gtalk, small game, voice chat

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  Mobile Phone Users Struggle With Hardware Adoption Ian Lamont writes "A Google executive speaking at the Emerging Technology conference has described a problem that mobile phone carriers and manufacturers have been struggling with over the last few years: Users aren't taking advantage of many... Posted Sep 24 2008, 03:46 PM by Slashdot: Hardware Feeds Filed under: amp, images, google, mobile phones, cameras, participation, screens, mobile platforms, mdash, lamont, state of affairs, emerging technology conference, uis, mobile phone carriers, software expertise, group manager

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  Debating "Deletionism" At Wikipedia Ian Lamont writes "In a strange turn of events, the Wikipedia entry for Deletionpedia — an online archive of deleted Wikipedia articles — is now being considered for deletion. The entry for Deletionpedia was created shortly after the... Posted Sep 21 2008, 06:38 PM by Slashdot: Hardware Feeds Filed under: amp, wikipedia, mdash, lamont, online archive, editors, running debate, current version, strange turn

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  Inside the DARPA-esque Singapore Military Bot Contest mattnyc99 writes "Earlier this summer we followed a war robot contest in England. But now, after the Russian onslaught in Georgia, this weekend's TechX Challenge in Singapore takes on a bigger meaning: can small countries keep up with military... Posted Sep 19 2008, 11:05 PM by Slashdot: Hardware Feeds Filed under: artificial intelligence, darpa, mdash, hazardous materials, urban warfare, counterterrorist, robot contest, team supervisor, nanyang technological university, little guys, dangerous tasks, techx challenge, autonomous robots, superpowers, dsta, michael lau, war robot, onslaught, foe, robot warfare

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  Intel Shows Data Centers Can Get By (Mostly) With Little AC Ted Samson IW writes "InfoWorld reports on an experiment in air economization, aka 'free cooling,' conducted by Intel. For 10 months, the chipmaker had 500 production servers, working at 90 percent utilization, cooled almost exclusively by... Posted Sep 18 2008, 02:03 PM by Slashdot: Hardware Feeds Filed under: amp, intel, new mexico, datacenter, ted samson, mdash, air conditioning, production servers, failure rate, iw, degrees fahrenheit, 10 months, contaminants, humidity

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  To Purge Or Not To Purge Your Data Lucas123 writes "The average company pays from $1 million to $3 million per terabyte of data during legal e-discovery. The average employee generates 10GB of data per year at a cost of $5 per gigabyte to back it up — so a 5,000-worker company... Posted Sep 18 2008, 07:15 AM by Slashdot: Hardware Feeds Filed under: Storage, amp, gigabyte, computerworld, 1 million, discovery, mdash, terabyte, business level

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  Intel's Atom — First benchmarks and a Full PC Review Barence writes "PC Pro has received, benchmarked and discussed the first Intel Atom processor to be seen in the wild. A full analysis of the Atom processor itself is accompanied by a full review of the first PC — yes it's a PC, not a laptop... Posted Jun 03 2008, 05:47 AM by Slashdot: Hardware Feeds Filed under: amp, intel, benchmark results, eee, mdash, atom, power savings, mini desktop, graphics chip, paperback book

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  £10 Battery Upgrade For UK Eee PC 900 Owners Ken E. writes "Asus has backed down in the face of complaints from UK Eee PC 900 owners about the ultra-portable's low-capacity battery. Confusing statements posted in online reviews led buyers to believe that they would get a larger capacity... Posted May 31 2008, 07:16 PM by Slashdot: Hardware Feeds Filed under: amp, bios update, batteries, battery life, gesture, mdash, fuss, eee pc, mobile computer, confusing statements, half an hour

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  Dell Shows Off Its Eee PC Rival Tom Moreland tips us to photos of Dell's answer to the Eee PC on the Direct2Dell site. Dell posted these after an attendee at the D conference spotted Michael Dell carrying one. The company hasn't released any details, so you can take these with... Posted May 30 2008, 08:46 AM by Slashdot: Hardware Feeds Filed under: amp, photos, michael dell, mdash, usb ports, eee pc, atom, kensington lock, attendee, vga port, grain of salt, card reader, adapter socket

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  NYTimes Speculates On the Next iPhone Achromatic1978 writes "The NYT has a story on the next revision of the iPhone, and discusses what will become of the iPhone, now that the hype is starting to slow (Jobs goal for 2008 was ten million iPhones sold — as of the first quarter, only... Posted May 29 2008, 12:19 PM by Slashdot: Hardware Feeds Filed under: amp, iphone, first quarter, shelves, 3g, hype, iphones, mdash, jobs, rumored release date, nyt, wwdc

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  First Reviews of the MSI Wind Ultra-Portable Laptop Ken E. writes "UK tech website Mobile Computer has an early hands-on review of the MSI Wind — a £329 ultraportable notebook that will compete head-on with the Asus Eee PC 900. In its favour are a 10in screen, better keyboard and, perhaps... Posted May 29 2008, 08:33 AM by Slashdot: Hardware Feeds Filed under: amp, intel, keyboard, dual core processor, anonymous reader, mdash, favour, atom, asus eee pc, photo gallery, ultraportable notebook, mobile computer, constraints, mini notebook