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The Velocity Solo helps upgrade legacy PCs to SATA->

Submitted by bsk_cw
bsk_cw writes "In his review of Apricorn's Velocity Solo upgrade kit for SATA 3.0 SSDs and hard drives, Computerworld's Bill O'Brien says: "Being able to add a SATA 3.0 disk system to a tired old PC without replacing the motherboard — or the entire computer — is a wonderful idea. And being able to install an SSD without trying to figure out how to fit a 2.5-inch drive in a 3.5-inch bay is even better. (Duct tape is not an effective long-term solution.)""
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HP

HP reviving the 99$ Touch Pad on 11th December->

Submitted by Frankie70
Frankie70 writes "Starting Sunday, December 11th at 6:00 p.m. Central time, 16GB and 32GB Touchpads will be available on HP's ebay store. A $79 accessory bundle will also be available, which includes a case, charging dock and wireless keyboard. The caveat with this deal is that these are refurbished TouchPads rather than the brand new models sold during the first firesale."
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Apple

DoJ investigates eBook price fixing->

Submitted by dave562
dave562 writes "The U.S. Justice Department's antitrust arm said it was looking into potentially unfair pricing practices by electronic booksellers, joining European regulators and state attorneys general in a widening probe of large U.S. and international e-book publishers.

A Justice Department spokeswoman confirmed that the probe involved the possibility of "anticompetitive practices involving e-book sales."

Attorneys general in Connecticut and, reportedly, Texas, have also begun inquiries into the way electronic booksellers price their wares, and whether companies such as Apple and Amazon have set up pricing practices that are ultimately harmful to consumers."
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How To Get A Siri Experience For Android ->

Submitted by Lucas123
Lucas123 writes "It is possible to get a Siri-like, voice-command experience with Android-powered smart phones. Unlike iPhone 4S users, though, Android users will need to gather together a couple of different apps if they want to issue a wide range of voice commands on their device. Computerworld's Sharon Machlis ran more than half a dozen apps through their paces, testing them for various functions to communicate (make calls, send messages), organize (keep track of appointments) and find information. There are a couple of things Android voice-activated apps do that Siri can't, and overall, she found she was able to get a good chunk of the functionality that Siri offers."
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Ask Slashdot: Whitebox Servers as good as Tier 1 V

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Ytsejamer1
Ytsejamer1 writes "With so many server hardware vendors either consolidating over the last several years or leaving the market, I'm curious as to whether people here are relying on whitebox server vendors to fill that gap.

Sun's Sunfire x64 servers were great for our organization and were the most solid and reliable performing servers we had. Since they were bought by Oracle who is getting out of the x64 BTO server business, we tried HP. Support was good, the hardware specs were solid, but unfortunately they just weren't reliable enough. IBM servers simply make everything more difficult than it needs to be...from assembly, to layout, to add-on options, etc.

We are looking to find some good whitebox servers from vendors who can also offer onsite support if needed. Any ideas or experience?"

Experiment affirms faster-than-light claim->

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gbrumfiel
gbrumfiel writes "Earlier this year, the OPERA experiment made the extraordinary claim that they had seen neutrinos travelling faster than the speed of light. The experiment, located at Gran Sasso in Italy, saw neutrinos arrive 90 nanoseconds early from their starting point at CERN in Switzerland. Others have doubted OPERA's claim, but in a new paper, the group reaffirms its commitment to the measurement. “It’s slightly better than the previous result,” OPERA’s physics coordinator Dario Autiero told Nature News . Most members of the collaboration didn't sign up to the original paper out of skepticism have now come on board. But scientists outside the group still aren't sure. "Independent checks are the way to go", says Rob Plunkett, co-spokesman a rival experiment called MINOS."
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Intel

50 Ultrabooks to be launched at CES->

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Barence
Barence writes "As many as 50 Intel Ultrabooks will be launched at next January's CES, according to the show's organisers. Until now, only a handful of manufacturers have announced Ultrabooks, with many rumoured to be waiting for the 22nm Ivy Bridge processor refresh before releasing their devices. Intel CEO Paul Otellini is due to give a keynote speech at the show where Ivy Bridge will likely be officially unveiled alongside a host of new laptops. "We expect to see 30 to 50 new Ultrabooks launched at CES," the CEA's research director Shawn DuBravac told journalists at CES Unveiled in London."
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Data Storage

Western Digital's new drives expand laptop storage->

Submitted by bsk_cw
bsk_cw writes "Western Digital (WD) is helping to break new ground with its new Scorpio Blue SATA series of 2.5-in. laptop drives by adding two 1TB models. Bill O'Brien reviewed the 9.5mm version, and found that switching to the higher-capacity Scorpio Blue, despite its slower rotational speed, is practically a no-lose situation."
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Science

Event-hiding 'Temporal Cloak' Demonstrated->

Submitted by Zothecula
Zothecula writes "Last year researchers at Imperial College London proposed that along with being used to cloak physical objects, metamaterials could also be used to cloak a singular event in time. A year later, researchers from Cornell University have demonstrated a working "temporal cloak" that is able to conceal a burst of light as if it had never occurred."
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