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	10 Dream Machines Almost Nobody Can Afford Whether you're in the market for an insanely high-end rig or you just feel like doing a little high-tech window shopping, these pricey PCs deliver serious bang for a whole lot of bucks. Read More WHITE PAPER: Qwest The Three Ps of Evaluating Managed Network Services To reduce costs and keep IT resources focused on the core business, more organizations are choosing to outsource network management. To deliver on this promise, it's essential to choose the right service provider. This in-depth report explores the key considerations, including solution portfolio, partnerships and processes. Read now! In this Issue Eight campus-ready hard drives 10 of the world's funniest tech videos Geeky Eats, Nerdy Treats Catching up on the Cool Tools backlog In honor of Duran Duran Appreciation Day... [horrifying video] Sonos sees cloud, iPad in future of in-home audio Acer netbook dual-boots Android and XP WHITE PAPER: HP IT Lessons from Grade School Many of today's schools have a hodgepodge of outdated, nonstandard PCs, servers and printers, and little—if any—on-site IT support. Yet data collection and reporting requirements are driving school districts to upgrade and centralize their IT systems. Read Now Eight campus-ready hard drives A student's life can be tough. A portable hard drive with a USB connection would be a great solution, but most of them are too flimsy to survive the bike accidents, spilled beverages, and random mishaps that seem to come with college life. We've got a few solutions: Portable hard drives tough enough to survive school, plus a couple of extra-sturdy desktop drives that'll handle the slings and arrows of dorm life. Read More 10 of the world's funniest tech videos The U.S. hasn't cornered the market on funny tech ads. This is one virtual world tour you won't want to miss. Read More WHITE PAPER: Sprint "Business-class" Service for the Global Customer Can global customers that are not part of the world's largest global companies get the "business-class" service they deserve? Find out in this white paper. Read More Geeky Eats, Nerdy Treats Some iPad Thai, an 8-bit wine, and a gingerbread TIE Fighter for dessert--check out how culinary-minded geeks express their tech enthusiasm. Read More Catching up on the Cool Tools backlog It's not even the holiday season yet, and we've got a bunch of boxes coming in daily. This also means that I need to catch up on writing about some items that have been sitting here lately. These are cool items that are easy to talk about quickly without writing a full review: Read More WEBCAST: 3Com 3 Steps to Transform Your Data Center Join Robert Whiteley, V.P. and Research Director at Forrester Research, for this Webcast on transforming your data center. Robert will discuss the critical networking trends that will affect the way you build your data center and provide a 3 step transformation formula. View Now. In honor of Duran Duran Appreciation Day... [horrifying video] According to my "Celebrating Today" e-mail reminder, today is apparently Duran Duran Appreciation Day. Not sure how this became an official holiday, but it reminded me of the time I badly sang "Rio" during a video highlighting the features of the Rock Band 2 video game. Read More Sonos sees cloud, iPad in future of in-home audio August 10, 2010 - Cloud music services and iPad controllers are part of the future of in-home audio streaming. These are a few of the trends discussed during a recent visit to Sonos, a leader in wireless multi-room systems. Read More Acer netbook dual-boots Android and XP The Acer Aspire One AOD255 netbook uses Android as a quick-booting operating system and then Windows as the main operating system. Acer software on the device, called Acer Configuration Manager for Android, controls which OS will boot. Read More
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